Lucas Undergraduate Research Fund
The Gene and Susan Lucas Undergraduate Research Fund was created to help first-generation undergraduate students experience research alongside UCSB faculty.
Kennedy/Graves Award
Shirley Graves Kennedy arrived in Santa Barbara in 1970 where she found a small, marginalized African American community and other people of color who faced job and housing discrimination, exclusion from the arts, and unfair treatment in the school system.
Claudine Michel Fund
After more than three decades of service to UC Santa Barbara, Associate Vice Chancellor, Black Studies Professor, activist, colleague, and friend, Dr. Claudine Michel is now officially an "emerita"!
Guardian Scholarship
The UC Santa Barbara Guardian Scholars Program supports the academic and personal success of students who have been part of the foster care system. Program services include academic support, enrichment services, student advocacy, career guidance, peer networking, housing assistance and financial aid advising.
Graduate Students
Nationally Competitive Scholarships and Fellowships
There are a number of prestigious nationally competitive scholarship and fellowship programs that often require campus endorsement in order to apply. The endorsement process is coordinated by the Office of Undergraduate Education at UCSB, and requires early consultation and review of applications by a campus selection committee.
- Students who are considering applying to a specific nationally competitive scholarship or fellowship should contact the Office of Undergraduate Education at scholarships@ltsc.ucsb.edu well in advance of the campus deadline to discuss their candidacy and learn more about the application process.