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NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Graduate Fellowship Program
The NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Graduate Fellowship Program (NSF B2D) program was created by NSF (federal funding) to help support a cohort of twelve underrepresented STEM students in their doctoral studies.
Faculty mentors are key to guiding our NSF B2D Grad Student Fellows
Overview
UC Berkeley’s NSF B2D program is connected to the NSF LSAMP network of alliances. Through this program, the NSF seeks to continue its goal of increasing the number of ethnically underrepresented students completing STEM doctoral degrees by offering recipients the opportunity to enroll in graduate program without the financial burden. Typically each B2D fellows receives a ~$30,000+ fellowship during their first two years, and the cost of the next three years is paid for by the department (contingent upon availability of funding). Other benefits include advising and advocacy, professional development, conference travel, a supportive community, and access to a diversity student center. Typically one UC LSAMP Alliance applies for the grant each year, meaning that it this opportunity to apply rotates among the UC system. UC Berkeley hopes to be given the opportunity to write this grant for the 2027 cycle if approved by our statewide office at UC Irvine.
Our sister campus UC Santa Barbara will be representing our UC LSAMP Alliance by submitting for this grant for this current cycle. This means that if funded, UC Santa Barbara will be considering students that are entering UC Santa Barbara as a graduate student during the fall of 2024. So if you are interested in learning more about this opportunity in general you should reach out to our UC LSAMP Statewide Office Professor Emeritus Derek Dunn-Rankin, https://ddr.eng.uci.edu/ or UC Santa Barbara contact Arica Lubin, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
NSF B2D Fellow Maribel in her mechanical engineering research lab
UC Berkeley NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Cohort (2012-2021), all 12 earned STEM Graduate Degrees
Typical Eligibility Snapshot for this National Fellowship Administered in partnership through NSF LSAMP
U.S. citizens or permanent residents
Students have typically been from Native American, Hispanic, and/or African-American backgrounds.
Verified NSF LSAMP undergraduate scholar alumni
Bachelor degree in STEM earned by start of the STEM graduate program
Minimum 3.0 undergraduate GPA
Admitted to a UC Berkeley Ph.D. program in STEM at a university that has received the NSF LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship
Eligibility requirements may be updated from NSF annually, so please review as needed
Please send your questions to Executive Director Diana Lizarraga via text at #510.778.5165 or via e-mail at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). Text is preferred and faster.
