Your fellowship application, embedded in the admissions application, makes you eligible for University-wide first-year fellowships. See the Graduate Admissions page for details. U.S. Citizens and permanent residents, make sure to complete the FAFSA as well. 

Financial support for graduate study at UC Davis is available in the form of fellowships, teaching and research assistantships, and financial aid. Graduate Studies administers several campus-based fellowship programs, including awards to support campus diversity.

UC Davis uses a variety of internal fellowship funds to support academic graduate students. Internal fellowships can provide financial support in the form of a stipend (or "living allowance"), Tuition & Fee, Nonresident Supplemental Tuition (NRST), research, travel or any combination of these. The value of the fellowships varies from $1,000 to as much as a $50,000/year award. Internal fellowships are paid in a single academic year (October through June) unless otherwise noted.

Each fall, Graduate Studies conducts an Internal Fellowship competition for continuing academic graduate students. This application is used to award fellowship funding for the upcoming academic year. For example, an application submitted in the fall of 2024 is for funding to be paid during the 2025-2026 academic year.  The funding period for the academic year is October 1, through June 30. A "continuing student" is a student who has already been officially admitted to UC Davis, is registered and enrolled in classes during the current academic year, and will be registered and enrolled during the academic year in which the funding will be paid.

Further information about university-wide graduate support, can be found here.

All fellowships are taxed according to your individual tax circumstances.