UC-National Lab In-Residence Graduate Fellowships

Supporting UC graduate student training at the national laboratories

The University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have a close, long-standing and strategically important collaborative relationship that offers graduate students unique research, training, and career development opportunities. The UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program is leveraging that relationship by offering a competitive Fellowship award that provides up to three years of support for Ph.D. candidates who wish to conduct thesis research on-site at LANL or LLNL.

How to Apply

Full program details are available in the 2025 UC-NL Graduate Fellowship Request for Proposals (RFP), which includes instructions to submit the required Letter of Intent and FAQs.

Key Dates

RFP release: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Letters of Intent (LOI) due: Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Notification of LOI outcome decision: Friday, June 14, 2024
Full proposals due: Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 12:00 noon Pacific Time
Notification of review outcome: December 13, 2024 (expected)
Graduate Fellowship start date: April 1, 2025

For additional program information or guidance, please contact UCRI@ucop.edu.

Applicant Webinar

The applicant webinar was held on June 24, 2024. The slides are now available: Applicant webinar slides (pdf).