Student Financial Support
Graduate students in the Department who are in good academic standing, making normative progress toward the PhD, and have secured a PhD lab are typically financially supported throughout their studies through a combination of funding sources.
Student financial support includes appointments as graduate student researchers, teaching assistantships, training grant traineeships, and/or other fellowships.
Graduate Advisor
bioegradadvisor@bioengineering.ucsb.edu
Funding Types
- Extramural Funding
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Many Bioengineering students may also be eligible and are strongly encouraged to apply for extramural pre-doctoral fellowships.
Fellowship Deadline Fulbright Fellowship October NSF Graduate Research Fellowship October NIH F31 Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Varies National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship TBA AHA Predoctoral Fellowship TBA Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity December Ford Foundation Fellowship Program December UCSB Graduate Student Resource Center
Visit UCSB Graduate Divisions graduate student resource center website for further extramural funding opportunities.
- Graduate Student Research
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Eligibility
Must be an active registered student in good standing.
Apply / Selection Process
Arranged and selected by a faculty member / principal investigator (PI).
Support Coverage / Length
GSR positions pay a monthly salary plus tuition, health insurance, and non-resident supplemental tuition. Offers are made by individual faculty members. Further information can be found on the Graduate Divison Academic Appointments webpage.
- Teaching Assistantships
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TAs apprentice under the active tutelage and supervision of a faculty member. Biological Engineering students are expected to TA at least twice during their graduate studies, particularly if they are interested in pursuing an academic career.
Eligibility
Must be an active registered student in good standing. Priority will be given to current Bioengineering PhD students.
Apply / Selection Process
Bioengineering students should contact the Graduate Advisor to be considered for TAships. Once offers are sent out, students must sign the hiring paperwork before their Fee remission will be processed.
Support Coverage
TAships pay a monthly salary plus tuition and health insurance. TA positions, however, do not cover non-resident supplemental tuition. Offers are made by the department. Further information can be found on the Graduate Divison Academic Appointments webpage.
TA Appointments
Graduate students who are interested in applying for a TAship should work with their faculty member and the Bioengineering Graduate Advisor.
- Campus Fellowships and Grants
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Qualified students also are nominated for centrally administered Graduate Division fellowships such as the Chancellor's Fellowships, Regents Fellowship, Eugene Cota Robles Fellowship, Graduate Opportunity Fellowships.
New Student Central Fellowships
Nominations will be made by Faculty to the Graduate committee from incoming applicant records. The committee will choose Departmental nominees and put them forward to Graduate Division.
Continuing Central Fellowships
Several Central Fellowships are also available to continuing students in various stages of their degree progress. The call will go out to Faculty and Students and nomination packets will be submitted to the Committee for review. They will consider all candidates and choose the Departmental nominees and put them forward to Graduate Division.
- Grants
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Departmental funds
Departmental money is used along with admissions offers to recruit outstanding new Graduate students to our department. No additional application is necessary. Nominations will be made by Faculty from incoming applicant records.
Training Grants
Students are encouraged to review and apply for the Training Grants that support their research and curricular interests.
