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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Financial Support
There are essentially four sources of support funds for graduate students at UCLA: (1) fellowships, (2) readerships, (3) graduate student researcher positions, and (4) financial aid funding. Extramural fellowships are also made available by many off-campus agencies and foundations. In addition, the Department of Architecture and Urban Design provides a significant number of in–house student support awards. An overview of the sources of UCLA support is provided in the UCLA Application for Graduate Admissions, along with a fellowship application, which should be completed by all applicants who wish to be considered for merit-based awards. The Financial Aid Office at UCLA administers financial support based solely on need. Awards include long-term low-interest loans and work-study funds and are available only for graduate students who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. These students may also apply for Federal Stafford Student Loans through the Financial Aid Office, which are long-term loans made by private lending organizations. To be considered for extramural funding, apply directly to the funding organization. Most college libraries or financial support offices keep listings of available grants or fellowships. The UCLA Graduate Student Support office maintains extensive notebooks of the many types of extramural awards available. Among these, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and other architecture associations make awards annually.

In-House Awards
These awards include Student Support Committee funding, work–study positions, and graduate student researcher appointments and readerships. Student Support Committee funding criteria is need-based, and monies allocated are normally in exchange for services rendered in the Department. Work–study positions are made available to those architecture and urban design students awarded UCLA Financial Aid Workstudy package and who wish to work in the Department as graduate student researchers, or as assistants in the computer lab, archive, shop, or gallery. Departmental work-study job applications are available from the  Student Advisor. Graduate Student Researcher appointments are available depending on extramural or Academic Senate grants secured each year by individual faculty members. Interested students should contact the departmental office for information about available positions. Readerships are available depending on funding received.

Named Fellowships
Named Fellowships are available annually to students through the generosity of private individuals, firms, or foundations. The prestigious “named awards” range between $1,000 and $10,000 annually. Continuing students compete each spring in an anonymous competition for these funds. Some examples are:

Alumni Fellowship
Anne Greenwald Traveling Fellowship
Associated Architecture and Urban Planning Alumni Fellowship
Carlin Glucksman Endowed Fellowship in Architecture
Chao-Di Su Fellowship
Clifton Webb Fine Arts Scholarship
Dean’s Fellowship
Dini Ostrov Architecture Fellowship
Edgardo Contini Fellowship
Edna and Yu-Shan Han Fellowship
Elaine Krown Klein Fine Arts Scholarship
Fine Arts Council Fellowships
Franklin D. Israel Memorial Fellowship
Harvey S. Perloff Fellowship
James Pettit Memorial Fellowship
Jeffrey “Skip” Hintz Memorial Fellowship
King Gift
Mimi Perloff Fellowship
UCLA Affiliates Fellowships
Wendell Fellowship