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Known as the SOP, our office helps undergraduate students prepare successful applications for prestigious merit scholarships such as the Rhodes and Fulbright that are international, national, and regional in scope. These are funded by outside agencies, not UCI.
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Apply To Be SOP's Next Intern!
Applications are now available to be the Scholarship Opportunity Program's next intern! The SOP internship is a paid position requiring 10 hours of work each week beginning spring quarter. You must also be available to begin training starting week 8 of winter quarter and be available during the summer.
The SOP intern advises scholarship candidates; organizes, promotes, and speaks at workshops; produces publicity materials; and updates and organizes scholarship information. The job includes administrative duties. This position requires attention to detail, management of multiple projects and deadlines, creativity, initiative and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team in an office setting.
You can access the application online. Please e-mail completed applications to Rebecca Harris at rharris@uci.edu by February 1!
Drop-In Office Hours With the SOP Intern for Winter Quarter
If you have any questions about our scholarships, feel free to drop by during Michelle's office hours! Please bring a copy of your resume/CV if you have one. You can also set up an appointment with Michelle by e-mailing sklrship@uci.edu if you aren't available during these times.
Tuesday: 12:30-2:00
Wednesday: 11:00-1:00
Thursday: 12:30-2:00
Juniors: Strauss Public Service Scholarship
Want to make the world a better place? Check out the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship, which awards $10,000 to implement a senior year service project.
Candidates may be in their third or fourth year, intend to graduate between June and December 2011, have a great project idea and demonstrate a commitment to public and community service.
The Strauss Foundation website contains application instructions and examples of past winning proposals. Complete applications -- project proposal, application summary, signed acceptance agreement, official college transcript(s), and 2-3 letters of recommendation -- are due
Jan. 27 in the SOP office, as they require university endorsement.
Udall Scholarship
Attention, all sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors: Are you interested in an environmental career? Or are you a Native American or Alaskan Native planning a career in healthcare or tribal public policy?
If you fit one of the above categories and are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident, the Morris K. Udall Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship is designed for you! It funds $5,000 toward tuition, fees, books, and room and board for the 2012-13 academic year.
Application forms and instructions are available here. Applications for optional review are due to the SOP office on Jan. 9. Completed materials -- application, essay, official transcript(s), and 3 letters of recommendation -- are
due Feb. 1 in the SOP office, as they require university endorsement. For more information email sklrship@uci.edu.
HOW THE SOP HELPS YOU:
☆☆ Merit Scholarship Info ☆☆
TOP FACTS:
- Prestigious scholarships emphasize excellence in academic, leadership, or community service realms. Although some may incorporate a financial need component, it is not the primary selection criterion.
- They fund future research and academic or career endeavors rather than immediate monetary assistance.
- Applications often require a thorough statement of proposed study or research, a personal statement, and several letters of recommendation from faculty.
- Developing a strong application involves weeks sometimes months of planning and drafts. Begin the process early!
Funding agencies generally ask for:
- Official transcripts
- Three letters of recommendation from faculty
- A project proposal or plan of study
- A personal statement
Some scholarships may also require:
- An interview
- Additional letters of recommendation
- Attaining institutional endorsement of your application
You can find out about scholarships sponsored by UCI and the UC system by contacting the Office of Financial Aid at (949) 824-8262 or finaid@uci.edu.
Advising Appointments
We are eager to meet with you and help you navigate the application process for prestigious scholarships! Please follow these steps to schedule an appointment with an SOP advisor:
- Review Prestigious Scholarships, listed by application deadline. Click on links for details regarding eligibility and the selection process. Note scholarships for which you qualify based on class standing, subject area, etc.
- Email the following materials to SOP staff:
- Completed Prospective Scholarship Winner Information Form
- An updated CV (extended resume) - Find tips for creating one here.
- A current Unofficial Transcript.
- An informal Statement of Purpose and Goals - Write 300 words or less describing your academic and career goals and how you plan to achieve them.
Once we have received these materials we will get in touch with you to schedule an appointment.
RECENT SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS!
2010 BARRY M. GOLDWATER FELLOWSHIP
Yas Sanaiha (Winner)
Kevin Slagle(Winner)
2009 BARRY M. GOLDWATER FELLOWSHIP
Matthew Hickman (Winner)
Maryjane Vennat (Winner)
2007 BARRY M. GOLDWATER FELLOWSHIP
Satoru Emori (Winner)
Allison Zemek (Winner)
2010 CARPE DIEM FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Digo Takahasi (finalist)
Karen Zhou (semifinalist - Humanitarian Award)
2006 CARPE DIEM FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Jennifer Yanni (Humanitarian Honoree)
2011 CORO FOUNDATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
Elaine Cartas (Finalist)
2010 CORO FOUNDATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
Megan Braun (Winner)
Elaine Cartas (Alternate)
2009 CORO FOUNDATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
Jason Molina
2008 CORO FOUNDATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
Yvette Shirinian (Winner)
2007 CORO FOUNDATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
Kenny Loo (alternate)
2006 CORO FOUNDATION FELLOWS PROGRAM
Emil Kuruvilla (Selected Participant)
2011 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship
Katelyn Fricke, BA in German Studies in June 2011
April Trask, MA in History
2010 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship
Katelyn Fricke (Winner)
April Trask (Winner)
2009 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship
Jordan Kraemer (Winner)
Kate Hers (Winner)
2007 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Scholarship
Alexander Phillips (Winner)
2011 DONALD A. STRAUSS PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP
Rahaf Baker (Winner)
2010 DONALD A. STRAUSS PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP
Alexandre Colavin (Alternate)
2009 DONALD A. STRAUSS PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP
Long-Co Nguyen (Winner)
2008 DONALD A. STRAUSS PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP
Andy Hoang (Winner)
2007 DONALD A. STRAUSS PUBLIC SERVICE SCHOLARSHIP
Luis Lara (Winner)
Trinh Luu (Winner)
2007 FORD PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Catherine Nguyen (Alternate)
Theresa Nguyen (Honorable Mention)
2011 FREEMAN-ASIA AWARD
Mahalia Knight (Winner)
2007 FREEMAN-ASIA AWARD
Li Ana Marcus (Winner)
2010 GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP
Shu-Ping (Cleo) Tung (Winner)
Andy Hoang(Finalist)
2007 GATES CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARSHIP
Mukul Kumar (Winner)
2006 GEORGE J. MITCHELL SCHOLARSHIP
Brittany Schick (Winner)
2011 GLAMOUR MAGAZINE'S TOP TEN COLLEGE WOMEN
Rahaf Baker (Finalist)
2007 GLAMOUR MAGAZINE'S TOP TEN COLLEGE WOMEN
Anita Narayana (Finalist)
2006 HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLARSHIP
Mukul Kumar (Winner)
2007 JACK KENT COOKE GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Annette Burgueno (Winner)
2007-08 JACOB K. JAVITS FELLOWSHIP
Catherine Nguyen '05 (Winner)
2011 JESSE M. UNRUH ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAMS)
Katja Weisemann (Winner)
2010 JESSE M. UNRUH ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAMS)
Enrique Ruacho (Winner)
Lourdes Morales (Winner)
2009 JESSE M. UNRUH ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAMS)
Alejandro Espinoza (Winner)
2008 JESSE M. UNRUH ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAMS)
Scott Seekatz (Winner)
Torch Sathienmars (Winner)
2007 JESSE M. UNRUH ASSEMBLY FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAMS)
Vasudhsiri Torch Sathienmars '06 (Winner)
Scott Seekatz (Winner)
2007 JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAM)
Aida Macedo de Partida (Winner)
2011 JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAM)
Yan Mclnerney (Winner)
Amber Ramos (Winner)
2007 JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION FELLOWSHIP (CAPITAL FELLOWS PROGRAM)
Aida Macedo (Winner)
2011 MERAGE INSTITUTE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM FELLOWSHIP
Yao Yao Zhang (Finalist)
2010 MERAGE INSTITUTE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM FELLOWSHIP
Cristian Martinez (Winner)
Danny Nguyen (Finalist)
2009 MERAGE INSTITUTE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM FELLOWSHIP
Matin Khoshnevis (Winner)
2008 MERAGE INSTITUTE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM FELLOWSHIP
Satoru Emori (Finalist)
2006 MERAGE INSTITUTE FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM FELLOWSHIP
Vilma Palma (Winner)
2007 NASA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP
Rebecca Shupe
2009 NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING GRADUATE (NDSEG)
Emily Sayles
2007 NATIONAL DEFENSE SCIENCE & ENGINEERING GRADUATE (NDSEG) FELLOWSHIP
Vicky Zhou
2010 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Tara Barnhart (Honorable Mention)
Brian Barton (Honorable Mention)
Marianne Case (Honorable Mention)
Justin Chung (Winner)
Starlynn Clarke, 2009 (Honorable Mention)
Margaret Cramer (Winner)
Damek Davis (Winner)
Joshua de Leeuw (Winner)
Cheryl Deutsch (Winner)
Gregory Dickinson, 2009 (Honorable Mention)
Sandra Dooley (Winner)
Clara Druzgalski (Honorable Mention)
Jaime Duarte (Honorable Mention)
Satoru Emori (Winner)
Samuel Fletcher (Winner)
Maria Garcia (Winner)
Markelle Gibbs (Honorable Mention)
Daegan Gonyer (Winner)
Alexander Grant, 2008 (Honorable Mention)
Cathy Hayakaw, 2006 (Honorable Mention)
Matthew Hickman (Honorable Mention)
Douglas Hill, 1979 (Honorable Mention)
Joshua Hirner (Winner)
Phuc Hoang (Honorable Mention)
Rachelle Ihly (Honorable Mention)
Nathan Jacobs (Honorable Mention)
Alaine Kalder (Winner)
Avinash Khanna (Winner)
Stephanie Kivlin (Honorable Mention)
Ricardo Komai (Winner)
Caylyn Lanzl, 2008 (Honorable Mention)
Ernesto Lujan, 2008 (Winner)
Christopher Maddox (Winner)
Acacia Madrona (Winner)
Gabriela Marcu, 2009 (Winner)
Christopher Mashburn (winner)
Staryl McCabe-Glynn (Honorable Mention)
Shawn Miller (Honorable Mention)
Andy Nguyen (Honorable Mention)
Douglas Otte (Honorable Mention)
Jeremy Ovadia, 2009 (Honorable Mention)
Peyton Paulick (Honorable Mention)
Katie Pickrahn (Winner)
William Petry (Winner)
Nicholas Preketes (Winner)
Maxwell Radin, 2009 (Honorable Mention)
Claire Robertson (Winner)
Alejandro Rodriguez (Winner)
Daniel Rojas, 2009 (Winner)
Dana Ruminski (Honorable Mention)
Christopher Slay (Winner)
Brian Tarroja (Winner)
Richard Taylor, 2009 (Honorable Mention)
Jason Tolentino (Honorable Mention)
Jonathan Venezia (Honorable Mention)
Alexander Wagner (Winner)
Sean White (Winner)
Amy Williams, 2009 (Honorable Mention)
Jennifer Williams (Winner)
Cathy Zhang (Honorable Mention)
Amy Zimmerman (Honorable Mention)
2008 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Julie Rico (Winner)
Lilly Irani (Winner)
Loralee Larios (Winner)
Stephanie Chan 06 (Winner)
Leah Dickenson 07 (Winner)
William Hinkle 75 (Winner)
Satoru Emori (Honorable Mention)
Justin Little (Honorable Mention)
Jeffrey Cannon (Honorable Mention)
Stephanie Crofts (Honorable Mention)
Dana Garfin (Honorable Mention)
Suman Lam (Honorable Mention)
Paul Nakamura (Honorable Mention)
Tatyana Sheps (Honorable Mention)
Erik Tollerud (Honorable Mention)
Megan Warner (Honorable Mention)
Joseph Wolf (Honorable Mention)
Anaya Esperanza 06 (Honorable Mention)
Thai Chu 05 (Honorable Mention)
Ian Crossfield 04 (Honorable Mention)
Scott Mackenzie 07 (Honorable Mention)
Christina Meng 04 (Honorable Mention)
Heather Stalker 07 (Honorable Mention)
Thanh Vu 06 (Honorable Mention)
2007 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
Danielle Issa (Winner)
Jenny Ouyang (Winner)
Jung Park 06 (Winner)
Michael Thompson (Winner)
Joy Trujillo (Winner)
Matthew Whiteside (Winner)
Vicky Zhou (Winner)
Laura Marshall (Honorable Mention)
2010-11 NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DAVID L. BOREN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Kristie Dinh (Alternate), International Studies
2008-09 NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DAVID L. BOREN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Lina Kim (Winner)
Cristian Martinez (Winner)
2007-08 NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DAVID L. BOREN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Nick Gerda (Winner)
Michael Ji (Winner)
2006-07 NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DAVID L. BOREN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Joanna Do (Alternate)
2005-06 NATIONAL SECURITY EDUCATION PROGRAM DAVID L. BOREN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Tiffany Wu (Winner)
2007 PAUL & DAISY SOROS FELLOWSHIPS FOR NEW AMERICANS
Carolina Gabriela Jauregui (Winner)
Theresa Nguyen (Finalist)
2006 PAUL & DAISY SOROS FELLOWSHIPS FOR NEW AMERICANS
Dora Castaρeda '01 (Winner)
2010-11 RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Megan Braun (Winner)
2011-12 ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Chelsea Brown (Finalist)
2010-11 ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Kevin Pham (Winner)
2009-10 ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Kevin Pham (Winner)
2008-09 ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Diana Yanez (Winner)
Casey Dzuong
2007-08 ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Jackie Seiglie (Winner)
2006-07 ROTARY FOUNDATION AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Linna Lee (Winner)
2011-2012 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Mahalia Knight (Finalist)
Kristal Lee, Korea ETA (Finalist)
Loren Salkin, Spain ETA (Finalist)
2010-2011 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Liane Grant 11, France ETA (Winner)
Kristine Fuangtharnthip (Winner)
Boris Wong (Winner)
Curt Brown (Finalist)
Emily Tsay (Finalist)
Jenna Otter (Finalist)
2009-2010 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Andrea Bishop (Winner)
Jason Molina (Winner)
Mark Sueyoshi (Winner)
Michelle Tsai (Winner)
Long-Co Nguyen (Alternate)
Elaine Chou (Finalist)
Shea Horgan (Finalist)
2008-2009 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Robert Amador (Finalist)
Valerie Dao 08 (Winner)
Kathryn Farrar 08 (Winner)
Andy Hoang (Winner)
Sky Johnston '07 (Finalist)
Tuong Van Nguyen '08 (Alternate)
2007-2008 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Brian Baek (Winner)
Jarrod Larson (Winner)
Yoo Nam (Winner)
Jessica Newman (Winner)
Denise Sandoval (Winner)
Neil Saigal (Winner)
Jeffrey Schauer (Finalist)
Christina Zdenek (Winner)
2006-2007 U.S. FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIP
Tim Martin (Winner)
Martin Vega (Winner)
2005-2006 U.S. FULBRIGHT-SPONSORED TEACHING SCHOLARSHIP
Genevieve Ernst (Winner)
Marika Csapo (Winner)
Vanessa Zuabi (Winner)
Hugo Salazar (Winner)
2008 USA TODAY COLLEGE ACADEMIC ALL-STARS
Khushboo Kaushal (Honorable Mention)
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