Graduate Student Excellence
The most ambitious campaign anywhere in the country to support graduate students
$11.4 million of $350 million to support 100 student years in perpetuity
$350,000 matched endowment to support 1 student quarter in perpetuity
Our division boasts over 10 thousand current graduate student alumni working, teaching, and conducting research all over the world. From climate science to quantum technology. Understanding the origins of our universe and developing novel health solutions, they are on the front lines of advancing scientific discovery.
But the importance of financial security cannot be understated. Sixty-percent of graduate students in America face financial hardship and a full forty percent experience food or housing insecurity. Not only is this morally unacceptable, but it also directly impacts the ability of these dedicated students to do their best work.
Our ambitious campaign to fund all physical sciences graduate students through pooled funding for two years of their time at UCLA is unprecedented in American academia. As Dean, I am committed to reinvest available funds from UCLA faculty inventions to match donations between $5,000 and $100,000 while funds last – making our research more sustainable and equitable. Will you stand with us, the division of physical sciences, and our students, and make a gift today?
Frequently Asked Questions
This fund is a pooled fund of the UCLA Foundation to support graduate fellowships
across the Division of UCLA Physical Sciences. It is managed at the division level and
administered to the various departments within Physical Sciences.
This means if you make a gift between $5,000 – 100,000, the UCLA Division of Physical
Sciences will use funds from intellectual property developed by our faculty and
students to make a donation of equal value to your donation. Division matching will
continue while funds last.
- Qualifying gifts of $5,000 to $100,000 to the Physical Sciences Graduate
Enrichment Fund will be matched at 100%. For example, your $100,000 gift will
become $200,000.
Yes, you may share your preferences for where your donation and matching funds go.
No, matching funds will only apply to the Physical Sciences Graduate Enrichment Fund.
Yes, please email physicalsciences@support.ucla.edu for more information and a team
member will get in touch with you.
Matching funds are available for as long as funds last.
In addition to outright gifts of cash, checks and online gifts by credit card, there are
several other ways for donors to contribute funds to benefit this campaign. These
include convenient pledges, wire transfers and gifts of securities and property as well as
estates and planned gifts. For more information on ways to support the UCLA
Foundation, please see here.
Yes, there are numerous ways for you to help lift our students up! To connect with someone on the Physical Sciences development team for more information on other graduate student giving opportunities, please email physicalsciences@support.ucla.edu and a member of the team will get in touch as soon as possible.
