Student organizations that support students from all backgrounds flourish within the Division of Physical Sciences. The list below will be updated regularly. If you are a member of a student group not listed here, please let us know at physicalscience@ucla.edu.
The Division is able to offer a fund of up to $5,000 per year for each department to help sponsor student participation in conferences, workshops, and other events that foster inclusivity. Participation will help our students make professional connections with colleagues while helping recruit students to our programs.
Requests for funding should be made through the department representatives on the Physical Science Inclusive Excellence Committee.
The RISE Center is hosting Virtual Healing spaces for all students, staff and faculty in the UCLA Community. Participants are invited into a supportive community to experience trauma-informed and healing-centered practices for resilience, self-care, well-being, and insight. The sessions are open to all students, faculty, and staff. Click here for more details.
UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) supports your mental health needs as you pursue your academic goals. Services are designed to foster the development of healthy well-being necessary for success in a complex global environment. Services include crisis counseling available by phone 24 hours a day/7 days a week; emergency intervention; individual counseling and psychotherapy; group therapy and more. Click here for more information about CAPS and to book a telehealth appointment.
- Bruin Resource Center
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Campus Resource Center
- Dashew Center for International Students
- Office for Students with Disabilities
- Community Programs Office
- Counseling and Psychological Services
- ADA/504 Compliance Office
- Arthur Ashe Student Health & Wellness Center
- Office for Students with Disabilities
The Queen’s Road Foundation is supporting undergraduate scholarships in the Physical Sciences through the establishment of the privately sponsored Queen’s Road Foundation Undergraduate Fellows Fund.
Each year, one student from each department in the Division of Physical Sciences will be selected to receive a fellowship. U.S. citizenship or residency will not be a requirement as a recipient of this award, but students must be enrolled full-time with a declared major in one of the Physical Sciences departments.
The six departments in the Division of Physical Sciences are:
• Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
• Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences
A scholarship subcommittee for Inclusive Excellence in Physical Sciences, under the administration of the Dean for Physical Sciences, will rank applicants and select the finalists. Undergraduate students entering their junior year will be eligible to apply and winners will receive $15,000 towards their academic year and their summer research project.
To apply, students will be required to have a letter of support from a faculty sponsor. Additionally, students will be required to participate in the Undergraduate Research Fellows Program (URFP) from the Undergraduate Research Center.
The donor has required that all applicants address the following questions with 100-200 word responses each:
- What are your plans for graduate school?
- Provide a list of academic papers, conferences, blogs or science books you found interesting
- Do you have any thoughts or ideas on how to encourage science education?
Finalists must be prepared to present their views on inclusion in science and agree to mentor other students in science education.
Apply
Application form for the new cohort will open June 1st 2025
Applications must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on July 31st, 2025.
Questions?
Please contact queensroadfellowship@college.