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Brython Davis Fellowship

Introduction

UCI's Graduate Division plans to award up to two Brython Davis Fellowships for academic year 2009-2010. The fellowship is intended to provide support to students who demonstrate outstanding past academic achievement as well as future promise. This award provides a total stipend of $7,000.00 for the academic quarter of the award. Award preference will be given to those students who have not previously received this award. Students must be enrolled full-time (in a minimum of 12 units) in the academic quarter in which the student chooses to take the award. Please note that this award cannot be deferred to a subsequent year.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Brython Davis Fellowship, one of the applicant's parents must currently be, or have been, a regular member of either the United States Navy or Marine Corps.

Students from any academic unit who meet the criteria may apply. To be considered, all individual student applications must include the following:

All AY 2009-10 application materials must be received in the Graduate Division no later than noon on Friday, May 15, 2009. Please submit electronically to Long Nguyen at Nguyen.Long@uci.edu. Decisions will be announced by June 26. Applications must be submitted by the student.

For further information regarding the terms of eligibility, internal departmental deadlines, and the acquisition of application materials, please contact the Associate Dean of your department's school.

Application Process: (last updated April 27, 2009)

  1. Student is to complete the new application form
    1. The new application form is a fillable/savable Word documents and can be found on the Graduate Division Web site: Brython Davis Fellowship Application Form
  2. Save application forms in Word as "DAVIS - SID#.doc" (e.g. "DAVIS - 12345678.doc")
  3. Print and sign the application form
  4. Scan all documents to a single PDF file for each applicant once forms are final with signatures, in this order:
    1. Application form
    2. Student's current Curriculum Vitae
    3. Cover letter specifying the student's relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces member
    4. Photocopies of the respective member's active duty documents or honorable discharge papers

    NOTE! For students who are unable to scan to a single PDF file, multiple files are OK

  5. Save the new PDF file as before, "DAVIS - SID#.pdf" (e.g. "DAVIS - 12345678.pdf")
  6. Prepare to send as follows when all documentation is complete::
    1. Email to Nguyen.Long@uci.edu:
      1. Each original Word .doc application form
      2. Each PDF packet (packet to include items listed above)
  7. DEADLINE to submit applications to the Graduate Division: Friday May 15, 2009
    1. Incomplete application packets will not be reviewed
    2. No exceptions to this deadline will be considered

Warning! Important Note!

This award does not fund a student's non-resident tuition.

Past Scholars - AY 2008-2009

  • Lyndsay Boggess
    LYNDSAY BOGGESS

    Degrees:

    • Ph.D. Criminology, Law & Society, UC Irvine, in progress
    • M.A. Criminal Justice, George Washington University, 2003
    • B.A. Sociology, Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 2000

    Research: Communities and crime, racial/ethnic inequality, schools and violence
    Current Position: Graduate Researcher, UC Irvine
    Student Bio

  • Jane Griffin
    JANE GRIFFIN

    Degrees:

    • Ph.D., Comparative Literature (Emphasis in Spanish and Women's Studies), UC Irvine, expected June 2009
    • M.A. Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine, 2003
    • B.A. Comparative Literature and Spanish, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2000

    Research: Literary and Cultural Studies, with an emphasis on gender, within the context of Chile's recent political transition from dictatorship to democracy.
    Current Position: Graduate Researcher and Instructor, UC Irvine
    Student Bio

  • James Lee Puckett
    JAMES LEE PUCKETT

    Degrees:

    • M.D./Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of California, UC Irvine, in progress
    • M.S., Bioengineering, University of California, Irvine, 2007
    • B.S., Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 2002

    Research: Exhaled nitric oxide and the clinical management of pediatric asthma
    Current Position: Graduate Student Researcher, UC Irvine
    Student Bio

  • Jennifer Weber
    JENNIFER WEBER

    Degrees:

    • Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UC Irvine, in progress
    • M.S.,Biology, East Carolina University, 2007
    • BS., Biology, East Carolina University, 2002

    Research: Evolution of plant breeding systems
    Current Position: Graduate Student Researcher, UC Irvine
    Student Bio