Tribal Membership Initiative Fellowship

A candidate for the Tribal Membership Initiative fellowship must be able to document affiliation as follows:

• Native Americans and Alaska Natives must be able to document enrollment in a federally recognized tribe. This can be done through tribal ID cards or verification of enrollment number, etc. View this website for a list of federally recognized tribes. 
• The Tribal Membershi Initiative is open to all eligible students. The Tribal Membership does not consider race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and/or other protected categories as part of the application and selection process.

• Applicants who wish to be considered for the Tribal Membership Initiative must complete the standard UC San Diego application for graduate study which includes providing letters of recommendation, test scores, and academic records/transcripts.
• The application contains a section on the personal information page that asks applicants if they would like to receive consideration under the initiative. If yes, they must indicate their tribal affiliation on the application and provide the required documentation.
  • Native Americans and Alaska Natives must be able to document enrollment in a federally recognized tribe. This can be done through tribal ID cards or verification of enrollment number, etc. View this website for a list of federally recognized tribes.
• Applicants should submit this documentation during the online application process or to the department/program to which they have applied.
• Applicants should notify the department/program to which they have applied that they would like to be nominated for the TMI Fellowship.
• Questions about the Tribal Membership Initiative fellowship can be directed to avyang@ucsd.edu.
• Deadline: All nominations must be submitted by August 30 in order to be awarded for the next academic year.

* Students admitted into self-funded programs are ineligible for the TMI. More information may be found here: Self-Supporting (MAS, MDSO, MPH, MS, MSDDPM) Degree Programs, School of Global Policy & Strategy, and Rady School of Management Registration Fees.

* Support is applicable to enrollment at UC San Diego and UC San Diego fees in the year you are receiving the fellowship support.

** Stipends are set up from October through June. Since Campus pays stipends in arrears, the October stipend will be received on/by November 1st.

*** Pease visit Tuition and Fees website for an overview of the tuition and fees for the graduate programs at UC San Diego. Tuition and fees in excess of the award must be funded by the student.

**** Bonus is set up to be received on/by September/October 1, depending on when the TMI is Awarded.