Important dates and deadlines for graduate school award deadlines for those attending UCLA.

Award Application Timeframes for Students

Updated November 2023 – Subject to Revision

Continuing Student Awards

Award Name	Application Portal	Date Available	Student Application Deadline	Department Nominations Close	Recipients Announced
Graduate Summer Research Mentorship (GSRM); students self-nominate	Continuing Student Award Application – Slate	December 8, 2023	February 16, 2024	N/A	April 5, 2024
Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM)	Continuing Student Award Application – Slate	December 8, 2023	February 16, 2024	March 15, 2024	April 26, 2024
Privately Endowed Awards (for continuing students)	Continuing Student Award Application – Slate	December 8, 2023	February 16, 2024	March 15, 2024	Beginning in late-April
Dissertation Year Award (DYA)	Continuing Student Award Application – Slate	December 8, 2023	February 16, 2024	March 22, 2024	May 24, 2024
University of California President’s Pre-Professoriate Program	Email to Askgrad@grad.ucla.edu	December 15, 2023	TBD	January 16, 2024	Mid-March

Award Activations (recipients of multi-year awards requiring activation)

Award Name	Application Portal	Date Available	Student Application Deadline	Department Nominations Close	Recipients Announced
Cota-Robles 2 Activation (formerly Cota-Robles GRM)	Continuing Student Award Application – Slate	December 15, 2023	February 16, 2024	June 7, 2024	July 1, 2024
Graduate Dean’s Scholar Award (GDSA) Summer Activation (summers 1 and 2)	Continuing Student Award Application – Slate	December 15, 2023	February 16, 2024	June 7, 2024	July 1, 2024
Distinguished TA Award – Dissertation Year Award Activation	Continuing Student Award Application – Slate	December 15, 2023	February 16, 2024	June 7, 2024	July 1, 2024