Dissertation Grants

Doctoral Dissertation Grant Applications

The UCTC awards up to ten doctoral dissertation grants of $15,000 every academic year. Students at any campus of the University of California are eligible (except UC Davis, which has a separate UTC.) The dissertation research must be on topics with direct relevance to U.S. surface transportation, with a focus on systems analysis and policy. Applicants must have advanced to candidacy for the PhD. degree prior to the application deadline. Dissertations are expected to be completed no later than two years following the receipt of the dissertation grant; please do not apply for the grant if you are not able to comply with the two year completion schedule.

Dissertation grant application deadlines are November 1st and April 1st of each year. Funds will be provided in the Winter / Spring term for November awards, and in the early fall for April awards.

The application may be downloaded here (Word) and here (PDF).

Doctoral Dissertation Grant Abstracts are available here.