Northern California Association Graduate Scholarship
Current members can apply for a $10,000 Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Scholarship sponsored by the Northern California Association. Learn How to Apply: Visit this page for full instructions.
Applications should be directed to our chapter’s vice president and selection committee chair, Andrea Cohen, at pbk@ucsc.edu. In lieu of three sealed, confidential letters of recommendation, recommenders may send PDF versions directly by the due date.
Some recent scholarship winners from UCSC:
- Ryan Daniel Page (Film and Digital Media) was among the 2022 scholarship awardees for his work on “the aesthetics of simulation within digital audio and its relationship to twentieth-century experimental music and contemporary culture.” Ryan posted a YouTube video describing his work.
- Thaïs Miller (Literature) is among the 2023 scholarship winners for her research on Jewish-American comediennes.
- Remy Nguyen (Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics) is among the 2023 scholarship winners for her development of computational approaches for genetic identification from sub-optimal DNA data.
- Keya Jonnalagadda (MCD Biology) is among the 2025 scholarship winners for her research on biological timekeepers in C. elegans.
- Robbie Shepherd (Chemistry) is among the 2025 scholarship winners for his research on novel analytical techniques to enhance drug discovery and drug design efforts.
Key Into Public Service Scholarship
The Phi Beta Kappa Society invites online applications for the Key into Public Service Scholarship, which will award up to 20 rising sophomore, junior, and senior liberal arts and sciences students interested in public service careers $5,000 undergraduate scholarships and a trip to D.C. Students with majors in the arts, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, or social sciences are encouraged to apply.
Characteristics of ideal recipients include intellectual curiosity, interdisciplinary breadth and depth of arts and sciences coursework, leadership propensity, and service to others. Learn more about the Service Scholars program and submit your application on the Service Scholars Application page. The application deadline is in January.
In 2020, UC Santa Cruz’s Alyssa Tamboura received one of these prestigious awards.