The majority of PhD students in the UCSB Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry graduate program are financially supported throughout their course of study. Admitted students will receive a competitive stipend. Sources of support include teaching assistantships, graduate student research assistantships and/or fellowships.

Financial support includes the payment of tuition, fees and health insurance. A Graduate Student Summary of Quarterly Fees and Expenses for 2008-09 can be found on the Graduate Division Financial Support website.

The department nominates admitted students with outstanding qualifications for UCSB campus based fellowships. In order to be eligible for departmental and campus wide graduate fellowships graduate applicants must have submitted their entire application for admission by January 13th. The campus based and departmental fellowships include:

• Bruce Rickborn-Ross Johnson Graduate Fellowship
• Chancellor's Fellowship
• California Nanosystems Institute Fellowship
• Dean's Fellowship
• Doctoral Scholars Fellowship
• Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship
• Graduate Opportunity Fellowship
• Pre-Preparation Fellowship
• Ralph M. Parsons Fellowship
• Regent's Special Fellowship

Admitted international graduate students must arrange with a faculty member for tuition support before admission. They also must pass an English language exam to become a teaching assistant.