Carolyn D. Smith Graduate Scholarship

For full-time UCLA graduate students intending to become a teacher at any level, for any subject and in any geographical area, the Carolyn D. Smith Graduate Scholarship was established in 2022 to provide scholarship support. Other factors to be considered include scholarly achievement; monetary need; participation in school activities such as student government, sports, clubs and service to the school staff or student body; community service and overcoming a disability or illness to achieve scholarship and provide service and leadership.

The Carolyn D. Smith Graduate Scholarship covers one quarter’s enrollment and tuition fees, all laboratory fees, and all assigned textbooks for that quarter.

Because the Carolyn D. Smith Graduate Scholarship covers enrollment and tuition fees, awardees of the scholarship may not engage in any academic apprenticeship (Teaching Assistant, Teaching Associate, Teaching Fellow, Departmental Scholar, Graduate Student Researcher) or other position that provides full or partial coverage of the recipient’s UCLA tuition during the term of the Carolyn D. Smith Graduate Scholarship. Carolyn D. Smith Graduate Scholarship awardees may work for UCLA as long as the position does not involve full or partial coverage of the recipient’s UCLA tuition during the term of the scholarship. The UCLA Center for Scholarships and Scholar Enrichment, which administers the Carolyn D. Smith Graduate Scholarship, will advise recipients of opportunities to pursue such work at UCLA, but there is no requirement to do so. Applicants will be awarded solely on the basis of their qualifications for the scholarship, as expressed in the initial scholarship description above.