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NSF Bridge to the Doctorate (B2D) - Cal NERDS

UC Berkeley’s NSF B2D Fellowship program is connected to the NSF LSAMP network of alliances. Through this program, the NSF seeks to continue its goal of increasing the number of ethnically underrepresented students completing STEM doctoral degrees by offering recipients the opportunity to enroll in graduate program without the financial burden. Typically each B2D fellows receives a $37,000 fellowship during their first two years, and the cost of the next three years is paid for by the department (contingent upon availability of funding). Other benefits include advising and advocacy, professional development, conference travel, a supportive community, and access to a diversity student center. Faculty would support students who are part of this fellowship in their Graduate School Studies. 

This program does not occur every year, as typically it rotates among the UC system in addition to other universities.   If you are interested in learning more about the next NSF B2D opportunity for the UC System you should each out to our UC LSAMP Statewide Office Professor Emeritus Derek Dunn-Rankin, https://ddr.eng.uci.edu/ or Dr. Pheather Harris, prharris@uci.edu.  Additional details about the NSF B2D can be found here: https://lsmrce.org/lsamp/bridge-doctorate.aspx

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