Rose Hills Summer Scholarships

Sponsored by the Rose Hills Foundation, Rose Hills Summer Scholarships enable UC Berkeley students from STEM disciplines immerse themselves in full-time summer research. Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors, the fellowship supports both faculty-led and independent projects. To be eligible, students must be US Citizens with permanent residence in Southern California and be majoring in select STEM majors. The scholarship provides students with $5000 in summer funding.

What Are Rose Hills Summer Scholarships?

Rose Hills Summer Scholarships supports sophomores, juniors and seniors conducting STEM-oriented research during the summer months. Students may be either pursuing a faculty-led project or an independent project of their own design. For sophomores, the funding may support their involvement in a faculty-led project. For juniors and seniors, the funding may support research that will lead to a senior honor thesis or capstone project. For graduating seniors, this fellowship allows further development of research that may lead to publication. The scholarship provided selected students with summer stipends of $5,000. 

ELIGIBILITY: 

To be eligible for a Rose Hills Summer Scholarship, you must: 

  • Be a matriculating student at UC Berkeley. Visiting and Extensions students are not eligible to apply.
  • Have a 3.5 GPA (Students with a GPA between 3.0 and 3.5  should apply and will be considered for funding but the award will be contingent on special approval from the Rose Hills Foundation)
  • Have standing as a sophomore, junior, or senior according to your Cal Central profile at the time of application. (Graduating seniors must graduate no earlier than Spring 2025).
  • Be a U.S. Citizen with permanent residence established in one of the following counties in Southern California:
    • San Diego County
    • Imperial County
    • Orange County
    • Riverside County
    • Santa Barbara County
    • Ventura County
    • Los Angeles County
    • San Bernardino County
  • Be sponsored by a UC Berkeley, UCSF, CHORI, or LBNL faculty member or lab scientist / Principal Investigator
  • Have declared (or intend to declare) in one of the eligible majors:
    • Integrative Biology
    • Microbial Biology
    • Molecular & Cell Biology
    • Genetics & Plant Biology
    • Molecular & Environmental Biology
    • Earth & Planetary Science
    • Nutritional Science (including: Toxicology, Dietetics, and Physiology & Metabolism)
    • Conservation & Resource Studies
    • Environmental Sciences
    • Marine Science
    • Planetary Science
    • Astrophysics
    • Chemical Biology
    • Chemical Engineering
    • Chemistry
    • Mathematics
    • Applied Mathematics
    • Physics
    • Statistics
    • Geophysics
    • Bioengineering
    • Civil Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering
    • EECS
    • Computer Science
    • Energy Engineering
    • Engineering Math & Statistics
    • Engineering Physics
    • Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
    • Mechanical Engineering
    • Materials Science & Engineering
    • Nuclear Engineering

Rose Hills fellows from previous summers are eligible to reapply

PROGRAM COMMITMENTS:  

As terms of their award, recipients of Rose Hills Summer Scholarships must agree to:

  • Complete at least 7 weeks of full-time research on the project they proposed;
  • Submit materials for their web profile (headshot and project abstract) by the deadline specified in the contract;
  • Complete an exit survey that describes the impact of the research experience on professional and academic plans after graduation;
  • Submit a final report related to the summer research
SELECTION CRITERIA:   Rose Hills Summer Scholarships will be awarded to eligible students with solid faculty support who demonstrate in the application that they are motivated and well-qualified to take on the proposed research based on a track record of resourcefulness and responsibility.

Contact:  

rose_hills_summer_scholarships@berkeley.edu