Tyler Center Fellowship for Global Studies

• Scholarship/stipend: Be awarded a $5,000 stipend during the summer.
• Network: A close rapport with a faculty mentor can open up your world to a wider research community and the chance to meet leaders, future colleagues, and lifelong friends who share your intellectual curiosity.
• Mentored research experience: You gain mentored research experience, experiential learning, and hands-on learning. Participating in Tyler Center Fellowship allows students to learn more about research and allows them to further enhance their knowledge. This can be a great preparation for applying for graduate school, research institution, or learning new skills to apply for the work field.
• Co-Curricular Record: Recognition of some research-activities on your co-curricular record.
• Conference travel funding: By participating in Tyler Center Fellowship, you are eligible to apply for URH's conference travel funding. Student travel funding for the 2025-2026 academic year is currently unavailable. 
• Interdisciplinary research topic:
• With the Tyler Center Fellowship program, you can do research outside of your program (e.g., STEM major doing research with a faculty member conducting research in the Arts, Social Sciences, & Humanities fields).
• Conduct Research Abroad: With the Tyler Center Fellowship, you can conduct international research under the guidance of a faculty member (UC San Diego or a faculty abroad).

Tyler Center for Global Studies 

• Complete Pre-departure along with fellowship activities set by Florida State University (FSU), submit your deliverable to FSU, and present your research findings at the Virtual Summit.
• Meet with UC San Diego's Study Abroad office, and complete TritonsAbroad requirements
• Exclusions: The UC San Diego Tyler Center Fellows Program will not support projects in any country under U.S. State Department Level 4 Travel Advisory. Projects intended to be carried out in a country with a Level 3 Advisory must be cleared by Tyler Center Program Staff. Please contact Program Coordinator, Daniel Movahed (dmovahed@ucsd.edu) for further information. To learn more about the list of travel advisories affecting specific countries, please refer to the following link: https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories.html

• Create and give a presentation to the Undergraduate Research Hub (URH) (summer requirement) 
• Participate in an online asynchronous format during the Summer Quarter, which consists of SRP requirements set by URH
• Apply to Tyler Center Fellowship

Summer Tyler Center Fellowship

Tyler Center Fellowship Scholars will be selected for the summer program on a competitive basis. You are eligible to apply if you meet the following criteria: 

• Full time enrollment as an undergraduate
• Demonstrable financial need
• US citizen, permanent resident, or international student
• 18+ years of age
• Open to students of all disciplines and fields of study

Exclusions:

The UC San Diego Tyler Center Fellows Program will not support projects in any country under U.S. State Department Level 4 Travel Advisory. Projects intended to be carried out in a country with a Level 3 Advisory must be cleared by Tyler Center Program Staff. Please contact Program Coordinator, Daniel Movahed (dmovahed@ucsd.edu) for further information. To learn more about the list of travel advisories affecting specific countries, please refer to the following link: https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories.html

Find a faculty mentor

• Don't wait! Students should find a mentor and discuss a potential research project before adding that faculty member's name and email to the Tyler Center Fellowship application.
• Students are responsible for finding and contacting their own mentor, but the Tyler Center Fellowship Coordinator can help if you're having a hard time. For tips, review our page on how to find a mentor. Start looking for a mentor as you're filling out the general application—be proactive!
• The faculty mentor needs to be at the higher ladder ranked position teaching at UC San Diego (e.g., assistant professor, associate professor). If you have a faculty mentor who is not at the higher ladder ranked position (e.g., lecturer, senior continuing lecturer), you need to email the Tyler Center Fellowship Coordinator to see if they are eligible to serve.
• Students may identify a faculty member outside of UC San Diego.

Expectations of faculty mentor - When contacting/meeting with potential mentors, be sure to share this list with them so they know the expectations before agreeing to be your mentor.

• Mentor and oversee the student's research/artistic endeavor/public service project.
• Commit resources towards the training of the student.
• Personally meet with the student to periodically check on their progress or appoint someone in my group to do so.
• Ensure that the student completes all required training and certifications prior to starting any research, if necessary.

There are 2 items required to apply to the Tyler Center Fellowship:

1. Applications

• General Application and Undergraduate Application (When you finish the general application, you will be automatically directed to complete the undergraduate application).
• Tyler Center Fellowship Application (After you finish the previous two applications, you will be given the opportunity to choose to complete the Tyler Center Fellowship application.)

2. Supplemental Questions (as part of the Tyler Center Fellowship application)

• Mentor name and contact information: Is a faculty mentor associated with this (potential) project? If so, please enter their name, title, department, and contact information (email). If no, please type "N/A". 
  • Students should find a mentor and discuss a potential research project before adding that faculty member's name and email to the Tyler Center Fellowship application. Students may identify a faculty member in or outside of UC San Diego.
• Location: Please share the city/cities and country/countries where you will be doing your research project. The UC San Diego Tyler Center Fellows Program will not support projects in any country under U.S. State Department Level 4 Travel Advisory. Projects intended to be carried out in a country with a Level 3 Advisory must be cleared by Tyler Center Program Staff. Please contact Program Coordinator, Daniel Movahed (dmovahed@ucsd.edu) for further information. To learn more about the list of travel advisories affecting specific countries, please refer to the following link: https://travel.state.gov/en/international-travel/travel-advisories.html
• Passport: Please share the country and expiration date of your valid passport. If you do not have a valid passport, you may type "N/A".
• Institution(s): If you will be affiliated with an institution(s) abroad, please list it/them. Please include an institutional contact that will allow us to contact you while you are abroad. Please include name, title, phone number, and/or email (if there is a preferred contact method, please include that here, as well). If you are not affiliated with an institution, please write "N/A".
• Existing Arrangements: Do you already have existing arrangements (local contacts, living arrangements, research placement, transportation plans to the research placement from living arrangement, etc.). If so, please briefly describe.
• Description of Proposed Research Activity: Please describe the activity you would like to conduct in terms that can be understood by a non-expert audience. Each activity proposal will be different based on your field of study, but some general points that you MIGHT discuss include: topic, central question(s), and methods.
  • We encourage students to reach out to faculty mentors and/or the Writing Hub (writinghub.ucsd.edu) for support and feedback in writing project proposals.
• IRB Approval: Is Internal Review Board (IRB) or the equivalent at an international institution approval necessary for this project, and if so, has it been obtained by you or your faculty mentor? Please check all that apply for your situation. If need be, provide clarification at the end of the application.
• Budget: Please provide an estimated amount you plan to spend during the fellowship. For example: for Room and Board, Transportation, etc.
• Timeline: Please describe how you envision your project over the course of the ten-week program, with a minimum of five weeks abroad.
• Another Program: Will this opportunity be conducted in conjunction with another program? If so, please give the name below and let us know if you have already been accepted into this program, and how do the research activities for each program relate to each other.
• Broadening Perspective: Briefly describe your academic and career goals and how participating in this program will help you achieve them.
• Video: Please make and submit a 90 second video (youtube, vimeo, zoom, etc.) If you have technical difficulties, please send your video to ugresearch@ucsd.edu and indicate so below.
  Have your video address the following prompts:
  • Introduce yourself (Your background and any cross-cultural experiences you've had) 
  • Your vision (How do you see yourself embodying or expanding your global perspective through this opportunity?)
  • Your impact (What issue or challenge are you passionate about solving?
  • Your goals (What do you hope to learn through this experience?).