Scholarships and Fellowships

Graduate Fellowships

The Music Department provides a minimum of five years of support to students who enter on the M.A. level and a minimum of four years to those who enter on the Ph.D. level. Students are awarded a fellowship in their first year. Support in subsequent years is in the form of a combination of fellowships and appointments as Graduate Student Instructors. With either form of support, the stipend level is currently $18,000 plus tuition and fees, including health insurance. In addition, students apply for Graduate Division and extramural fellowships during their tenure as a graduate student. Consult the Fellowship Chart for further information.

The George Ladd Prix de Paris

The George Ladd Prix de Paris is awarded to a distinguished graduate student composer in the Music Department. The award supports one year of study in Paris, France. To be considered for the award, students must have completed the M.A. degree and usually will have passed the Qualifying Exams. Awards are made on the basis of faculty nomination. The stipend level is determined by student need.

When applying to our graduate program, we encourage students to investigate and apply for funding that is external to the University of California, Berkeley. The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship Program, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grants, and Ford Foundation grants of good examples of such a source. For international students, the possibilities for a Fulbright Fellowship might be investigated.

Financial Aid

The University of California at Berkeley offers loans, grants, and work-study awards through the Financial Aid Office. The programs are based entirely on demonstrated financial need and require a separate application, independent of the fellowship application.

Traveling Hertz Fellowships

Alfred Hertz Memorial Traveling Scholarships are intended for persons who have unusual talent in music and who show a bona fide intention to devote their lives to music. It was the donor's intention to enable recipients of these scholarships to study away from Berkeley either in the United States or elsewhere. Anyone who has been affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley may apply.

Fellowship Deadlines

University Fellowships	A/C*	Deadline	Notification	Website
Academic Progress Award (APA)	No	mid-October	April	Fellowships and Awards Deadlines
Graduate Division Summer Grants	No	mid-November	March	Fellowships and Awards Deadlines
Townsend Fellowships	Yes	mid-November	March	Townsend Center
FLAS (Academic Year/Summer)	No	late January	May	Fellowships and Awards Deadlines
Chancellor's Dissertation Fellowship	Yes	mid-February**	April	Fellowships and Awards Deadlines
Dissertation Year Fellowship	Yes	mid-February **	April	Fellowships and Awards Deadlines
Extramural Fellowships	A/C*	Deadline	Notification	Website
Javitts Fellowship	No	mid-October	April	ed.gov/programs
DAAD Research	Yes	mid-October***	April	www.daad.org
Fulbright-Hays Dissertation	Yes	late October***		grants.ed.gov/programs
Ford Foundation: Pre-Doctoral	No	mid-November	April	Ford Fellowships
Ford Foundation: Dissertation	Yes	late November	April	Ford Fellowships
Mabelle McLeod	Yes	mid-January	March	No website
AMS-50	Yes	mid-January	April	ams.net