Career Development

The UC Center Sacramento announced its sixth annual Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy. The award will recognize excellence in graduate student research with a direct impact on public policy. The recipients of the Emerging Scholars Award will receive a $500 prize and will deliver an invited policy lecture at the UC Center. Deadline to apply is March 13, 2020.

By Graduate Division Staff
Thursday, February 20th, 2020 - 9:10am


The UC Center Sacramento announces its sixth annual Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy. The award will recognize excellence in graduate student research with a direct impact on public policy. The recipients of the Emerging Scholars Award will receive a $500 prize and will deliver an invited policy lecture at the UC Center.

Submissions will be accepted through March 13, 2020 and should include:

• Application Form - Click here
• An abstract (250 words)
• Two page summary of paper
• Current CV
• Teaching evaluations from last two quarters/semesters
• Letter of recommendation from a supervising professor that specifically comments on both the impact of the applicant's research and his or her effectiveness as a public speaker

Please submit all materials, letter of recommendation sent separately by professor, to uccsemergingscholar@ucdavis.edu