NOTE: Due to new funding rules for undergraduate students, undergraduate applications will only be offered in the Spring/Summer application cycle and will be disbursed in the fall of the following year. Due to this rule, seniors are no longer eligible to apply.
UCLA Graduate Student Opportunities
Fall 2026/Winter 2027
Maurice Amado Research and Travel Grant (Graduate Students)
– DESCRIPTION: The Maurice Amado Research and Travel Grant are intended to defray costs associated with short-term research or study in the field of Sephardic studies.
– AMOUNT: up to $3,500
– REQUIREMENTS: project description (up to 500 words), full budget, contact info for 2 recommenders
– DEADLINE: Fall/Winter cycle, 11/20/26
Alan D. Leve Graduate Research Travel Grant for Student Excellence (Graduate)
– DESCRIPTION: Short-term grants to defray costs associated with research or study in the field of Jewish Studies at UCLA, including but not limited to graduate fellowships, travel stipends, and summer research project stipends.
– AMOUNT: up to $3,500
– REQUIREMENTS: project description (up to 500 words), full budget, contact info for 2 recommenders
– DEADLINE: Fall/Winter cycle, 11/20/2026
Bluma Appel Research Travel Grant for Graduate Students
– DESCRIPTION: short-term grants to defray costs associated with research or study in the field of Jewish Studies.
– AMOUNT: Up to $3,500
– REQUIREMENTS: project description (up to 500 words), budget, contact info for 2 recommenders
– DEADLINE: Fall/Winter cycle, 11/20/2026
2025-2026 Alan D. Leve Student Awards
Maurice Amado Research Grant in Sephardic Studies (Graduate)
Yaron Cherniak (Ethnomusicology)
Rachel Kaufman (History)
Adam Lubitz (Architecture and Urban Design)
Bluma Appel Research Travel Grant (Graduate)
Hani Abramson (History)
Rachel Kaufman (History)
Alona Weimer (Comp Lit)
Avery Weinman (History)
Anatoli Ulyanov (ELTS)
The Marjorie Marks Fond, PhD and Richard Z. Fond, PharmD Graduate Award in Yiddish Studies
Hani Abramson (History)
Benjamin Kersten (Art History)
Robert and Maxine Halem Undergraduate Scholarship in Jewish Studies
Samuel Kunowski
Isabelle Elias
Alan D. Leve Research and Travel Grants for Student Excellence (Graduate)
Andrew Admiraal (NELC)
Natalie Bernstien (History)
Michael Buse (History)
Sarah Harrington (NELC)
Madeline Hudalla (History)
Sara Hussein (History)
Tyler Jarvis (NELC)
Mustapha Outbakat (Anthropology)
Michael Stewart-Bernard (NELC)
Alona Weimer (Comp Lit)
Joseph Weinger (Sociology)
Benjamin Kaplan Weinger (Geography)
Yasmin Tijerina (NELC)
Rachel Tokofsky (History)
Alexander Youngstrom (NELC)
Sara and Chaskel Roter Research Travel Grants (Graduate)
Natalie Bernstien (History)
Madeline Hudalla (History)
Mustapha Outbakat (Anthropology)
Sharon Zelnick (Comp Lit)
Sarah and Eugene Zinn Memorial Scholarship for Holocaust Studies & Social Justice
Rachel Kaufman (History)
Additional funding opportunities available at the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies