Applying

Rose Hills Summer Scholarships 2026

Applications for Rose Hills Summer Scholarships are due by Friday March 6, 2026 12:00 Noon (Pacific Time).

To learn more about the program, please attend an information session. For support on preparing a research proposal, consider attending a ‘How to write a research proposal’ workshop. These workshops will be scheduled in January and early February.

Pre-register on the OURS events page and sign up for the newsletter for program updates!

Applying To Rose Hills Summer Scholarships

 The application portal for Rose Hills Summer Scholarships is now CLOSED. Check back soon for Rose Hills Summer Scholarships 2026.

The information below may be referred for archival purposes.

The application for Rose Hills Summer Scholarships for 2025 and later has been abbreviated from past years and differs in scope from the full research proposal required by SURF L&S and Haas Scholars Program.

Please use the worksheet below to begin preparing your application for Rose Hills Summer Scholarships 2026. When you are ready to submit your application, and the portal goes live, you will be able to click on the blue application portal link.

Please Note: To access the application materials (both the portal and worksheet), you must login from a bMail (berkeley.edu) account. Student external to UC Berkeley are ineligible for these programs.

Application Worksheet

Application Portal

Submit your Application here:

  • The Rose Hills Summer Scholarships Application Portal is now CLOSED.

Faculty Mentors

  • Applicants are responsible for supplying the email address of a faculty mentor who has agreed to supervise their proposed research project.
  • The Rose Hills Summer Scholarship Selection Committee will contact faculty mentors separately to verify their support of the proposed project.
  • Faculty must be either a UC Berkeley, UCSF, CHORI, SSL, or LBNL faculty member or lab scientist with the status of Principal Investigator on an established sponsored project.

Resources to Support Applying to Rose Hills

To register for information sessions, please go to the OURS events page. Registration is REQUIRED.

The dates and times are:

Information Session Slides (formatting under revision)

Previously Successful Research Proposals

Note: The following proposals will be listed by Major(s), Fellow, and Title of Project. To access the files linked, you must be logged into a valid UC Berkeley email address.