Who Can Apply: For UCLA College undergraduates connected to adoption and/or foster care, with demonstrated financial need, the Carl H. Unruh Undergraduate Scholarship Endowment was established in 2006. Connections to adoption and/or foster care could include, but are not limited to students who are, or have been, adoptees, members of a family that includes one or more adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents who have surrendered a child for adoption, current or former foster parents, currently or formerly in foster care and interested in researching adoption-related issues.
Submission:
- Please upload an official or unofficial UCLA transcript and/or official or unofficial transcripts for all colleges or universities that you have attended.
- Please upload a current resume that focuses on your academic achievements.
- Please write a 150-word bio in third person that summarizes your connection to foster care and/or adoption, as well as your key academic interests and experiences and includes a brief statement of your intended major/minor and current career goals.
- LETTER OF REFERENCE: Please provide the name and email of an instructor, counselor or administrator who will provide a letter of reference on your behalf that speaks to your academic accomplishments and potential. Your recommender will automatically receive a link prompting them to upload the recommendation to the UCLA Scholarship Portal. In case of issues, please contact Mac Harris (Associate Director of Operations for the UCLA Center for Scholarships and Scholar Enrichment) at mharris@college.ucla.edu.
Deadline: January 11, 2027
Amount: $1,000
Learn More: https://ucla.academicworks.com/opportunities/130554
