Prestigious scholarships are awarded to some of the highest achieving students in the nation, including many of our UC Davis scholars. The Undergraduate and Prestigious Scholarship Office was founded in the 2013-14 academic year. Since that time, we have had the distinct pleasure of working with the following candidates who have been recognized by prestigious scholarship foundations.
Visit the Recipient Archives for a complete listing of past awardees.
2022-23 Prestigious Scholarships Recipients
Caden Williams
Environmental Science & Management; Geology
Critical Language Scholarship
Chinese
Savannah Ealy
Linguistics
Critical Language Scholarship
Swahili
Eric Hickerson
Plant Sciences
Anushka Kulkarni
Music
Zachary Houghton (Finalist)
Linguistics
Critical Language Scholarship
Chinese
Moriah Shih (Finalist)
Global Disease Biology
+2 recipients and 2 finalists who prefer not to be listed
Aaron Guerra
Environmental Policy Analysis & Planning; Environmental Science & Management; Political Science Public Service
Chiran Shunmugam
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Aman Singla
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Keller Kramer
International Relations; Agricultural & Environmental Technology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
Taiwan
Savannah Ealy
Linguistics
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
Spain
Rivka Keith
Psychology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
Spain
Kevin Palacios
Political Science
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
Taiwan
Moriah Shih
Global Disease Biology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
Greece
Aubrey Schoeman (Finalist)
Theatre & Dance; History
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
+1 recipient and 1 finalist who prefer not to be listed
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Graduate Degree Award
2 finalists who prefer not to be listed
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Ministry of Education and Culture Award
Iceland
Danielle Galietti (Finalist)
Fine Arts
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Argentina
Colette Curran
Landscape Architecture
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Ghana
Elise Reynolds
Nutritional Biology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Madagascar
Marie Fleming (Finalist)
Ecology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Kyrgyzstan
Marika Miner (Finalist)
Political Science
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Australia
Sarah Niederholzer (Finalist)
Anthropology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Denmark
Danielle Steffen (Finalist)
Biochemistry, Molecular, Cellular & Development Biology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Colombia
Anamaria Trujillo (Finalist)
Anthropology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
Belgium
Nicole Yang (Finalist)
Sustainable Environmental Design
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Research Program Award
+1 recipient and 2 finalists who prefer not to be listed
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Urban Planning & Sustainable Design Award
Singapore
Andrea Nguyen (Finalist)
Transportation, Technology & Policy
1 finalist who prefers not to be listed
Ibrahim Dagher (Finalist)
Philosophy
Sophia Simon
Ecology
Ibrahim Dagher (Finalist)
Philosophy
Sandra Kim (Finalist)
Philosophy