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 prestigious scholarship foundations have recognized.
You can visit the Recipient Archives for a complete listing of past awardees.
2023-24 Recipients
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Avantika Gokulnatha
Genetics and Genomics
Shih-Na Liu
Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
Madeleine Rose
Cognitive Science
Critical Language Scholarship
Oscar Boissy
Linguistics
Arabic
Finnegan Jarrell
International Relations
Japanese
Whitne Moussan
Anthropology
Arabic
Zain Patel
International Relations
Hindi
Angel Trazo
Cultural Studies
Indonesian
Heidi Trinh
Linguistics; Computer Science and Engineering
Korean
Samantha Herzig (Finalist)
Art History
Chinese
Zoe Smith (Finalist)
English
Chinese
+ 4 finalists who prefer
not to be listed
Donald M. Payne Fellowship
Margaret Mello
History
Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
Vyoma Bhanap
Cell Biology
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
Nathanael Kavenik
English
Mongolia
Ximena Landeros Bravo
International Relations
Italy
Annabel Marshall
Cognitive Science, English
Switzerland
Paola Vidal-Espinoza
Public Health
Brazil
Sofia Biren (finalist)
Political Science, Spanish
Brazil
Amelie Datz (finalist)
Linguistics
South Korea
Julianna Deneve (finalist)
Sociology
Uruguay
Isabella Edwards (finalist)
Human Development
Uruguay
Megan Sanchez (finalist)
Cognitive Science
South Korea
Madeleine Silva (finalist)
Human Development
Malta
+ 1 finalist who prefers not to be named
Graduate Degree Award
Margaret Harp
Art History
Israel
Eseosa Omorogieva
Computer Science
France
Kate Linenbach (finalist)
Psychology
United Kingdom
Research Program Award
Lucille Knowles
Biological Systems Engineering
Denmark
Vivienne Muller
Native American Studies
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Iris Bright (finalist)
Entomology
Namibia
Matthew Davis (finalist)
Plant Biology
Germany
Emma Ware (finalist)
Atmospheric Science
Poland
+ 1 recipient and 2 finalists who prefer not to be named
