Prestigious scholarships are awarded to some of the highest-achieving students in the nation, including many of our UC Davis scholars. Undergraduate and Prestigious Scholarships 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.
2025-26 recipients
Critical Language Scholarship
Recipient
Diba Morady
Political Science
Russian
Alternates
Keller Kramer
International Relations
Agricultural and Environmental Technology
Portuguese
Michael Wanner
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
Japanese
Jane Lee, Nursing Science and Healthcare Leadership, Korean
Wayne Liao, Materials Science and Engineering, Japanese
Erin Morissette, Biomedical Engineering, Japanese
David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship
Recipients
Lorenzo Hazen
International Relations
Indonesia
Andrew Martin
Mechanical Engineering
Japan
Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
Recipient
Lillie Vehling
Mechanical Engineering
Aerospace Science and Engineering
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
Alternates
Ava Gutierrez
History
Human Development
Spain
Delana Baker, Psychology, Korea
Itzelh Hernandez-Arellano, History and Spanish, Brazil
Allison Lopez, Human Development, Spain
Graduate Degree Award
Recipients
Aruna Nannapaneni
Molecular and Medical Microbiology
Australia
Mingxin Samuel
Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Taiwan
Alternate
Genece Grisby
Marine and Coastal Science
Saudi Arabia
Finalists
Kyle Elshoff
Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity
Canada
Janae Bonnell, Environmental Toxicology, Canada
Alex Coffman, Electrical Engineering, Finland
Connor Spencer, Transportation Technology and Policy and Agricultural and Resource Economics, Netherlands
Research Program Award
Recipients
Keller Kramer
International Relations
Agricultural and Environmental Technology
Brazil
Brent Valentine
Managerial Economics
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
Brazil
Alternate
Arpa Boghozian
Horticulture and Agronomy
Armenia
Finalists
Oluwaatinuke Balogun
Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
Nigeria
Rose Bern, Psychology, Denmark
Evan Martinak, Creative Writing, Turkey
Charles Sills, History, Jordan
Caden Williams, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Iceland
Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Finalist
Amrita Julka
Political Science and Human Development
Knight-Hennessy Scholarship
Recipients
Julian Garcia
Political Science - Public Service
Kush Narang
Individual - Biological Sciences
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation, or SMART, Scholarship
Recipient
Lillie Vehling
Mechanical Engineering
Aerospace Science and Engineering
