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.
2025-26 recipients
Critical Language Scholarship
- Diba Morady, Political Science, Russian
- Alternates:
- Keller Kramer, International Relations and Agricultural and Environmental Technology, Portuguese
- Jane Lee, Nursing Science and Healthcare Leadership, Korean
- Wayne Liao, Materials Science and Engineering, Japanese
- Erin Morissette, Biomedical Engineering, Japanese
- Michael Wanner, Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior, Japanese
David L. Boren Undergraduate Scholarship
- Lorenzo Hazen, International Relations, Indonesia
- Andrew Martin, Mechanical Engineering, Japan
Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
- Lillie Vehling, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Science and Engineering
Fulbright U.S. Student Program
English Teaching Assistant Award
- Alternates:
- Delana Baker, Psychology, Korea
- Ava Gutierrez, History and Human Development, Spain
- Itzelh Hernandez-Arellano, History and Spanish, Brazil
- Allison Lopez, Human Development, Spain
Graduate Degree Award
- Aruna Nannapaneni, Molecular and Medical Microbiology, Australia
- Mingxin Samuel, Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, Taiwan
- Finalists:
- Janae Bonnell, Environmental Toxicology, Canada
- Alex Coffman, Electrical Engineering, Finland
- Kyle Elshoff, Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity, Canada
- Genece Grisby, Marine and Coastal Science, Saudi Arabia
- Connor Spencer, Transportation Technology and Policy and Agricultural and Resource Economics, Netherlands
Research Program Award
- Keller Kramer, International Relations and Agricultural and Environmental Technology, Brazil
- Brent Valentine, Managerial Economics and 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
- Julian Garcia, Political Science - Public Service
- Kush Narang, Individual - Biological Sciences
Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation, or SMART, Scholarship
- Lillie Vehling, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Science and Engineering
Photo caption: From left to right, top to bottom: Aruna Nannapaneni, Ava Gutierrez, Kyle Eshoff, Oluwaatinuke Balogun, Brent Valentine, Keller Kramer, Genece Grisby, Kush Narang, Lillie Vehling, Michael Wanner, Diba Morady, Lorenzo Hazen, Amrita Julka.
