Paul Brady Graduate Fellowship, with Matching Support from the Graduate Student Fellowship Matching Initiative The fellowship shall be awarded for the purposes of both recruiting intellectually promising graduate students entering their first year of graduate-level study and retaining outstanding continuing graduate students. The fellowship recipients shall be known as Brady Fellows. Preference for the fellowship will be given to students with interests in the areas of nuclear and particle physics. Students with interests in other areas of academic discovery may also be considered for the Fellowship. This award was established in 2017 by Professor Emeritus of Physics F. Paul Brady.

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The Paul Brady Award was established by Professor Emeritus Paul Brady in 2010 to support one or more graduate students each year.

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Supports high-achieving first-year graduate students in the Department of Physics at UC Davis, to enhance quality of graduate student recruitment and to reduce the recipients' first quarter graduate student teaching assistant work load. This award was established in 2012 by Professor Emerita Ling-Lie Chau who has been a Professor with UCD since 1986. She established this endowment to show her gratitude to UCD for recruiting her as the only female Professor of Physics in the department until 1994.

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Supports one or more graduate students yearly. Established in 2010 by Nancy and John Jungerman. John was Chair and Professor Emeritus of Physics at UCD from 1951-1991. He was also the founding director of the Crocker Nuclear Lab.

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Provides a fellowship for one or more outstanding graduate students annually that may be awarded at the department's discretion regardless of the student's research area in physics. Endowed in 2012 by Charles Reid, the brother of Roderick V. Reid. Reid was Professor Emeritus of Physics at UCD. He was known for his development of the "Reid Potential". Multiple donors contibuted to his memorial fund after he passed away in 2011.

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Supports graduate student travel in the College of Letters and Science. This award alternates between funding travel for Physics & Astronomy and Music students.

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Hui-Hwa Chiang Endowed Scholarship in Physics In making this gift, Hui-Hwa Chiang, Ph.D., wishes to provide student support to undergraduate students having majored in Physics at UC Davis for at least one year. The selection of scholarship recipients is based on academic merit.

Awarded by the Department of Physics for the purpose of recruiting intellectually promising graduate students entering their first year of graduate-level study and for retaining outstanding continuing graduate students. The award was established in 2016 by James D. "Dave" Cone, an alumnus of UCD. He received his MS and PhD in physics in 2010 and 2013, respectively. Dave was a very successful businessman before he decided to change careers and applied to study physics at UC Davis. Preference for the fellowship will be given to students with interests in the areas of condensed matter. Students with interests in other areas of academic discovery may also be considered for the fellowship. Fellowship recipients shall be known as the "Cone Fellows."

Supports travel awards for graduate students to present papers at major conferences and to support graduate education in physics at UCD. Criteria for these awards shall include: 1) The excellence and impact of the work to be reported (as attested to in writing by the faculty advisor and any preprints or drafts of paper). 2) Whether papers have been previously presented on this or any other topics (preference may be given to students presenting their first paper). 3) Financial need (as judged by other available resources). This award was established in 1995 by the family of Ryan Couch. Couch was a Ph.D. candidate in the Dept of Physics when he passed away in 1995. An endowment was created in 1996 in his honor by his parents.

Supports one or more graduate students in the Department of Physics. Established in 2009 by the parents of Ryan Couch through a partial bequest. Couch was a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics when he passed away in 1995.

To provide support to graduate students pursuing a Ph.D. in physics with a research topic in condensed matter physics. The award was established in 2015 by Distinguished Professor CY Fong and his wife Jane-Lin. CY Fong has been a Professor of Physics at UCD since 1969, studying in the area of his Fellowship (condensed matter theory).

Awards a senior who has achieved academic excellence and shows interest and promise in continued work in physics and/or the physical sciences. Established by a gift from UC President David S. Saxon in 1976. Later renamed to Saxon-Patten in honor of Professor Patten, the first Chair of the Physics Department who passed away in 1985.

Support of a Brinson Prize Fellowship within the Tyson Group within the Department of Physics.

This gift will provide support to graduate students in the Department of Physics. Established through a bequest by Michael and Ester Vaida. Michael received his PhD from UCD in 1973 in computational physics and computer science.

In making this gift, Robert and Adrian Shelton wish to support an annual prize to be allocated to an undergraduate student(s) of senior standing, who is pursuing a degree from the Department of Physics and Astronomy (B.S. or B.A.) and who demonstrates exemplary work and promise in physics.

Nancy K. and John A. Jungerman Graduate Fellowship, with Matching Support from the Graduate Student Fellowship Matching Initiative The Fellowship, established in 2017, shall be awarded by the Department of Physics and will support one or more graduate students each year. Fellowship recipients shall be known as "Jungerman Fellows.