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Kennedy/Graves Award

Shirley Graves Kennedy arrived in Santa Barbara in 1970 where she found a small, marginalized African American community and other people of color who faced job and housing discrimination, exclusion from the arts, and unfair treatment in the school system.

Read more about the Award

Claudine Michel Fund

After more than three decades of service to UC Santa Barbara, Associate Vice Chancellor, Black Studies Professor, activist, colleague, and friend, Dr. Claudine Michel is now officially an "emerita"!

Read more about the Fund

Guardian Scholarship

The UC Santa Barbara Guardian Scholars Program supports the academic and personal success of students who have been part of the foster care system. Program services include academic support, enrichment services, student advocacy, career guidance, peer networking, housing assistance and financial aid advising.

UCSB Guardian Scholars Resources

Alan Pattee Scholarship

In 1970, Assembly Bill 338, or the Alan Pattee Scholarship Act, was passed by the California Legislature. Under this act, an eligible University of California student who is a surviving spouse or surviving child of a deceased person who meets all of the following requirements may be eligible for an exemption towards mandatory systemwide tuition and fees and mandatory campus-based fees. 

For more information about who may qualify, visit the UC Alan Pattee website. If you think you meet the qualifications and are enrolled as a UCSB student, please contact our office. 

Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship

Effective with the 2024-25 award year, as part of the FAFSA Simplification Act, the Special Rule for Pell Grants replaces the Iraq and Afghanistan Service Grant (IASG) and the Children of Fallen Heroes (CFH) Scholarship with new or modified eligibility criteria for a student who is less than 33 years old as of the first of January of the FAFSA award year and who indicate on the FAFSA that their parent or guardian died in the line of duty while:

1. Serving on active duty as a member of the Armed Forces on or after September 11, 2001 (formerly IASG); or
2. Actively serving as and performing the duties of a public safety officer (formerly CFH).

If you think you may qualify for this Scholarship, please contact our office. Once eligibility is confirmed, eligible students will receive a maximum Pell Grant regardless of their Student Aid Index (adjusted for enrollment intensity).