Phi Beta Kappa Scholarships for Graduate Students

The Phi Beta Kappa of Northern California Association (PBKNCA) offers a number of scholarships to graduate students in the amount $7,500. 

  • The application form and instructions are available here.
  • Send your application materials via email to Professor Michael Subialka (msubialka@ucdavis.edu).  
  • Apply by February 8

Criteria and Eligibility

Eligibility Requirements
  • Applicants must have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa by a chapter in the United States.
  • Applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate or professional program at a PBK-NorCal member university (including UC Davis).
  • National Phi Beta Kappa membership must be current and the applicant's PBK number (available from PBK national) must be included on the application.*
  • A student who has previously been awarded a PBKNCA scholarship is ineligible.
Selection Criteria

Applicants can be in any discipline (see our previous recipients). The following will be considered by the PBK-NCA Scholarship Committee: 

  • Demonstrable evidence that the applicant has discovered something significant in the field of study, has found an original concept, has made an original contribution, or has found an innovative way to apply existing knowledge.
  • Applicant's description of major accomplishments.
  • A serious plan for future innovative endeavor with reasonable expectation of being able to fulfill it.
How to Apply

Complete the application form (here) and send to the UC Davis Scholarship Committee for review. Our UC Davis chapter’s Scholarship Committee reviews the applications and chooses several to forward to PBKNCA. Questions and application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, should be submitted via email to Professor Michael Subialka, msubialka@ucdavis.edu not later than February 8, 2021.  Please send all applications via email. Do not send hard copies. See the Northern California PBK website for complete information about the scholarships and to download the application form. 

Previous UC Davis Recipients

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