Strategic Investment Program & Scholarships

Theres still time to enroll

Just a reminder that you can still sign up for specific courses in the Strategic Investment Program for Fall Quarter!

Enrollment is open for ECON X499.2 (Begins November 3rd) and ECON X499.3 (November 20th). Sign up on the Extension website and find more information regarding the SIP on the attached brochure. Remember once you complete the program, you are eligible to apply to the Dean’s Investment Fund.

DON’T FORGET! The SIP Scholarship Applications deadline is NOVEMBER 9TH! Apply for the chance to be admitted into three one- unit elective courses at NO CHARGE!

 The Department of Economics will award up to 10 scholarships per quarter. Students will be notified if they are awarded a Coleman Fellowship or Mitchell Kauffman Strategic Investment Program Scholarship. Fellows will be admitted into three one-unit elective courses at no charge after successfully completing the core program requirements. Please contact suzanne@econ.ucsb.edu with the UCSB Department of Economics for more information. 

To apply, you must submit the following by email to suzanne@econ.ucsb.edu with the subject line “SIP Scholarship Application”: 

  • This application 
  • Resume 
  • Personal statement explaining how this will help you achieve your career goals (500-word max). 
  • Unofficial transcript 

YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IF YOU ARE MISSING ANY OF THE MATERIALS LISTED ABOVE. 

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