The Graduate Scholars Program (GSP) provides first-year and second-year domestic doctoral students from diverse backgrounds with an advanced doctoral student mentor, a targeted orientation to campus resources, professional development opportunities, and networking events across campus.
Interested in joining the Graduate Scholars Program as a scholar or mentor? Contact our Assistant Director of Diversity Initiatives.
Our Mission
Mentorship and Support
The UCSB Graduate Scholars Program mission is to provide a community of diverse doctoral scholars with the academic, professional, and social support systems that will allow them to gain educational and personal success. The ultimate goal is not only to diversify the academic and professional world but also to realize our potential as an inclusive society.
GSP is a comprehensive program designed to provide support, mentoring, and services for all first- and second-year domestic doctoral students. We encourage participation of students from non-traditional backgrounds or who are underrepresented, under-resourced, under-served in the academy.
Support, Connections, and Services
The UCSB Graduate Scholars Program is a comprehensive program designed to provide support, mentoring, and services for incoming graduate students from populations that are traditionally underrepresented in the academy.
Mentoring Families
The foundation of the Graduate Scholars Program are the “mentoring families."
Spotlights
Mentors and scholars share the impact of the program on their graduate school experience.
Professional Development
Graduate Scholars have direct access to academic and professional development activities throughout the year.