Dates & Deadlines

2026 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship

Application deadline: February 13, 2026 at 4pm
(Note: Recommender’s letter must also be submitted by this deadline!)
See Graduate Student Financial Support Manual for full information.
Important: The online application portal for the Awards and funding activations listed below requires that you submit applications for each simultaneously. You cannot, for example, submit a GRM application and then go back at a later date to submit a GSRM application. If applying for more than one of the awards/activations listed below, please be careful to submit for everything at the same time! This applies to:
- 2026 Graduate Research Mentorship
- 2026 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship
- 2026 GSRM Summer Stipend Activation
- 2026 Cota-Robles 4th-Year Award Funding Activation

Application deadline: February 13, 2026 at 4pm
(Note: Recommender’s letter must also be submitted by this deadline!)
See Graduate Student Financial Support Manual for full information.
Important: The online application portal for the Awards and funding activations listed below requires that you submit applications for each simultaneously. You cannot, for example, submit a GRM application and then go back at a later date to submit a GSRM application. If applying for more than one of the awards/activations listed below, please be careful to submit for everything at the same time! This applies to:
- 2026 Graduate Research Mentorship
- 2026 Graduate Summer Research Mentorship
- 2026 GSRM Summer Stipend Activation
- 2026 Cota-Robles 4th-Year Award Funding Activation
Students applying simultaneously for both the Graduate Research Mentorship and Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Programs may request TWO letters of recommendation if they have different mentors for each program. Recommenders will be asked which program they are mentoring the student for and will answer specific questions. Students are strongly encouraged to use the optional message section to provide the recommender with information about the program they are applying for.

Application deadline: February 26, 2026
Note: The CUTF website lists March 20 as a nomination deadline for the department. To be considered for nomination, students’ applications must be submitted to the Graduate Advisor by February 26!