Other Funding Sources

The UC Ship Funds Program is intended to fund ship time. Other expenses, such as travel, shipping, data processing and analysis, are not intended to be paid using UC Ship funds.

We encourage applicants to seek out other sources of funding for these expenses. Links to UCSD programs that provide seed funding and travel grants are provided below.

• Marine Sciences Grant Funding: Research Program
• Marine Sciences Grant Funding: Travel to Scholarly Meetings
• SIO Small Grant Program
• UC San Diego Graduate Student Association (GSA)
• Young Investigator Funding Opportunities