Scholarship Opportunities
The BruinTech Executive Board is pleased to announce our annual scholarship program. As part of UCLA BruinTech’s mission, we strive to foster personal development and professional growth through our annual scholarships. Our goal is to enrich the UCLA community by offering Bruin technologists an opportunity to further their knowledge through professional development programs and continuing education classes.
The Board is pleased to be awarding four (4) scholarships in total:
- Three (3), $1,000 scholarships for a UCLA Extension course
- One (1) UCLA BruinTech TMP Scholarship to cover the cost of the UCLA Extension Technical Management Program (TMP).
Application deadline is 11:59 PM (PST), Friday, December 19, 2025.
Submit your application today!
For more information about this annual program, please refer to the BruinTech Scholarship Program section on our website.
- All applicants must also include a Letter of Support from their supervisor for their application to be considered. Please email letters to btscholarships@it.ucla.edu(link sends email).
- The scholarship recipient must be a current UCLA employee at the time of application submission and award.
- Applicants can apply for both scholarships but can only be awarded one scholarship.
- Funds must be used by Thursday, December 31, 2026. If the recipient cannot attend or complete the course within the specified timeframe, the award will be forfeited.
- Recipients are required to provide a copy of their transcript upon completion of the course.
- Recipients are expected to give a talk to the BruinTech community about their learnings.
- Scholarships are available to all career staff and eligible contract employees who have completed their probation period.
- BruinTech Members-at-Large are allowed to apply.
- Current voting Board members and past recipients are not eligible. Students are not eligible.
UCLA BruinTech Executive Board
Past Recipients
2025
UCLA Extension $1,000 Scholarships:
- Colombene Gorton, Lead UX/UI Designer
- Scott Gruber, Web & Digital Communications
- Eric Levenstein, Manager, Risk Management
- Nicole Lim, Program Representative
The Technical Management Program (TMP) Scholarship:
- Krithik Udayashankar, Business Systems Analyst, Admissions & Financial Aid IT Products
2024
UCLA Extension $1,000 Scholarships:
- Alice Herla, Film & Television Archive
- Alyssa Tohyama, Architecture & Urban Design
- Sivakorn Michael Losakul, Anthropology
The Jackie Reynolds Technical Management Program (TMP) Scholarship:
- Joy Guey, Social Sciences Computing
2022-2023
UCLA Extension $1,000 Scholarships:
- Chris Cabrera Thompson, UCLA Department of English & Writing Programs
- Derek Lee, UCLA IT Services, Ascend
- Molly Hemphill, UCLA Library, Special Collections
The Jackie Reynolds Technical Management Program (TMP) Scholarship:
- Pablo Morales, UCLA Office of Advanced Research Computing (OARC)
2020-2021
UCLA Extension $1,000 Scholarships:
- Gillian Bailey, UCLA Library
- Amin Quadri, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
- Dave Margolis, UCLA Psychology
2019-2020
UCLA Extension $1,000 Scholarships:
- Hugo Limon, UCLA Social Sciences Computing
- Alvaro Aguilar, UCLA Library IT Services
- Mark Matney, UCLA Library
The Jackie Reynolds Technical Management Program (TMP) Scholarship:
- Anna Rodrigues, UCLA IT Services, Organizational Effectiveness and Development
2018-2019
UCLA Extension $1,000 Scholarships:
- Allison Lu, UCLA Strategic Communication
- Hugo Limon, Social Sciences Computing
- Damon Wolf, UCLA Information Technology Services
The Jackie Reynolds Technical Management Program (TMP) Scholarship:
- Tammy Thompson, UCLA Information Technology Services
