December 2017

January 2, 2019

ARIT Summer Fellowships for Turkish Language Study in Istanbul — 2/1/2019

The Program In summer 2019 – June 20 to August 6 – the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT) will offer approximately 15 fellowships to advanced students for participation in the summer program in intensive advanced Turkish language at Boğaziçi University* in Istanbul. This intensive program offers the equivalent of…

January 2, 2019

Reinhard Bendix Memorial Fellowship — 3/18/2019

The Institute of International Studies is accepting applications for the Reinard Bendix Memorial Fellowship. This award commemorates the scholarly achievements of the late Reinhard Bendix, Professor of Sociology and Political Science at UC Berkeley. The fellowship is given annually to students who show promise of advancing scholarship in the field of…

January 2, 2019

John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship — 3/18/2019

The Institute of International Studies is accepting applications for the John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship in International and Comparative Studies. All UC Berkeley graduate students in good standing who will formally advance to candidacy (will have satisfied all requirements of the Ph.D. except the dissertation) by the Fall of…

January 2, 2019

Grants for Disability-Related Research — 3/1/2019

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is granting graduate students $10,000 stipends through the Analyzing Relationships between Disability, Rehabilitation and Work (ARDRAW) Small Grant Program. The stipends will be awarded to graduate-level students to conduct supervised independent research designed to foster new analysis of work,…

December 12, 2018

NEH Senior Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019

National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship Program The CAORC National Endowment for the Humanities Senior Research Fellowship Program supports advanced research in the humanities for U.S. postdoctoral scholars and foreign national postdoctoral scholars who have been residents in the U.S. for three or more years.

December 7, 2018

L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship — 2/1/2019

This postdoctoral fellowship recognizes and rewards the contributions women make in the STEM fields and identifies exceptional women researchers committed to serving as role models for younger generations. The L’Oréal USA For Women in Science fellowship program awards five women postdoctoral scientists annually with grants of $60,000 each for their…

December 6, 2018

Berkeley Language Center Fellowships for Graduate Students — 2/4/2019

The Berkeley Language Center announces the availability of up to six one-semester GSR (Step IV) positions for one semester in the upcoming academic year (pending authorization of funding). These fellowships will enable graduate students to work on special projects both to improve the quality of language instruction…

December 6, 2018

Bloorview Research Institute Pursuit Award — 2/4/2019

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s research institute (the Bloorview Research Institute) is now accepting submissions for the prestigious 2019 Pursuit Award competition that recognizes outstanding achievements in childhood disability research by PhD students across the globe. The 2019…

November 30, 2018

ARISC Graduate/Postdoctoral and Research Fellowships — 12/28/2018

The American Research Institute of the South Caucasus (ARISC) announced its graduate/postdoctoral fellowships for research in the South Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, and/or Georgia). Awards will be made for a maximum of $1,500 each. Projects in all fields in the social sciences, humanities, and related sciences are eligible. Proposals will…

November 14, 2018

Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholars Fellowship — 2/1/2019

The Frederick Douglass Institutes of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education offer teaching opportunities to graduate students who are pursuing careers as university faculty and who are entering the final year of terminal degree and/or doctoral programs. These fellowships are designed to provide teaching and other professional experiences, mentoring, and…

November 14, 2018

Sydney Ehrman Fellowships — 2/22/2019

The Sydney Ehrman Fellowship is open to candidates in any field of study who wish to study at King’s College in Cambridge and have a bachelor’s or master’s degree from UC Berkeley or have a bachelor’s degree from Yale University (the degree must be completed before the beginning of the…

November 14, 2018

Two Grants from IES Center for British Studies — 2/1/2019

The Center for British Studies Dissertation Research Grant of $2,000 will be awarded to graduate students who have defended their dissertation prospectus to finish research in the UK and aid them in completing their dissertation. The application deadline is February 1, 2019. Information on grants and application forms can be found…

November 14, 2018

UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships — 2/25/2019

UC MEXUS-CONACYT is providing fellowships for postdoctoral researchers at the ten UC campuses or at Mexican institutions of higher education or research. The primary objective of this program is to advance academic scholarship by emerging Mexican researchers and UC scientists and scholars in the early stages of their careers, after…

November 13, 2018

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Phi Beta Kappa

November 5, 2018

Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship — 1/29/2019

Alpha of California is pleased to announce that it will grant a limited number of graduate fellowships in 2019. These fellowships will be awarded to members of Phi Beta Kappa who are doctoral students at UC Berkeley during the 2018–19 academic year. Preference will be given to students who…

October 3, 2018

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019

Multi-Country Fellowship Program The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative…

September 14, 2018

National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program — 12/7/2018

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship is open to U.S. citizens/nationals who are pursuing a doctoral degree in one of fifteen eligible STEM disciplines. Sponsored by the Department of Defense, fellowships provide up to three years of funding (a $3,200/month stipend plus a tuition/fee award). The application…