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    Working toward obtaining your graduate degree at Berkeley is an exciting and challenging endeavor, but funding your graduate education shouldn’t be your greatest challenge.

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    The Office for Graduate Diversity provides support and services for prospective and continuing students in an effort to support and sustain a more diverse graduate student community.

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February 2016

Arthur Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency — 3/14/21

The Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency is a $10,000 fellowship awarded to one UC Berkeley graduate student in a Ph.D., Masters,…

Jim Fahey Safe Homes for Women Fellowship — 3/1/2020

The Graduate Division is now accepting applications for the Jim Fahey Safe Homes for Women Fellowship. The Jim Fahey endowment was established in 2007 to provide scholarships for…

The Berkeley-Haas Women in Leadership Conference — 3/16/2019

The Haas MBA Women In Leadership group is holding their annual conference on March 16th! Berkeley Haas Campus Saturday March 16, 2019…

Bay Area Water Quality Fellowship — 3/15/2019

The Bay Area Water Quality Fellowship is open to graduate students whose studies are related specifically to water quality issues that affect the…

Dr. and Mrs. James C.Y. Soong Fellowship — 3/28/2019

Soong Fellowships provide financial support for graduate students from Taiwan who are enrolled full-time at UC Berkeley, in any field of study.

Philip Brett LGBT Studies Fellowship — 3/15/2019

Philip Brett, musician, conductor, researcher, teacher, and alumnus (photo: Kathleen Karn) The Philip Brett LGBT Fund will provide an award of up…

ComSciCon Communicating Science Flagship Workshop — 3/1/2019

For all graduate students in STEM and related fields: Applications are now open for ComSciCon 2019! The 7th annual Communicating Science workshop will…

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowship — 2/15/2019

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is now accepting applications for Fellowships in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Graduate students and researchers from a variety…

Taiwan International Internship Program — 2/28/2019

The Taiwan International Graduate Program  is a unique all-English Ph.D. program supported by Academia Sinica, the most prestigious research institution in Taiwan.…

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…

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…

Chowdhury Fellowships for Bangladesh Studies — 3/15/2019

The Subir and Malini Chowdhury Center announced two graduate scholarships. Each fellowship is in the amount of $7,500. The focus of all fellowships is…

Allan Sharlin Memorial Fellowship — 3/18/2019

This award commemorates the scholarly achievements of the late Allan Sharlin, Professor of Sociology and an innovative scholar in the fields of…

CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program — 2/1/2019

The California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) aims to increase the number of promising doctoral students applying for future…

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…

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…

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.…

Frank E. Ratliff Fellowship in Classical Antiquity — 3/15/2019

The Frank E. Ratliff Fellowship in Classical Antiquity provides up to $31,000 in stipend and in-state tuition and fees to graduate students…

Georges Lurcy Fellowship Program for Study in France — 3/15/2019

The Georges Lurcy Charitable and Educational Trust offers fellowships to outstanding American students for advanced graduate study and research in France. The…

The New York State Senate Fellowships — 4/27/2018

Graduate Fellowships are offered by the Senate of the State of New York each year. Applicants are not required to reside or attend…

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