February 2019

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 to $3,500 in the spring or summer of 2019 to a UC Berkeley graduate student who is conducting research related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer…

Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowships Campus Deadline — 3/13/2019

The U.S. Department of Education is now accepting applications for the FY2019 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad fellowship. The initial campus deadline will be March 13th at 12 pm. DDRA fellowships provide students in modern foreign language and area studies programs with funding for overseas dissertation research;…

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 be held in San Diego, CA, on July 11-13, 2019. Graduate students at U.S. and Canadian institutions in all fields of science, technology, engineering, health,…

Berkeley Labor Center Summer Paid Internship Program — 2/25/2019

Learn organizing or research and policy skills for Social & Economic Justice Have you ever organized a meeting? Researched an issue? Volunteered in your community? Taught a class? Do you have the courage to knock on a door and listen to someone’s story? Can you imagine a better future for…

I-House Gateway Fellowships Program — 3/15/2019

Graduate students who live at International House, or aspire to, are invited to speak to their academic department about being nominated for a Gateway Fellowship. Each Gateway Fellowship provides single-occupancy room and board at International House for an academic year, a $5,000 stipend from the Graduate Division…
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Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition for Recent PhDs — 3/13/2019

ACLS invites applications for the ninth competition of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program. This year the program will place up to 21 recent PhDs from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year term staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in…

DataEDGE Conference — 4/23/2019

A New Vision for Data Science Are you and your organization taking advantage of the opportunities created by today’s flood of new data? Do you know about the latest tools for storing, analyzing, and visualizing data? Have you considered the privacy implications of working with data? How do leaders balance…

Islamic Scholarship Fund — 3/21/2019

The Islamic Scholarship Fund is a non-profit organization with the mission to improve the understanding and acceptance of Islam by supporting students and increasing Muslim American representation in professions that influence public policy and opinion. The ISF is offering academic scholarships to Muslim students in the United States who pursue college…

Danone Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Program — 2/25/2019

Danone North America will award two graduate students a grant of $25,000 each. The successful candidates should excel in science and have an interest in studying the gut microbiome, probiotics and yogurt in human health and wellness (the “Field”). Applicants are encouraged to submit a proposal for a…

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. In collaboration with top-ranking local research universities, the TIGP invites outstanding scholars from around the globe to experience Taiwan’s top-notch scientific research facilities and to…

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…

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…

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 the country and region of Bangladesh. Any student whose program of training and research significantly involves the study of contemporary Bangladesh, or historical…

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 demography and history at UC Berkeley. The award is made annually to students who show promise of advancing scholarship in the field of historical sociology, historical demography, or…

Institute of International Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Grant — 2/19/2019

IIS will grant a number of fellowships of up to $5,000 for graduate students who have not yet advanced to candidacy by 08/15/2019. This funding is intended to support initial fieldwork by graduate students during Summer 2019. In line with the Institute’s mission to support international and comparative research at UC Berkeley,…

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,…