Message from the Vice Provost and Dean

A New Semester to Incorporate Professional Development into Your Program!

Headlines

Your Guide to Fellowships and Grants

The Curious Incident of the Yeast in the Light-Time

Self-Cultivation for Global Development

A Fine Crop of Spring Lectures

Important Dates

Apply for In Absentia Registration for Fall 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Apply for Filing Fee Status for Fall 2020
Wednesday, August 26, 2020

File Thesis or Dissertation (Fall 2020 Deadline)
Friday, December 18, 2020

Apply for In Absentia Registration for Spring 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Apply for Filing Fee Status for Spring 2021
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

File Thesis or Dissertation (Spring 2021 Deadline)
Friday, May 14, 2021

Professional Development

Enroll Now! Spring Courses in Academic Writing and Mentoring

Four Steps for Preparing Your Submission for Grad Slam — 2/18/2019

The Graduate Division Welcomes Ten New Graduate Professional Development Liaisons

Network with Cal Alumni, Explore Careers through the Career Connections Series

Student Life

Make the Most of Your New Year, New You

Spring GradFest — 2/14/2019

Graduate Division Announcements

• Call for Nominations for the Carol D. Soc Awards and the Faculty Mentoring Awards — 2/8/2019
• Describe Your Project or Research for a Chance to Win a $100 Gift Card and be Published in GradNews! — 3/11/2019
• The Sproul Hall Elevator Will be Out of Service Until 3/31/2019
• Student Parents: UC Berkeley’s Back-Up Child Care Program is for You — Pre-Enroll Now!

Opportunities

• Student Technology Fund (STF) — 2/18/2019
• Job Opportunity with the Berkeley Research Computing Program
• Haas Institute Summer Fellowship — 1/31/2019
• Tata Social Summer Internship Program in India — 2/15/2019
• Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy — 3/15/2019
• Berkeley Home Match: a Pilot Housing Program for Graduate Students

Campus Announcements

• Looking for a Unique Living Experience During Your Time at Cal? Consider I-House
• Beyond Academia Professional Profile Clinic — 1/30/2019
• Conquer your Stage Fright with Free Public Speaking Workshops at the Townsend Center — 1/18/2019
• Graduate Student Inclusivity Certificate Program — 2/1/2019
• DataEDGE Conference — 4/23/2019
• “Spring into Fitness” with UC Berkeley
• Grad Students: Nominate Your Undergraduate Students! — 2/10/2019
• Library News: Documentaries at Doe and Change in UC Berkeley Library Permissions Policy

Recognition & Awards

Fellowships & Grants

• Rickover Fellowship Program — 1/31/2020
• Roselyn Lindheim Award — January 2020
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards — 1/29/2020
• NEH Senior Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019
• AIF Clinton Fellowship for Service in India — 1/20/2020
• Three Fellowship Opportunities with Sea Grant — 1/17 to 1/30/2020
• Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship — 1/27/2020
• Center for Chinese Studies Fellowships — 4/1/2020
• R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowship — 3/1/2020
• Boren Fellowships — 1/30/2020
• Arthur Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency — 3/15/20
• Harvard University Environmental Fellows Program — 1/16/2019
• Nico Linesch Boundary Crossing Scholar’s Award — 1/23/2019
• CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019
• Phi Beta Kappa Fellowship — 1/29/2019
• Clark Foundation $10,000 “Investment in Community” Graduate Fellowship — 1/31/2019
• ASA Minority Fellowship Program — 1/31/2019
• Penn Predoctoral Fellowships For Excellence Through Diversity — 1/31/2019
• Frederick Douglass Teaching Scholars Fellowship — 2/1/2019
• CSU Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program — 2/1/2019
• ARIT Summer Fellowships for Turkish Language Study in Istanbul — 2/1/2019
• Peter Lyman Fellowship in New Media — 2/1/2019
• Nuclear Nonproliferation Fellows Program — 2/1/2019
• L’Oréal USA For Women In Science Fellowship — 2/1/2019
• Berkeley – Austria Research Fellowships — 2/1/2019
• Two Grants from IES Center for British Studies — 2/1/2019
• Berkeley Language Center Fellowships for Graduate Students — 2/4/2019
• Bancroft Library Graduate Fellowships — 2/4/2019
• Bloorview Research Institute Pursuit Award — 2/4/2019
• Post-MSW Fellowship in Clinical Social Work at UHS — 2/8/2019
• Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (InFEWS Fellows) — 2/11/2019
• Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Graduate Fellowship Program — 2/15/2019
• Berkeley International Office — Awards for Tuition and Fees; Parent Grants — 2/15/2019
• Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Fellowship — 2/15/2019
• Institute of International Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Grant — 2/19/2019
• Sydney Ehrman Fellowships — 2/22/2019
• UC MEXUS Collaborative Research Grants — 2/25/2019
• UC MEXUS-CONACYT Postdoctoral Research Fellowships — 2/25/2019
• Danone Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Program — 2/25/2019
• California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships — 2/28/2019
• Taiwan International Internship Program — 2/28/2019
• Institute of European Studies (IES) Funding Opportunities — 2/28/2019
• Grants for Disability-Related Research — 3/1/2019
• The Graduate Student Professionalization Workshop Grant — 3/4/2019
• Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Competition for Recent PhDs — 3/13/2019
• Chowdhury Fellowships for Bangladesh Studies — 3/15/2019
• John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship — 3/18/2019
• Allan Sharlin Memorial Fellowship — 3/18/2019
• Reinhard Bendix Memorial Fellowship — 3/18/2019
• Islamic Scholarship Fund — 3/21/2019

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