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,…
Cool Campus Challenge — 4/1 – 4/26/2019 Berkeley students, staff, and faculty are taking action at home and around the globe to reduce our own carbon footprint and find…
BERC Energy Summit — 2/21 – 2/22/2019 This year's Summit explores the theme “Bridging Divides & Building A New Energy Paradigm.”
Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems (InFEWS Fellows) — 2/11/2019 InFEWS (Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems) supports a new generation of students working at the critical juncture…
Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency: “Creating the Next Generation” of Leaders in Energy Sustainability This video illuminates the legacy of a revered Berkeley professor, physicist, and pioneer in energy conservation.
Berkeley’s Cleantech University Prize — 2/26/2018 Berkeley’s Cleantech University Prize (#CleantechUP18) is now accepting applications. The Berkeley CUP is a clean energy startup competition sponsored by the Department of…
BERC Innovative Solutions (BIS) Consulting Info Sessions — 1/18/2017 Wednesday, January18, 2017, 5 – 6 pm Learn about exciting opportunities to participate in the BERC Innovative Solutions (BIS) Program for Spring 2017.…
Solar Decathlon Club Seeks Students Interested in Construction & External Relations Have experience in construction or media relations? The Solar Decathlon Club is working on a two-year Department of Energy competition in which an 800…
MIT Portugal Program Call for Doctoral Program and Advanced Courses — 5/13/2016 MIT Portugal Program, a Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) initiative, is a strategic partnership between Portuguese Universities and Research Centers, the…
Energy and Cleantech Career Night — 2/15/2016 The Energy and Cleantech Career Night is an annual networking event connecting graduate students with companies in energy and clean tech.
The E2 Project Request for Proposals — December 31, 2015 The E2e Project is hosting an energy efficiency research design competition and seeks innovative proposals from junior faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and Ph.D.…
Berkeley Energy & Resources Collective (BERC), an Opportunity to Get Involved The Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) is a graduate-student cooperative that aims to connect and educate members about complex energy and environmental problems.…
Innovation Gives Users a Say in Energy Consumption McCormick, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, is the recipient of this year’s Echoing Green Climate Fellowship for his innovation that empowers people and business to control their own energy choices.
Energy Innovations Grants Available — 4/10/2014 Two funding opportunities are available from the Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program of the California Energy Commission, focused on pre-commercial, proof-of-concept…
UC Berkeley Group Wins United Nations Award United Nations SEED grant for sustainable energy development grant will fund a pilot energy project of a solar-based microgrid in an island community in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
Mark Gorrell Zero Waste Graduate Fellowship — Open Deadline One word: Plastics The purpose of this award, up to $2,000 for the 2012-2013 academic year, is to support graduate student research…
From the Berkeley garage of Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, a solar initiative that saves lives Social entrepreneurs Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson: helping to save lives in developing countries with their solar suitcase invention. A former obstetrician,…
Obama nominates Arun Majumdar as U.S. Under Secretary of Energy Arun Majumdar Ph.D. '89 (photo: Peg Skorpinski) A Berkeley-trained engineer, Arun Majumdar Ph.D. ’89, is President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as U.S.…
294 GSIs are celebrated as officially “Outstanding” Of the many, many GSIs on campus, nearly 300 were singled out as Outstanding Graduate Student Instructors by the Graduate Division's GSI Center --- and 10 GSIs were given special recognition for their innovative solutions to teaching problems.
Steve Chu and six other grad alumni receive top Cal Alumni Association honors at Charter Gala The Cal Alumni Association had a big party --- its annual Charter Gala --- April 9 at San Francisco’s City Hall to celebrate the university’s birthday and to physically present the association’s 2011 alumni awards (publicly announced back in December 2010).