Funding Opportunities

Graduate Fellowship: Poetry and the Senses – 11/15/19

As a think tank for the arts at UC Berkeley, the Arts Research Center acts as a facilitator and connector between the campus and the many flourishing regional poetry communities. This two-year Poetry and the Senses initiative will explores the relevance and urgency of lyrical making…

Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship — 11/5/2019

The Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF) offers nine to twelve months of support to graduate students in the humanities and humanistic social sciences who are enrolled in Ph.D. programs in the United States and conducting dissertation research on non-US topics. Seventy fellowships are awarded annually. Fellowship amounts…

Collegiate Inventors Competition — 6/07/2019

The Collegiate Inventors Competition is designed to encourage college students to be active in science, engineering, mathematics, technology, and creative invention while stimulating their problem solving abilities. The competition recognizes the working relationship between a student and their advisor who is involved in projects leading to…

Digital Innovators Research Program — 5/31/2019

Goldman Sachs is looking for talented engineers for its new Digital Innovators Research Program, which supports commercially-oriented research projects at the intersections of technology and financial services. Although the program is open to all applicants, it is focused on top-performing students completing their undergraduate or…

Funding Opportunity for Climate Mitigation Projects — 5/31/2019

In support of UC’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative, the University is soliciting ideas from members of the UC community for off-campus projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or sequester carbon. Under UC’s Carbon Neutrality Initiative, the UC system has committed to reducing…

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,…

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 CSU instructional faculty positions by offering financial assistance in the form of a loan and mentorship by CSU faculty. Participants in this program may borrow…

Fabilli Hoffer Prize — 11/30/2018

The Fabilli Hoffer Essay Prize competition is now accepting entries. This year’s topic is: “The end of civil discourse?” The contest is open to staff, faculty, and students. Prize money totaling $6,000 is available this year. In a 1970 letter, Eric Hoffer let the University of California regents know that he…

Engineering Education Fellowship at Stanford

The Bioengineering Department at Stanford University is accepting applications for an Engineering Education Fellow to work with committed faculty in transitioning Bioengineering core courses from traditional lecture/problem-set courses into active learning experiences and to reimagine and retool the core curriculum.  This is a unique…

UC-HBCU Faculty Research Funding Opportunity to Impact Graduate Diversity — 3/15/2017

The UC-HBCU Initiative is a great opportunity to strengthen campus programs/departments, enhance research by expanding frames of reference, and to impact the academic pipeline. Learn about mentoring outstanding students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Launched in 2011 by the UC Office of the President, the UC-HBCU Initiative is a faculty grants program…

Pear VC Hosting $250K Entrepreneurship Challenge for UC Berkeley Students

Pear is partnering again with UC Berkeley to provide members of the University’s exceptional entrepreneurial community an opportunity to receive up to $250,000 in funding while becoming part of the Pear portfolio. To qualify, one member of each founding team must be either enrolled currently as a…

Berkeley Crowdfunding Wants You to Act by 9/30/2016

The new academic year brings exciting, new ideas from our students, faculty, and staff — and the opportunity for you to help turn their ideas into impactful reality. Crowdfund.berkeley.edu is your source for exploring and supporting a fresh crop of projects conceived by the Berkeley community. Here are…