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Horowitz Foundation Dissertation Research Grants — 12/1/2021

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields…

The ISSI Graduate Fellows Program — 3/30/2020

The Institute for the Study of Societal Issues has announced a call for applications for the Graduate Fellows Program (GFP). In its…

Inside Dope: Life as a Humanist — 4/26/2019

Eleven Berkeley PhD alums converse with current PhD students to help them gain insight into their own paths.

UC Berkeley and Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Visiting Student Exchange Program — 3/20/2019

Each year, UC Berkeley and Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) in Belgium offer an exchange program for up to four doctoral candidates…

Matrix Research Teams Proposals — 3/29/2019

UC Berkeley faculty, graduate students, and researchers are invited to submit proposals for Matrix Research Teams for the 2019 – 2020 academic…

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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…

Berkeley – Austria Research Fellowships — 2/1/2019

The UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation announced a competition for a Pre-Dissertation and Dissertation Research Grant…

CAORC Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program — 1/24/2019

Multi-Country Fellowship Program The Council of American Overseas Research Centers Multi-Country Research Fellowship Program supports advanced regional or trans-regional research in the…

Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies Scholarships — 10/1/2018

This program is open to all recent Ph.D. recipients and doctoral candidates in the social sciences or law. The Academy Scholars Program…

Big Ideas Contest & Positions for Berkeley Students

Big Ideas Is Recruiting Innovation Ambassadors Are you interested in social impact, entrepreneurship and innovation, or public service? Big Ideas is recruiting…

Mentorship in the Social Sciences — 4/23/2018

Faculty mentorship is a key ingredient in the development of our graduate and professional student researchers. The recent “Nature Research: Health of…

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Q&A with Alberto Sanchez Sanchez, Winner of the Humanities & Social Sciences Grad Slam

An Architecture doctoral student discusses what he learned from a communications competition.

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Graduate Students Compete in First Humanities & Social Sciences Grad Slam! 

Eight graduate students presented compelling three-minute narratives about their humanities and social science research.

Metadata Central 2.0: Digital Research Project Launchpad Workshop Series — 1/4/2018

Metadata 2.0 is a two-quarter training program that enables UC graduate students and faculty to work on a digital project with metadata…

Abstracts Invited for Graduate Research Symposium — 12/8/2017

The William & Mary’s Graduate Research Symposium Committee is seeking abstract submissions from currently enrolled graduate students in the following discipline(s): American…

Center for Engaged Scholarship (CES) Dissertation Fellowships — 12/15/2017

The Center for Engaged Scholarship (CES) is accepting applications from Ph.D. students in the social sciences who have already completed all departmental and institutional…

Third Year Anniversary Celebration of the UC Berkeley Humanities and Social Sciences Association — 10/19/2016

Wednesday, October 19, 2016 10 am – 1 pm Alumni House The UC Berkeley Humanities and Social Sciences Association (HSSA) invites graduate students, postdocs, visiting…

Position Available on the Executive Board of the Berkeley Humanities and Social Sciences Association (HSSA)

A position is available for a graduate student in the Humanities and Social Sciences on the Executive Board of the UC Berkeley Humanities and…

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Josefina Lundblad-Janjic Wins the 2016 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship

Josefina Lundblad-Janjic was selected by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation as a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow for 2016.

Fellowship for Social Science Dissertation Students — 1/31/2016

The Center for Engaged Scholarship, a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives in San Francisco,  is accepting applications for dissertation fellowships of $25,000…

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