January 23, 2013
The Berkeley campus quietly received some pleasant news in early January and two Graduate Division staff members played key roles in the reason behind it.
January 23, 2013
As you read the fond farewell to one Associate Dean and the welcome back to another, you can learn what their areas of responsibility are.
January 18, 2013
Do you have writing goals for your thesis or dissertation in the new year? Have you resolved to be a more productive writer in 2013? Join, for free, a community of writers sharing advice and strategies twice a month via email.
January 17, 2013
The Human Rights Center is holding its annual competition for student fellowships in partnership with organizations working on human rights issues. Registered students at UC Berkeley and the Graduate Theological Union are eligible, with priority given to graduate and returning students.
January 17, 2013
From the Monterey Peninsula, committed to public service, and planning to return there? The Clark Foundation may be able to help you with grad school.
January 17, 2013
Mid-stage humanities and social science Ph.D. students: receive up to $5,000 to support your research and help you formulate an effective dissertation proposal.
January 3, 2013
President Obama meets with White House Fellows in the Roosevelt Room in the West Wing near the Oval Office. One year can change your life. In that time, White House Fellows typically are full-time, paid assistants to senior White House staff, the Vice President, Cabinet secretaries, and other…
December 14, 2012
Although from a small high school in Kentucky that was not academically oriented, Sarah Cowan applied to top colleges around the country, utilizing “a tenacity and hunger than overshadowed fear, uncertainty, and perhaps common sense.”
December 14, 2012
If you missed the recent fall lectures in the Graduate Council and Graduate Division Lectures series, you're in luck!
December 14, 2012
This fellowship program is designed for doctoral students enrolled in an American university who wish to achieve part of their doctoral research in a French laboratory for a period of four to ten months.
December 14, 2012
Berkeley has its first crop of graduate and undergraduate students in the new the MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program, which helps financially disadvantaged students from Sub-Saharan Africa. Meet the first three grad students, who hail from Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda.
December 14, 2012
Tinker Field Research Grants fund airfare to Latin America for pre-dissertation research and are available to UC Berkeley graduate students from all disciplines.
December 14, 2012
The Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation specifically seeks innovators and problem-solvers who have the ability, determination, and integrity to become environmental leaders in the 21st century.
December 14, 2012
We can always count on you to be very frank and thoughtful. We were on tenterhooks waiting for your survey answers to arrive and be compiled, and let out a big sigh of relief when we saw the results.
December 14, 2012
This fellowship grant supports, up to a maximum of $60,000 per year, postdoctoral research training to qualified applicants studying either diabetes or aging.
December 13, 2012
A year with leaping lizards and tailed robots, a $60-million-dollar institute for Berkeley, a theory proven 40 years later, a crucial election, and a transition at the very top of the campus food chain.
November 20, 2012
Sometimes undergraduates need an extra nudge to prompt them to consider applying to graduate school. It could come from you.
November 20, 2012
Yes, Berkeley grad students do win these things, and gain thousands of dollars in funding as a result.
November 20, 2012
Money doesn't grow on trees. But some of it is in fact available for picking, if you're willing to invest a bit of effort and persistence.
November 20, 2012
Researching American politics? Consider a Mike Synar Graduate Research Fellowship. Apply by December 6, 2012.