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October 3, 2018

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 humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences for U.S. doctoral candidates and scholars who have already earned their Ph.D. Preference will be given to candidates examining comparative…

October 3, 2018

Kavli Ensi Philomathia Graduate Student Fellowships — 10/31/2018

Kavli ENSI Philomathia Graduate Student Fellowships are one-year graduate fellowship positions designed to give promising young researchers the opportunity to work across the disciplines of nanoscience to discover new ways in probing and/or controlling energy processes on the nanoscale. Fellows will work in partnership with two or more Kavli…

October 3, 2018

Lemelson-MIT Student Prize — 11/30/2018

The $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize is awarded annually to outstanding mid-career inventors who have developed a patented product or process of significant value to society, which has been adopted for practical use (or has a high probability of being adopted). Eligibility be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. be mid-career, which is defined…
Career Center

October 3, 2018

Get to Know the Career Center

Berkeley graduate students receive career planning guidance and employment-related assistance from the Career Center.

September 30, 2018

IBM Ph.D. Fellowship Award Program — 10/23/2020

About the program Strong collaboration with faculty, students and universities is vital to IBM. The IBM PhD Fellowship Program advances this collaboration by recognizing and supporting exceptional PhD students who want to make their mark in promising and disruptive technologies. Focus areas include the following topics of particular interest:…

September 27, 2018

Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowships — 11/15/2018

According to Women in Aerospace, in 2010, roughly 10 percent of the aerospace industry was made up of women. While the number has slowly increased, there must be reinforcements behind each step forward. To assist the future of women in this field and other aerospace-related sciences and engineering,…

September 17, 2018

Mellon Fellowships for Dissertation Research in Original Sources — 12/4/2018

The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to offer fellowships generously funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences using original sources. The program offers about fifteen competitively awarded fellowships a year in amounts up to $25,000. Each provides…

September 17, 2018

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Government and Policy Event — 9/25/18

Are you interested in careers in government and policy? Don’t miss Beyond Academia‘s “Public Sector Fellowships” event on Tuesday, September 25! The event includes a panel, workshops on applying for policy fellowships, and a networking reception. Hear from alums of the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows Program, the Fulbright Program, California Council of Science…

September 17, 2018

Womxn’s Community Concert — 9/20/2018

Save the Date! Concert and Community Dinner Thursday, September 20, 2018 Multicultural Community Center (MCC) 220 Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union Come join Wonder Womxn Weekly as we celebrate the start to the school year with good vibes from our own fellow Golden Bear, SPELLLING! This concert and social…

September 16, 2018

National Voter Registration Day — 9/25/2018

Register to Vote in California In 2018, our generation will be the largest and most diverse group of potential voters in the country, with our own values and ideas. We can choose to let other people make decisions that impact our future, or we can vote and get a…

September 14, 2018

National Defense Science & Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship Program — 12/7/2018

The National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship is open to U.S. citizens/nationals who are pursuing a doctoral degree in one of fifteen eligible STEM disciplines. Sponsored by the Department of Defense, fellowships provide up to three years of funding (a $3,200/month stipend plus a tuition/fee award). The application…

September 13, 2018

Center for Craft, Creativity & Design Graduate Research Grant — 10/1/2019

The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design is now accepting applications for Craft Research Fund grants. Since 2005, the CCCD’s Craft Research Fund grant program has advanced and expanded research about craft in the United States. The program supports innovative research on critical issues in craft theory and history, explores the…

September 6, 2018

Strategies and Skills for Mentoring: A Workshop for Graduate Students — 9/26/2018

The purpose of this workshop is to assist graduate students in establishing and working within the context of mentoring relationships with faculty. It will also provide graduate students with strategies and skills that they will need in mentoring undergraduates here at Berkeley and preparing for the mentoring they will do…

September 6, 2018

Big Community Fee — Student Initiated Projects Fund

The Big C Student Initiated Projects Fund is a piece of the Big C Student Fee. The Big-C (Big Community) Fee Referendum expanded staffing (student and permanent), programs, and services, including funding for student-initiated projects, offered through the Centers for Educational Justice & Community Engagement (EJCE) that serve the Berkeley…
Fiona M. Doyle, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Dean of the Graduate Division

September 6, 2018

Settling in to the New Semester

In addition to your academic work, I urge you to take some time to explore the broader Berkeley campus and its offerings.
People standing around a Persian rug

September 5, 2018

Trail to Tonk

Fifth year PhD researcher travels to India to study rare Persian manuscripts