Funding Opportunities
Funding sources and upcoming deadlines for UC Berkeley faculty and graduate students
For additional information on funding opportunities, follow these links:
- Graduate Division's fellowship deadlines
- UC Berkeley Sponsored Projects Office (SPO) - funding opportunities for faculty
- The UC Berkeley Scholarship Connection
Funding deadlines for graduate students in Spring
2008
After ISEEES-sponsored grants, opportunities are listed alphabetically
by funding source.
ISEEES/BPS
ISEEES/BPS Travel Grants provide limited travel
support for ISEEES/BPS affiliated graduate students. Grants up to $400
are awarded to students who are on the offical program of a professional
conference or workshop. Awards are made on a first-come, first-served
basis and are limited to one grant per student per year. To apply send
request with budget.
Deadline: none. Contact: Dr. Edward W. Walker, BPS, UC Berkeley,
260 Stephens Hall # 2304, Berkeley CA 94720-2304; eww@berkeley.edu
The Drago and Danica Kosovac Prize is awarded for an outstanding
senior or honors thesis in the social sciences or humanities that researches
some aspect of Serbian culture or history. Cal undergrads are eligible
to apply. The application includes submission of the thesis and two letters
of recommendation. No electronic or faxed applications will be accepted.
Deadline: none. Contact: Jeffrey Pennington, ISEEES, UC
Berkeley, 260 Stephens Hall # 2304, Berkeley CA 94720-2304; jpennington@berkeley.edu
Collegium Budapest
Institute for Advanced Study Junior Fellowships offers 7500 euro/5 mos; 12,500 euro/ academic year for research in Central and Eastern Europe. The preferred areas of study are the following: European studies, communication and social networks, theoretical biology, theoretical finance, political economics, history, and anthropology. Applicants must be graduate or postdoctoral students. Deadline: June 30, 2008. Contact: Collegium Budapest, Vera Kempa, Szentharonsag u. 2., H-1014 Budapest, Hungary; Tel: 36-1-22-48-300; Fax: 36-1-22-48-310; vera.kempa@colbud.hu; http://www.colbud.hu/programme/junior.shtml
Kosciuszko Foundation
Metchie J. E. Budka Award in the amount of $1,500 for outstanding scholarly work in Polish literature (14th Century to 1939) or Polish history (962 to 1939). The competition is open to grad students at US universities and to postdocs in their first three years. Deadline: July 16, 2008. Contact: Metchie J. E. Budka Award, The Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 E 65th St., New York, NY 10021-6595; Tel: 212-734-2130; Fax: 212-628-4552; thekf@aol.com; http://www.kosciuszkofoundation.org/Competitions_Budka.html
Funding deadlines for postdocs in Spring 2008
Fulbright Scholar Program
Fulbright New Century Scholars Program allows thirty top academics and professionals to collaborate for a year on a topic of global significance. Applicants must be postdocs or faculty. Deadline: July 17, 2008. Contact: The New Century Scholars Program (MSI), Council for International Exchange of Scholars, 3007 Tilden St., NW, Suite 5L, Washington, DC 20008. Tel: (202) 686-6252; Fax: (202) 362-3442; NCS@cies.iie.org; http://www.cies.org/
Library of Congress
Kluge Center offers Kluge Fellowship in the amount of $4,000/mo for 6-12 months. For residential research in the collections of the Library of Congress. The competition is open to scholars who have received a terminal advanced degree within the past seven years in the humanities, the social sciences, or in a professional field such as architecture or law are eligible. Exceptions may be made for individuals without continuous academic careers. Applicants must be postdocs or faculty and may be US citizens or foreign nationals. Deadline: August 15, 2008. Contact: John W. Kluge Center Office of Scholarly Programs, Library of Congress LJ 120, 101 Independence Ave SE, Washington DC 20540-4860; Tel: 202-707-3302; Fax: 202-707-3595; scholarly@loc.gov; http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/
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