Graduate Student Fellowships and Grants

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This list is curated by the Dean’s office to include numerous grants, fellowships, and awards relevant to graduate students in the arts and humanities. We are always adding to it, but it is not comprehensive. We recommend students check regularly with their departments about opportunities and to sign up for departmental newsletters and listservs. You can also visit the Graduate Division's page for Fellowships and Awards


American Council of Learned Societies(ACLS)                       

The ACLS is one of the leading private institutions supporting scholars in the humanities and related social sciences at the doctoral and postdoctoral levels.  

American Association of University Women (AAUW) FellowshipsDissertation and career development grants for women who have achieved distinction or show the promise of distinction in their fields. 

BAEF Fellowships

The BAEF awards up to eleven fellowships annually to American graduate students or post-doctoral researchers to study at a Belgian university. 

Bancroft Library Study Awards Awarded to outstanding continuing students enrolled at any University of California campus who plan to conduct advanced research on a subject for which source materials are available in the Bancroft Library. 

The Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, faculty mentoring, and eligibility for a hiring incentive to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at the University of California.The Berkeley Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellowship awardees are selected from the pool of applicants for the University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies

Provides up to one year of research support to scholars in humanities and social science disciplines to study at the Freie Universität Berlin. The program offers three different fellowships to scholars from North America and two to scholars from China and Africa. 

The Carol Lee Price Fellowship

Supports non-resident supplemental tuition (NRST) for Ph.D. students who are neither US nor Canadian citizens. 

Center for British Studies Graduate Travel (Pre-Dissertation) GrantFunds a roundtrip ticket to the UK for the purpose of research, to be booked and paid by the center, for second or third year graduate students who have not yet advanced to candidacy. 

Center for British Studies Dissertation Research Grant

$2,000 awards to graduate students who have defended their dissertation prospectus to finish research in the UK and aid them in completing their dissertation.

Charles W. Wendell Research Grant

Annual grants honoring the memory of Dr. Charles W. Wendell covering a period of one week up to six months, part of which may be devoted to residency at the New Netherland Research Center in Albany, New York, and provides a stipend of $1,000 – $ 5,000, depending upon the scope of the project. 

The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation FellowshipsFor 12 months of full-time dissertation research and writing on ethical or religious values. Undocumented students eligible to apply with or without work authorization.

The Subir Chowdhury Fellowship on Quality of Life in Bangladesh and The Malini Chowdhury Fellowship on Bangladesh StudiesTwo fellowships in the amount of $7500 for students whose program of training and research significantly involves the study of contemporary Bangladesh, or historical work in the regions of India and Pakistan that would later become Bangladesh and/or students who do comparative or transnational work in which Bangladesh and its region form a central component. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required. Matched by the University’s Graduate Fellowship Matching Program. 

Conference Travel GrantsAcademic master’s and all doctoral students may apply for funding to attend professional conferences or to participate in professional development activities. For professional conferences, grant amounts will depend on the location of the conference (up to $600 within California, $900 elsewhere in North America, including Canada and Mexico, and $1,500 outside of North America). The amounts provided for professional development support will vary depending on the actual costs, but in no case will a grant exceed $1,500. 

DAAD for Study and/or for Research in Germany For Berkeley undergraduate seniors, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers to undertake study and/or research in Germany. Contact the Graduate Fellowships office for campus instructions: gradfell@berkeley.edu

The David N. Keightley Fellowship

Provides support for high-achieving graduate students in the College of Letters and Science whose work focuses on China and/or Chinese subjects, with strong preferences for those whose research emphasis is on the Neolithic to the Han dynasty period. This may include Chinese language, archaeology, art history and/or history. The fellowship may be used for, but not limited to, summer research, travel, conference attendance, and fellowship support. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

Diversity and Community Fellows Program

Diversity and Community Fellows, individually and collectively, will advance and implement the Diversity and Inclusion goals of the Office of Graduate Diversity and the Graduate Division. Critical components of this work will include but are not limited to, supporting an inclusive graduate community and enhancing the cultural, academic, and professional experience of historically underrepresented students (e.g., students of color, low income and first generation college students, and LGBTQ+ students, undocumented students, etc.). Fellows will work across and within academic units to create healthy communities for graduate students. Fellows will receive a stipend of $7,500 per academic year. 

Dolores Zohrab Liebmann FellowshipAwarded to US citizens with outstanding undergraduate records and financial need. Eligible students include not only those in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, but also those in professional programs like law, medicine, engineering, and architecture. Students with the potential to utilize three years of funding will be given priority over students who would only use one year of funding. The amount of each Fellowship will cover the cost of tuition only (no fees) and a stipend to be allocated towards room, board, living expenses, and income taxes. 

Edward E. Hildebrand Research Fellowship

The Canadian Studies Program offers research funding to graduate students of any citizenship enrolled at Berkeley whose research focuses primarily or comparatively on Canada. The applicant should demonstrate the potential for excellent scholarship and describe a project which will contribute to knowledge about Canada and/or the Canadian-U.S. relationship. Several fellowships per year are typically awarded, with an average award of $5,000. Awards are intended to cover direct travel and research costs. Undocumented students eligible to apply.No work authorization required.

Eudora Welty Fellowship

A $5,000 fellowship for summer research conducted using the Eudora Welty Collection at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. 

Fellowships at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Foreign Language and Area Studies AwardsThe Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards enable students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents to acquire a high level of competence in one or more foreign languages. Fellowships are awarded to students in modern foreign language and area studies, with priority given to students in the humanities, social sciences, and professional fields. For academic year awards, entering students will apply for the FLAS through the Graduate Application for Admission and Fellowships by the departmental deadline. Academic year awards provide a $15,000 stipend plus fees and summer awards a $5,000 stipendContinuing students apply here.

Frank E. Ratliff Fellowship in Classical AntiquityProvides approximately $39,600 in stipend plus in-state fees to graduate students who demonstrate a high level of academic distinction within the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Berkeley. The fellowship will support outstanding Ph.D. candidates whose work focuses on Classical antiquity, in particular Greek literature and archaeology. All applicants are required to have passed their oral exams. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Fellowships   For U.S. citizens and permanent residents conducting overseas dissertation research in modern foreign language and area studies. Funding is for six to 12 months. Fellowships are not awarded for projects focusing on Western Europe or for research in countries with which the U.S. has no diplomatic relations.

Fulbright U.S. Student ProgramApplicants must be U.S. citizens holding a B.A. degree or equivalent before the beginning date of the grant. Provides round-trip travel, tuition, books, and stipend for one academic year. Approximately 1,300 awards are available for study in over 140 countries. Applies to course work, master’s or dissertation research. There is a UC Berkeley campus deadline that is often earlier than the posted deadline. Visit the UC Berkeley Fulbright page  for more information.

Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation and post-MFA Fellowships

The Bolin Fellowships enable graduate students from groups underrepresented in academia or a particular field of scholarship to complete a terminal graduate degree and pursue careers in college teaching. Awards two-year fellowships to finish a dissertation or build a professional artist portfolio while in residence and teaching one course per year at Williams College. 

Fritz O. Fernström Fellowship

Provides support for short-term or year-long research or study that requires travel to any of the Nordic countries for UC Berkeley graduate students who are US citizens or permanent residents.

Georges Lurcy Fellowship for Study in FranceOne fellowship per year for a UC Berkeley advanced graduate student (U.S. citizen or permanent resident) to study and/or conduct research in France. The research topic should pertain to France and be one that can only be pursued in that country. A stipend of approximately $25,000 will be provided for one academic year to cover the cost of travel, educational fees, and living expenses in France. Students must be enrolled at UC Berkeley or at an educational institution in France during the tenure of the fellowship. 

Global, International, and Area Studies (GIAS) Fellowships and Grants

GIAS provides several fellowships to support graduate students conducting research in international and area studies. Additional fellowships are available from individual units within GIAS: 

Center for African Studies 

Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Institute of European Studies

Institute of International Studies

Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Institute for South Asia Studies

Canadian Studies Program

Graduate Assembly Grad Student Parent Grant Travel Award

Provides funding for graduate student parents or legal guardians who, out of necessity, must bring their child(ren)/minor dependent and/or a caregiver for their child(ren) to conferences outside of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Graduate Division Caregiver Grant

Designed to provide assistance to graduate students who are the primary live-in caregiver for an adult individual. Examples of those eligible for this grant include graduate students who live with and serve as the primary caregiver for an elderly parent or other individual that may qualify as a dependent adult. These grants may be applied toward housing and living expenses, dependent health insurance, and/or tuition. If funding permits, awards of up to $12,000 per year ($6,000 per academic term) will be made to eligible applicants. 

Graduate Division Student Parent Grant

Registered graduate student parents who live with dependent children and demonstrate financial need are eligible for a grant that may be applied toward housing/living expenses, dependent health insurance, child care, and/or tuition. 

Graduate Division Conference Travel Grant

Academic masters (M.A. & M.S.) and all doctoral students may apply for funding to attend professional conferences; however, students in professional degree programs are not eligible. Grant amounts will depend on the location of the conference (up to $600 within California, $900 elsewhere in North America, including Canada and Mexico, and $1,500 outside of North America). Master’s students are eligible for only one conference travel grant per academic career. Doctoral students are eligible for two grants per academic career, regardless of how many degrees they earn.

Guru Gobind Singh Fellowship |qualifying mapThis fellowship is intended for graduates of universities in specific areas of India and Pakistan (see qualifying map) who are currently pursuing a graduate degree at the University of California. To be eligible, a student must also be committed to returning to his or her country of origin after receiving the graduate degree and must not have engaged previously in graduate study at any other institution of higher learning in the United States. Students at any stage of graduate study may be nominated, but preference is given to those holding a master’s degree, and particularly those who have reached the dissertation stage and have exhausted the normal sources of financial support.

Heller Fund

The UC Berkeley Classics Department annually awards a number of small travel grants to help cover the costs of overseas travel to pursue an academically justified and practical program of self-enrichment and education either through the travel itself, through a study project, or both.

Hispanic Scholarship Fund

Humane Studies Fellowships

The Institute for Humane Studies offers various grants for graduate students including funding for major research projects and graduate sabbatical grants of up to $15,000. 

Huntington Library Fellowships

The Huntington Library awards over 150 research fellowships annually. Recipients of all fellowships are expected to be in continuous residence at The Huntington and to participate in, and make a contribution to, its intellectual life. 

IEAS Fellowships

The Institute of East Asian Studies (IEAS) fellowship competition is open to UC Berkeley continuing graduate students in East Asian and Southeast Asian Studies. Subject to availability of funding, a small number of competitive awards of up to $6,000 (maximum) are available. We expect most awards, however, to be in the $1,500-$3,500 range. Successful applicants should propose a coherent plan of research/study that will result in tangible progress towards their graduate degree. IEAS fellowships are intended to facilitate special research proposals and study plans and are not intended for general support.

Institute for the Study of Societal Issues Graduate Fellows Program   For UC Berkeley doctoral students who have completed at least three years of graduate study and who are writing their dissertation on social change in the United States. Provides up to two years of training and funding, with a $14,000/year stipend. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

International Need-Based Tuition Awards and Graduate Student Family Grants The Berkeley International Office offers grants for international graduate students and graduate student families. To be eligible for financial support, international students must: 1) demonstrate financial need; 2) have completed two semesters at UC Berkeley; and 3) be registered full-time each semester. For additional requirements, please see the BIO web site.

International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Awards U.S. citizens who are affiliated full time with a North American college or university are eligible for academic exchange programs in the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, Eurasia, and Asia. View current opportunities for fellowships, international exchanges, grants, mentorship, and more.

Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

This fund offers a number of fellowships to Jewish graduate students studying English, literature, and the fine arts and those involved in Jewish life and in Israel. An additional scholarship for Jewish and non-Jewish students offers scholarships for children of gay or lesbian parent(s). 

Jim Fahey Safe Homes for Women FellowshipEstablished in 2007 to provide scholarships for graduate students at UC Berkeley with demonstrated financial need and a deep commitment to combating domestic violence against women. Preference is given to students who are close to graduation, and who have completed coursework on feminist, gender, or women’s studies, families, domestic violence, and the like. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

John L. Simpson ABD Graduate Students Research Fellowship in International & Area Studies

UC Berkeley graduate students in all fields who have obtained ABD status or will formally advance to candidacy by the fall of the fellowship term and plan to do research in international & area studies, in the broadest sense, both from a historical and a contemporary perspective are eligible. Fellowships are intended to support research on campus, within the United States, or abroad. Award amount: up to $11,000. Grant amounts are at the discretion of the jury.

John L. Simpson Pre-dissertation Research Fellowship in International & Area Studies

UC Berkeley graduate students in all fields who have not yet advanced to candidacy and plan to do research in international & area studies, in the broadest sense, both from a contemporary and a historical perspective. Fellowships are intended to support travel, lodging, and/or research-related expenditures. Award amount: up to $5,000. Grant amounts are at the discretion of the jury.

Luce Indigenous Knowledge Fellowship  

Launched to honor and support a select cohort of fellows as they work to further Indigenous knowledge creation, dissemination and perpetuation in Indigenous communities. 10 fellowships of $50,000 each (over 12 months) will be awarded each cycle. 

The American Indian Graduate Program (AIGP) is available to provide students with assistance in funding, mentorship, and development.

Luce Scholars ProgramProvides an intensive experience in Asia for young Americans who show evidence of potential leadership and accomplishment. Applicants should have a strong, mature, and clearly defined interest in a field other than Asian affairs. 

Mabelle McLeod Lewis Fellowship

Provides awards directly to advanced doctoral candidates in the humanistic disciplines pursuing a PhD degree from one of the following institutions: UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, UC-Santa Cruz or Stanford University. These grants are awarded to bring about the completion of a scholarly dissertation project at the end of the grant period. The award amount is approximately $33,500 disbursed in 2 installments and some support for registration fees and individual health insurance. A principal purpose of the award is to permit the grantee to devote themselves full-time to the completion of the dissertation. Grantees may not hold any other award or fellowship simultaneously with the Mabelle McLeod Lewis grant except in the form of direct grants from their university for tuition or other benefits which do not require the performance of services.

Catherine and William L. Magistretti Fellowship 

Catherine and William L. Magistretti Graduate Fellowship. For study of language, cultures, history, and societies of all the Asian Continent and its diasporas, construed broadly. Between $20k-40k. College of Letters & Science Graduate Fellowship. Must be nominated by the department. Preference given to incoming or pre-doctoral students. Due around late January.

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships Supports a year of research and writing for advanced graduate students in the humanities and related social sciences in their last year of dissertation writing. The program encourages timely completion of the Ph.D. Applicants must be prepared to complete their dissertations within the period of their fellowship tenure. A grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation supports this program. Undocumented students eligible to apply with or without work authorization.

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship

Supports a year of support for doctoral students preparing to embark on innovative dissertation research projects in the humanities and interpretive social sciences. The fellowships are designed to intervene at the formative stage of dissertation development. The program seeks to expand the range of research methodologies, formats, and areas of inquiry traditionally considered suitable for the dissertation, with a particular focus on supporting scholars who can build a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable academy. 

Mellon International Dissertation Research Fellowship (IDRF)

The program invites proposals for dissertation research conducted, in whole or in part, outside the United States, on non-US topics. It will consider applications for dissertation research grounded in a single site, informed by broader cross-regional and interdisciplinary perspectives, as well as applications for multi-sited, comparative, and transregional research.  Fellowship amounts vary depending on the research plan, with a per-fellowship average of $23,000.  

Mentored Research AwardGives academically promising graduate students in academic Ph.D. programs an opportunity to conduct pre-doctoral research while developing and strengthening relationships with faculty advisers. Students must be nominated by their academic department. Recipients may be undocumented (AB540, Non-AB540 with DACA). Non-AB540 with work authorization eligible.

Mildred E. Mathias Graduate Student Research GrantsResearch grants are available to graduate students enrolled at any University of California campus other than San Francisco who are using one or more of the 37 sites in the UC Natural Reserve System. A total of $38,000 is available for grants, with a maximum award of $3,000 per applicant. Students from any academic discipline are eligible. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

NNRC Student Scholar in Residence Research Grant

The New Netherland Research Center (NNRC), a joint endeavor of the New Netherland Institute (NNI) and the Office of Cultural Education, New York State Education Department (NYSED/OCE), with financial support from the Government of the Netherlands, announces the NNRC Student Scholar in Residence Research Grant. The grant covers a period of up to three months in residence and provides a stipend of $5,000.  

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans An up to $90,000 grant for graduate students who are immigrants or children of immigrants. Fellows can be studying in any field in graduate school, but they must be enrolled full-time and the program can’t be online or an executive/part time program. Applicants can apply the same year they are applying to graduate school or in the first two years of the graduate program they are seeking funding for. Applicants must be New Americans (child of two immigrants or an immigrant: green card holder, naturalized as a U.S. citizen, have asylee or refugee status, OR have graduated from both high school and college in the US); and they must be 30 or younger as of the application deadline. Full requirements are at www.pdsoros.orgUndocumented students eligible to apply. Non-AB540 eligible and must have a work authorization.

Paul J. Alexander Memorial FellowshipProvides funding support for advanced Berkeley graduate students who are studying Byzantine, ancient, or medieval history. Students of Byzantine history are given first preference unless an applicant in ancient or medieval history is markedly superior, in which case the award will be given to the most qualified applicant. A student can receive this award only once during his or her academic career.

Partner University Grants for Study in Western Europe

Competitive IES-administered grants for dissertation and pre-dissertation research in several countries in Western Europe, (including Austria, Belgium, France, Greece, Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK), are available to Berkeley students across all disciplines. Applications are due November 1 each academic year. Please visit the link for detailed information and application forms.

Phi Beta Kappa Graduate Fellowships for Academic DistinctionThanks to the generous support of past Berkeley members of Phi Beta Kappa, each year the chapter is able to award a number of fellowships to members of Phi Beta Kappa currently enrolled as doctoral students at UCB. The award is usually given to those in the final stages of writing a dissertation. In addition, the Northern California Association of alumni members of Phi Beta Kappa supports our program by awarding additional fellowships. Students who are in the UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Program should apply through UCSF. Please contact pbk@berkeley.edu with questions. Undocumented students who are members of Phi Beta Kappa are eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

Philip Brett LGBT Studies FellowshipOpen to all UC Berkeley graduate students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, who are conducting research related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and/or queer studies in any field or discipline. Recipients will receive $4,000. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

Ratliff Fellowship in Classical Antiquities

Provides approximately $39,600 in stipend plus in-state fees to Ph.D. candidates who demonstrate a high level of academic distinction within the College of Letters and Science whose work focuses on Classical antiquity, in particular Greek literature and archaeology. All applicants are required to have passed their oral exams.

Reinhard Bendix and Allan Sharlin Fellowships

UC Berkeley graduate students in all fields who have obtained ABD status or will formally advance to candidacy by the fall of the fellowship term and plan to do research in the fields of historical sociology, historical demography, social history, political and social theory, or historical studies of society and politics are eligible. Fellowships are intended to support research on campus, within the United States, or abroad. Award amount: up to $7,500. Grant amounts are at the discretion of the jury.

Renaissance and Early Modern Studies Research Grant Program

Provides research grants for students currently enrolled in REMS doing either initial work on their dissertation topic or who are further along in the writing of their dissertation, but who will not defend by the end of the current academic year.  

R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowships in Anglo-American Studies

The Anglo-American Studies Program supports three R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowships of $10,000 each to Berkeley graduate students whose research focuses on Anglo-American affairs, including but not limited to issues involving international relations, politics, history, law, economics, art, language, literature, and culture. Priority will be given to students whose work is centrally concerned with US-UK relations, the Commonwealth of Nations and British colonial history. Students from a broad range of disciplines are urged to apply.

Rome Prize

For over a century, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Each year, the Rome Prize is awarded to about thirty artists and scholars who represent the highest standard of excellence. Supported disciplines include ancient studies, architecture, design, historic preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, literature, medieval studies, modern Italian studies, musical composition, Renaissance and early modern studies, and visual arts. 

The Sara B. Aleshire Center for the Study of Greek Epigraphy

The Center offers travel grants to support research in Greek epigraphy, fellowships for students who have advanced to candidacy and are working on research projects with a significant epigraphic component that requires residency in Greece, and dissertation fellowships for students completing dissertations on any subject in Greek epigraphy. 

The Smith Richardson Foundation Grant  An annual grant competition to support Ph.D. dissertation research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies, and diplomatic and military history.

Tinker Field Summer Research Grant 

Primarily covers travel and field-related expenses for brief periods of pre-dissertation field research in Latin America. 

Townsend Center for the Humanities Dissertation Fellowships

These fellowships are for graduate students at UC Berkeley who have advanced to candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) by the time of application, and whose dissertation projects involve humanistic material or problems that have a significant bearing on the humanities. Once selected, Dissertation Fellows are eligible to apply for the Jacobson Memorial Teaching Award. Undocumented students eligible to apply. No work authorization required.

Townsend Center Working Grants

This program sponsors research in the humanities and the humanities-related social sciences. Working group awards range from $250-$750 for the academic year.   

Tsao Family Rome Prize

To be awarded to a humanities scholar whose project explores the relationship between Chinese and Mediterranean philosophical traditions. This full-term fellowship will introduce philosophy into the mix of artists and scholars in the American Academy in Rome community and emphasize the importance of this discipline in establishing a moral framework that may provide ways of moving forward as individuals and as a culture. Both predoctoral candidates and postdoctoral scholars are eligible for this fellowship, which supports research on the intersection of philosophy with Chinese and Western traditions and draws on Rome as a crossroads between East and West.

Tuition Support for External Fellowships

The Graduate Division strongly encourages graduate students to pursue external fellowship funding in support of their research at Berkeley and, through the Tuition Support for External Fellowships program, financially supports many students who win external fellowships.  Most external fellowships include only partial payment of tuition, fees, and health insurance, and some fellowships include no such component at all.  In many cases, the Graduate Division makes up the difference between the external fellowship’s tuition/fee allowance and a fellow’s actual fee charges. This difference is often substantial. 

UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies – Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards

(FLAS) Fellowships provide funding to students to encourage the study of critical and less commonly taught foreign languages in combination with area studies, international studies or international aspects of professional studies. These fellowships are funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. The purpose of the FLAS program is to promote the training of students who intend to make their careers in college or university teaching, government service, or other employment where knowledge of foreign languages and cultures is essential. Academic Year and Summer awards are available for graduate and undergraduate students.

UC-HBCU Fellowship

A critical goal of the UC-HBCU Initiative is to have more HBCU alumni complete UC Ph.D. programs and to encourage UC-HBCU alumni application and enrollment. Students who complete a UC-HBCU summer internship are eligible for the following benefits: Application fee waiver, Fellowship funding, Living supplement/transition award, Professional development, Success and well-being support. For funding eligibility, students must apply and be admitted to a UC PhD program within 10 years of completing their UC-HBCU summer internship. For questions, contact: gradstudies@ucop.edu

UC MEXUS-CONACYT Doctoral Fellowships for Mexican Students Provides up to five years of funding for Mexican students doing their doctoral studies at one of the ten University of California campuses. Students may pursue doctoral studies in most of the academic disciplines, with the exception of the arts. Provides full non-resident tuition, fees, a stipend, and support towards health insurance. Mexican citizens, Mexican residents, and/or undocumented students with work authorization eligible to apply.

UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship

The UC President’s Pre-Professoriate Fellowship is part of the UC-Hispanic Serving Institutions Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI DDI), which aims to enhance faculty diversity and pathways to the professoriate for historically underrepresented students from California Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs), particularly Chicanx/Latinx, African Americans, American Indians/Native Americans, Filipinx, and Pacific Islanders in all disciplines; women in STEM; and Asian Americans in the humanities and social sciences. Fellows receive a $37,000 stipend and California resident tuition and fees and $10,000 professional development grant that will expose, prepare, and inspire the fellow to pursue the professoriate.  

The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

This Program was established in 1984 to encourage outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients to pursue academic careers at the University of California. The current program offers postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development and faculty mentoring to outstanding scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity at UC.

Walter J. Jensen Fellowship for French Language, Literature, and CultureThis fellowship provides a stipend for a minimum of six months of study in France. Phi Beta Kappa will also cover a single round-trip, economy-class ticket for the recipient to travel to France; some additional support may be available to those with dependents. The purpose of the award is to enrich, promote, and improve education in the standard French language in the US through an award to educators and researchers to be used for education and study of French language, literature, and culture. 

The William L. Clements Library Research Fellowships

The William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan offers both short-term and long-term fellowships to help scholars access the Library’s rich primary source collections for research. 

Winterthur Dissertation Fellowships

Doctoral candidates conducting research or writing a dissertation using the Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library’s collections can receive four- to nine-month fellowships with stipends of up to $7,000 per semester. The deadline for all research fellowship applications is January 15.   

The WW Women's Studies Fellowship

This fellowship provides support during the fellow’s final year of dissertation writing for dissertations with a central focus on the study of women and/or gender.