M.S./Ph.D.

Fellowship List Typical Typical

Fellowship Name (Internal to U.C. Berkeley) Deadline Amount Category Note Name of Awardee and Year Awarded (if known)
1 Allan Sharlin Memorial Award 19-Mar $12,000 International Studies
2 Anglo-California Foundation Dissertation Grant 31-Jan $3,500 European Studies
3 Anglo-California Foundation Pre-Dissertation Research Grant 31-Jan $3,500 European Studies
4 Berkeley Center for New Media Lyman Fellowship Feb $5,000 New Media Ph.D. Candidate Dissertation related to New Media
5 Center for British Studies Dissertation Writing Grant 1-Mar $10,000 European Studies Ph.D. Candidate Dissertation Writing Support
6 Center for British Studies Pre-Dissertation Research Grant 1-Feb $3-5,000 European Studies Mona Damluji (2008)
7 Center for Right-Wing Studies (Graduate Fellows Training Program) varies $14,000 Political Science
8 Daimler Graduate Dissertation Research and Writing Fellowship 1-Feb $10,000 International Studies Europe and sustainable transportation
9 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) 23-Jan $16,000 Humanities/Soc. Sci M.S. and Ph.D. students for stipend+fees Mona Damluji (Summer 2007), Padma Maitland (Academic 2012)
10 International Dissertation Fieldwork Grant 19-Mar $10,000 International Studies
11 John L. Simpson Memorial Research Fellowship 19-Mar $12,000 International Studies
12 Mabelle Mcleod Lewis Memorial Fellowship 14-Jan varies Humanities/Soc. Sci 1 yr. stipend plus fees
13 Reinhard Bendix Memorial Fellowship 19-Mar $12,000 International Studies
14 Rocca Fellowship for Advanced African Studies 2-Apr $2-6,000 African studies Ph.D. students only Joseph Godlewski (2011) Sharone Tomer (2011)
15 Shinnyo Fellowship 2-Apr $3,000/yr Public Service Peace building
16 The Arthur J. Quinn Memorial Fellowships Early Feb varies California History Source material ressearch at Bancroft Lib.
17 The Bancroft Library Study Award Early Feb $18,000 General Source material ressearch at Bancroft Lib.
18 The Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts (CASVA) varies varies Humanities/Soc. Sci Dozens of of funding opportunities
19 The Gunther Barth Fellowship Early Feb $1,500 History 19th century history of North America, short-term
20 U.C. Berkeley Travel Voucher Program 2-May Plane Ticket General Lottery System, every graduate student should apply.
21 U.C. Pacific Rim Advanced Graduate Research Fellowship 7-Dec $20,000 General Pacific Rim, contact campus liason for more details Kah-wee Lee (2010)
Fellowship Name (External to U.C. Berkeley) Deadline Amount Category Note Name of Awardee and Year Awarded (if known)
1 ACLS/Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship Nov-12 Up to $33,000 Humanities/Soc. Sci
2 American Association of University Women: American Fellowships Fall Varies Women
3 American Association of University Women: Career Devleopment Grant Fall Varies Women
4 American Association of University Women: International Fellowships Fall Varies Women
5 American Association of University Women: Professions Fellowships Fall Varies Women M.S. Arch and M. Arch Specific (incomming)
6 American Scandinavian Fellowship 1-Nov $23,000 Scandinavia Studies
7 ASHRAE Golden Gate Chapter Scholarship April Varies Engineering
8 Carter Manny Award 15-Mar $15-20K Architecture
9 Center for Gaming Research Fellowship, University of Nevada, Las Vegas 16-Jul $3,000 Gaming Research Kah-wee Lee (2011)
10 Dissertation Fellowships in East European Studies Nov-12 Up to $18,000 European Studies
11 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship 17-Nov $21,000 Open to all areas Ph.D. Candidates only, 1 yr. stipend
12 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship 14-Nov Up to $66,000 Open to all areas Stipend for 3 yrs.
13 Fulbright Student Grant 17-Oct Varies General Contact UC Berkeley Liason for specific requirements Adriana Valencia (2005-2006)
14 Henry Luce Foundation/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art Nov-12 $27,000 U.S. Art History
15 Mellon Fellow for Dissertation Research in Original Sources (CLIR) 15-Nov Up to $25,000 Humanities/Soc. Sci
16 Multi Country Research Fellowship (CAORC) 17-Jan Up to $12,000 Humanities/Soc. Sci Adriana Valencia (2006)
17 Philanthropic Education Organization (P.E.O.) International Peace Scholarship 15-Feb $10,000 General Open to women taking coursework Yael Perez (2008, 2009)
18 Social Science Resource Council (SSRC) Varies Varies Humanities/Soc. Sci Dozens of of funding opportunities Adriana Valencia (2005-2006); Mona Damluji (2008; 2009-2010)
19 SOM Prize Travel Research Fellowship See note $50,000 Architectural Design Intent to apply: April 23, App. Due: July 23
20 U.S. Institute of Peace - Jennings Randolph Peace Dissertation Scholarship Varies $20,000 General Ph.D. Students Only
Additional Databases, Links, and Foundations
1 UC Berkeley Post Doc. Fellowships in the Humanities
2 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
3 American Association of University Women (AAUW)
4 Cornell Fellowship Database Search Engine
5 Stanford Public Service Fellowship Database
6 Yale Fellowship Database
7 Rochester Fellowship/Award Database
8 Duke University Funding Database
9 UCLA Fellowship Search Engine
10 UCB Graduate Fellowship Website