• 1/31 | Anglo-California Foundation Pre-Dissertation Grant
• 1/31 | Anglo-California Foundation Dissertation Research Grant
• 1/31 | Berkeley-Pembroke Exchange Scholarship
• 3/1 | Center for British Studies Dissertation Writing Grant
• 5/29 | Kirk Underhill Graduate Prize
• 5/29 | Kirk Underhill Undergraduate Prize
• Ongoing | Travel Grants for Conferences and Research

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Anglo-California Foundation Pre-Dissertation Grant
(January 31 deadline)

This grant of $3,500 will be awarded to second or third year UC Berkeley graduate students before their qualifying exam to travel to Britain to conduct research and develop contacts that will help them prepare a dissertation proposal. Available here are the application form (.doc) and guidelines (.doc).

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Anglo-California Foundation Dissertation Research Grant
(January 31 deadline)

This grant of $3,500 will be awarded to graduate students who are in their 5th and 6th years to finish research in the UK and aid them in completing their dissertation. Available here are the application form (.doc) and guidelines (.doc).

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Berkeley-Pembroke Exchange Scholarship
(January 31 deadline)

This scholarship, funded by the Mellon Foundation, will provide two students (one per semester) with a grant of $10,000 each for a Graduate Student Exchange with Pembroke College, Cambridge. This grant is open to students from UC Berkeley who who have advanced to candidacy and wish to conduct research in Cambridge. Available here are the application form (.doc) and guidelines (.doc).

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Center for British Studies Dissertation Writing Grant
(March 1 deadline)

Two grants of $10,000 will be awarded to two students in order to fund each of them for a semester of dissertation writing. The grant is meant to support projects in their final stages of composition. To be eligible, students must be in their sixth year or later of their PhD program and must provide in their application a letter of recommendation, a description of the dissertation, and an account of the current state of the dissertation (i.e., what has been accomplished and what remains to be done).

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Kirk Underhill Graduate Prize
(May 29 deadline)

This prize of $600 will be awarded for the best research paper on a British Studies topic by a UC Berkeley graduate student prior to advancing to candidacy. Papers must be nominated by a faculty member by May 29, 2012. Please send two copies of the paper along with the nomination to Jason Rozumalski, Center for British Studies, 246 Moses Hall.

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Kirk Underhill Undergraduate Prize
(May 29 deadline)

This prize of $400 will be awarded for the best paper on a British Studies topic written by a UC Berkeley undergraduate in the senior year. Papers must be nominated by a faculty member by May 29, 2012. Please send two copies of the paper along with the nomination to Jason Rozumalski, Center for British Studies, 246 Moses Hall.

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Travel Grants for Conferences and Research

CBS now has a fund for graduate and undergraduate students to help finance travel to conferences and for research. Each semester we will provide awards of $500 — $1,000 towards expenses (to be reimbursed after the event), but in exceptional circumstances, other funds may be available. There are no deadlines, but try to apply at least three weeks in advance, to Jason Rozumalski or via mail to Center for British Studies, 246 Moses Hall #2316, Berkeley, CA 94720-2316. Include a cover letter that details your participation in the conference and a brief CV and budget of expenses as well as other possible sources of funding. Applicants are expected to be active participants in Center events.

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