Graduate Student Grants

Explore our grant opportunities for UC Berkeley graduate students in all fields of study.

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards	February 10, 2025	Summer and academic year awards available Must have completed at least two semesters of target language study

IES Grants in European Studies

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Graduate Student Dissertation Fellowship	November 1	For research on topics related to Europe $3,000
Helmut Kohl Award in German and European Studies	November 1	For D.E. students in European Studies $2,000
Graduate Travel Support for Non-Academic Professional Conferences	June 15 (Spring semester) / December 15 (Fall semester)	Provides travel funding for UC Berkeley graduate students attending non-academic professional conferences Up to $1500

British Studies

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Center for British Studies Grants	March 1	Pre-dissertation and dissertation research grants available Up to $2,000 for research travel to the UK
Kirk Underhill Prizes in British Studies	Faculty nominations due March 1	Awarded for outstanding research papers on a British Studies topic by UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students

Portuguese Studies

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Center for Portuguese Studies Pinto/Fialon Scholarships and Fellowships	June 30	Open to Portuguese and Portuguese-American students at UC Berkeley

Anglo-American Studies

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowships	March 1	$10,000 fellowship for research focused on US-UK affairs, including but not limited to issues involving international relations, politics, history, law, economics, art, language, literature, and culture

Students are encouraged to apply for several grants offered by our European partner universities. Applications are due in late fall for the upcoming calendar year and cannot be extended for the subsequent year. Grant recipients are expected to complete their research stay in residence at the designated partner university during the calendar year they applied for. Please consult grant descriptions for further details.

Austria

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-Austria Research Fellowship	Temporarily Suspended	Humanities / Social Sciences $2,000/month (three months)
Berkeley-MCI The Entrepreneurial School (Innsbruck) Research and Teaching Fellowship	March 1	monthly grant of €1,000 for up to 4 months teaching opportunities in all academic departments

Belgium

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-Hasselt Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines EUR 1,000/month (up to three months)
Berkeley-Ghent Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines $1000/month (up to 3 months)

Germany

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-FAU Erlangen/Nuremberg Research Fellowship	March 1	Humanities / Social Sciences EUR 1,000/month (up to 3 months)
Berkeley-Cologne Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines EUR 1,000/month (up to two months)
Berkeley-Regensburg Research Fellowship	March 1	Humanities / Social Sciences EUR 1,000/month (up to three months)
Berkeley-Muenster Research Fellowship	March 1	Humanities / Social Sciences EUR 1,500 travel grant + EUR 850/month (3-6 months)
Berkeley—FSU Jena Research Fellowship	Temporarily Suspended for 2025	All disciplines EUR 850/month (3-4 months) + flight costs of up to EUR 820
Berkeley-Hamburg Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines EUR 1,000/month (up to 3 months)
Berkeley-Viadrina Research Fellowship	March 1	Humanities / Social Sciences EUR 360/month (up to 5 months)
Berkeley-Greifswald Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines + European language study EUR 1,000/month (up to 3 months)

Luxembourg

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-Luxembourg Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines EUR 1,500/month (up to 3 months)

Norway

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-Inland University, Norway, Research Fellowship	March 1	Humanities / Social Sciences $1000/month (up to 3 months) additional funding available for students willing to assist faculty research

Portugal

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-Portugal Research Fund for Graduate Students	November 1	Travel and accomodation covered up to $3000
Portugal-Berkeley Travel Fund for Prospective Graduate Students	March 1	Flight costs covered up to $1500
Berkeley-Portugal Conference Fund for Graduate Students	Ongoing	Travel and accomodation covered up to $2000

Sweden

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-Uppsala Research Fellowship	Temporarily Suspended for 2025	All disciplines EUR 1,500/month (up to 3 months)

Switzerland

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-Lausanne Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines CHF 1,600/month (up to 3 months)

United Kingdom

Grant Opportunity	Deadline	Details
Berkeley-St. Andrews Research Fellowship	March 1	All disciplines £1,000 monthly stipend (up to three months)
Berkeley-Queen's University Belfast Research Fellowship	March 1	Humanities & Social Sciences £750 stipend (up to one month)

Questions?

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