Pinto-Fialon Scholarships and Fellowships (Graduate and Undergraduate)

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With the support of the Pinto-Fialon Fund, the Center for Portuguese Studies offers fellowships to doctoral students embarking on dissertations focused on Portugal, and administers scholarships to undergraduate students of Portuguese descent.

Eligibility: The Pinto/Fialon Scholarships (undergraduate) and Fellowships (graduate) are open to Portuguese-American and Portuguese students at UC Berkeley (Portuguese-American students are defined as having at least one Portuguese grandparent).

To be eligible for Pinto/Fialon support, applicants must complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form (available at any Financial Aid Office) so that their financial need may be determined; continuing students should have already received FAFSA renewal applications. International students are not required to complete this form.

Pinto/Fialon Scholarships are awarded to Portuguese and Portuguese-American Students on a merit basis. Students who do not qualify for financial aid should attach the FAFSA determination to their application to the Center for Portuguese Studies.

Deadline: June 30

For more information, please contact the Center for Portuguese Studies at csp@berkeley.edu

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Undergraduate Scholarship Application

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Graduate Fellowship Application

The Pinto-Fialon Fund

The Pinto-Fialon Fund was established thanks to the generosity of Arthur Ferreira Pinto and Annette Fialon.

UC Berkeley alumnus and chemist Arthur Ferreira Pinto (1901-1991) was originally from Aveiro, Portugal. He emigrated to the US in 1920, working on farms and sawmills in the Sacramento Delta and taking high school courses at night. Pinto entered the University of California, studying chemistry and despite his hardships graduated in 1942, at age 40.  Pinto developed and published a method to analyze copra and oilseeds, and invented and patented laboratory equipment. In 1949 he joined the US Army Chemical Corps as a chemical control inspector, left in 1959 to travel abroad, returned to work as a chemist for the State of California, retired in 1968. Upon retirement, he traveled abroad for six years, then returned to Berkeley, where he lived until his death in 1991 at age 90.

Annette Fialon (Berkeley High School French Teacher) spent her retirement years with Mr. Pinto in Berkeley and on frequent trips abroad until her death in 1985. Both Mr. Pinto and Ms. Fialon left their estates to the University of California, and their generosity makes it financially possible for many Portuguese and Portuguese-American undergraduates and graduate students to attend UC Berkeley.

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Grants & Fellowships - Graduate Students topic page, Grants & Fellowships - Undergraduates topic page, Portuguese Studies topic page