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Grant Opportunities

I. Grants & Fellowships offered by IES

Please click on the links below for more information about the grants, fellowships and awards that are annually offered by the Institute of European Studies and its affiliated programs and centers. These grants offer support to UC Berkeley faculty, lecturers, graduate students and undergraduate students for research in and about Europe, language study, and the organization of conferences, lectures and events. Most IES fellowships are open to students from all disciplines on the UC Berkeley campus. We encourage students to consider applying for more than one of our grants and fellowships. With questions, contact ies@berkeley.edu [1]

***NOTE: FLAS Awards and Graduate grant deadlines extended to March 1, 2021; see below for details***

Faculty and Lecturers

Grant Opportunity

Deadline

Details

Foreign Language Teacher Travel Grants [2]

November 30 (Fall)

May 24 (Spring)

  • For UC Berkeley lecturers teaching European languages (including Turkish)

  • Up to $1500

Ana Hatherly Faculty Research Grant [3]

 

January 22

 

  • Portuguese Studies; preference for projects on the works of Ana Hatherly

  • $1000

IES DAAD Research Grants [4] 

 

Spring 2020 

 

Awards average $8,000 per faculty

IES Jean Monnet EU Center of Excellence Research Grants [5] 

 

Fall 2020 

 

Awards average $6,000 per faculty

France-Berkeley Fund [6]

 

January 31

 

  • Open to ladder-rank faculty and permanent researchers
  • All disciplines
  • Up to $12k for 1-year collaborations with researchers in France

Berkeley-Viadrina Travel and Research Grant [7]

February 1 

  • EUR 1,500 travel grant and optional free accommodations; additional funding possible

  • All disciplines

Berkeley-Freie Universität -Berlin Grant for Faculty, Lecturers, and Academic Staff [8]

 

February 1 

 

  • €1.500 travel grant + daily allowance
  • Guest teaching opportunity for faculty and lecturers
  • Training opportunity for academic staff and librarians

Peder Sather Grant Program​ [9]

 

April 1

 

  • Open to ladder-rank faculty and permanent researchers
  • All disciplines
  • $10K-$25K for 1-year collaborations with researchers in Norway

 

Undergraduate Students

Grant Opportunity

Deadline

Details

Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards [10] 

 

January 27, 2021

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • Summer or academic year

  • Must have completed at least two semesters of target language study

  • Departments may nominate incoming graduate students

Berkeley-Greifswald Research Fellowship [11] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • All disciplines + European language study

  • EUR 750/month (up to three months)

Center for Portuguese Studies Research/Language Study Awards [12]

 

 February 28

 

For research or language/culture summer programs in Portugal or Portuguese studies

Center for Portuguese Studies Pinto/Fialon Scholarships and Fellowships [13]

 

May 15

  • Open to Portuguese and Portuguese-American students at UC Berkeley

Center for British Studies Kirk Underhill Undergraduate Prize  [14]

 

Faculty nominations due May 15

 

  • For undergraduate seniors

  • $250 for best paper on a British Studies topic

 

Graduate Students

Grant Opportunity

Deadline

Details

Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards [10] 

 

January 27, 2021

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • Summer and academic year awards available

  • Must have completed at least two semesters of target language study 

Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Graduate Student Dissertation Fellowship [15] 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • For research on topics related to Europe and the EU

  • $3,000

Helmuth Kohl Award in German and European Studies [16] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • For D.E. students in European Studies

  • $2000

Austrian Studies Fellowship [17] 

 

March 15

 

  • For entering graduate students in the Humanities and Social Sciences

  • $5,000

Berkeley-Austria Research Fellowship [18]

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • Humanities / Social Sciences

  • EUR 2,000/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-Freie Universität Berlin Mobility Fund [19] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • EUR 1,500 travel grant + daily allowance

  • all disciplines 

Berkeley-Uppsala Research Fellowship [20] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • all disciplines

  • EUR 1,500/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-Lausanne Research Fellowship  [21]

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • All disciplines

  • CHF 1,600/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-FAU Erlangen/Nuremberg Research Fellowship [22] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

  • Humanities / Social Sciences

  • EUR 1,000/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-St. Andrews Research Fellowship [23]

 

The Berkeley-St. Andrews Fellowship has been suspended for 2021; please reapply in 2022.

  • Humanities / Social Sciences

  • £1,000 monthly stipend (up to three months)

Berkeley-Cologne Research Fellowship [24] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • all disciplines

  • EUR 1,000/month (up to two months)

Berkeley-Regensburg Research Fellowship [25] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • Humanities / Social Sciences

  • EUR 1,000/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-Muenster Research Fellowship [26] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO  MARCH 1

 

  • Humanities / Social Sciences

  • EUR 1,000/month (up to three months)

Berkeley—FSU Jena Research Fellowship [27] 

 

The Berkeley-Jena Fellowship has been suspended for 2021; please reapply in 2022.

  • all disciplines

  • EUR 1,000/month (3-10 months)

Berkeley-Hamburg Research Fellowship [28]

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

  • all disciplines

  • EUR 1,000/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-Viadrina Research Fellowship [29]

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • Humanities & Social Sciences

  • EUR 360/month travel grant for short-term research stays at European University Viadrina (up to five months)

Berkeley—Luxembourg Research Fellowship [30] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • all disciplines

  • EUR 1,500/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-Inland University, Norway, Research Fellowship [31] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • Humanities / Social Sciences

  • $1000/month for up to three months

  • additional funding available for students willing to assist faculty research

Berkeley-Greifswald Research Fellowship [11] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • All disciplines + European language study

  • EUR 850/month (up to three months)

Berkeley-Institute of Mediterranean Studies (Crete) / Modern Greek Studies Foundation Fellowship [32] 

 

February 1

EXTENDED TO MARCH 1

 

  • Humanities / Social Sciences

  • $1,500 travel stipend + fellowship of $1,000/month (up to three months)

Center for British Studies Graduate Travel Grant [14]

 

February 1

 

  • Airfare for research travel to the UK

Center for British Studies Dissertation Research Grant [14]

 

February 1

 

  • For students advanced to candidacy

  • $2,000 for dissertation research in the UK

Center for British Studies Kirk Underhill Graduate Prize  [14]

 

Faculty nominations due May 15

$250 for best research paper on a British Studies topic 

Center for Portuguese Studies Pinto/Fialon Scholarships and Fellowships [13]

 

May 15

  • Open to Portuguese and Portuguese-American students at UC Berkeley

Center for Portuguese Studies Research/Language Study Awards [12]

 

 February 28

 

For research or language/culture summer programs in Portugal or Portuguese Studies

Ana Hatherly Graduate Student Research Grant [33] 

 

March 31

 

  • Portuguese Studies; preference for projects on the works of Ana Hatherly

  • $1000

Luso-American Financial Scholarships for Luso-American Studies​ [34]

 

February 28

 

  • $700
  • Open to graduate students in the fields of Portuguese-American Studies at UC Berkeley​

 

II. Grants & Fellowships offered by other UC Berkeley and partner institutions

Please click on the links below for information on grants, fellowships and awards that are offered by other UC Berkeley and partner institutions. They offer support to UC Berkeley faculty, lecturers, graduate students and undergraduate students for research in and about Europe, language study, and the organization of conferences, lectures and events. All questions or concerns should be directed to the grant-awarding organizations.

UC Berkeley Global, Area and International Studies Fellowships & Grants [35] (graduate students)

Social Science Matrix and Sciences Po Collaboration Grants [36] (faculty)

University of Bordeaux-UC Berkeley Partnership [37] (faculty)

UC Berkeley-Durham University (UK) Program [38] (faculty)

Paris Institute for Advanced Studies Fellowships in Humanities and Social Sciences [39] (faculty)

UC Berkeley-Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Program for the Humanities [40] (faculty)

IGS-R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowship [41] (graduates)

Georges Lurcy Fellowship for Study in France [42] (graduates)

UC Berkeley - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Exchange Program [43] (graduates)

Fritz Thyssen Pre-Dissertation Fellowship for Doctoral Students in German and European History at North-American West Coast Universities [44] (graduates)

UC Berkeley - TUM: Practical Research Experience Program at the Technical University of Munich [45] (graduates and undergraduates)

UC Berkeley-University of Göttingen Summer Program [46] (graduates and undergraduates)

UC Berkeley - Max Kade Summer German Language Study Travel Fellowships [47] (undergraduates)

Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union [48] (undergraduates)

European Studies Undergraduate Paper Prize [49] (undergraduates)

 

III. Extramural Grants & Fellowships for Research, Study and Internships in Europe

Click  [50]here [51] for information about grants, fellowships, awards, prizes and internship opportunities in Europe for faculty, graduate and undergraduate students that are offered by institutions not associated with UC Berkeley. All questions or concerns should be directed to the grant-awarding organizations.

 

 


Source URL: https://ies.berkeley.edu/grant-opportunities

Links
[1] mailto:ies@berkeley.edu
[2] https://ies.berkeley.edu/foreign-language-teacher-travel-grants-lecturers
[3] https://ies.berkeley.edu/ana-hatherly-faculty-research-grant
[4] https://ies.berkeley.edu/%E2%80%8Bies-daad-grants-faculty
[5] https://ies.berkeley.edu/ies-jean-monnet-eu-center-excellence-grants-faculty
[6] https://fbf.berkeley.edu/guidelines
[7] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-viadrina-travel-and-research-grant-faculty-and-lecturers
[8] https://ies.berkeley.edu/fu-berlin-grant-faculty-staff
[9] https://sathercenter.berkeley.edu/peder-sather-grant/peder-sather-grant-application-guidelines-2019-2020/
[10] https://ies.berkeley.edu/foreign-language-and-area-studies-awards-undergraduates-and-graduates
[11] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-greifswald-research-fellowships-undergraduates-and-graduates
[12] https://ies.berkeley.edu/center-portuguese-studies-researchlanguage-study-awards-graduates-and-undergraduates
[13] https://ies.berkeley.edu/center-portuguese-studies-pintofialon-scholarships-and-fellowships-graduates
[14] https://ies.berkeley.edu/cbs/grants
[15] https://ies.berkeley.edu/gerald-d-and-norma-feldman-graduate-student-dissertation-fellowship-graduates
[16] https://ies.berkeley.edu/helmuth-kohl-award-german-and-european-studies-graduates
[17] https://ies.berkeley.edu/austrian-studies-fellowship-entering-graduate-students-humanitiessocial-sciences
[18] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-austria-pre-dissertation-and-dissertation-fellowships-graduates
[19] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-fu-berlin-mobility-fund-graduates
[20] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-uppsala-university-research-fellowship-graduates
[21] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-lausanne-research-fellowship
[22] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-erlangennuremberg-research-fellowship
[23] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-st-andrews-research-fellowship
[24] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-cologne-dissertation-and-pre-dissertation-research-awards-graduates-and-post-docs
[25] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-university-regensburg-research-fellowship-graduates
[26] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-muenster-research-fellowship-0
[27] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-fsu-jena-pre-dissertation-and-dissertation-research-fellowship-graduates
[28] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-university-hamburg-research-fellowship-graduates
[29] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-viadrina-travel-grant-graduates
[30] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-university-luxembourg-research-fellowship-graduates
[31] https://ies.berkeley.edu/berkeley-inland-university-norway-research-fellowship-graduates-humanitiessocial-sciences
[32] https://ies.berkeley.edu/greek-studies-fellowship#overlay-context=grant-opportunities
[33] https://ies.berkeley.edu/ana-hatherly-graduate-student-research-grant
[34] https://ies.berkeley.edu/luso-american-financial-scholarship-portuguese-studies
[35] https://gias.berkeley.edu/fellowships-grants/gias-fellowships-grants
[36] https://ies.berkeley.edu/social-science-matrix-and-sciences-po-collaboration-grants-faculty
[37] https://ies.berkeley.edu/university-bordeaux-uc-berkeley-partnership-faculty
[38] https://ies.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-durham-university-uk-program-faculty
[39] https://ies.berkeley.edu/paris-institute-advanced-studies-fellowships-humanities-and-social-sciences-faculty
[40] https://ies.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-ludwig-maximilians-universit%C3%A4t-munich-program-humanities-faculty
[41] https://ies.berkeley.edu/igs-r-kirk-underhill-graduate-fellowship-graduates
[42] https://ies.berkeley.edu/georges-lurcy-fellowship-study-france-graduates
[43] https://ies.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-universit%C3%A9-libre-de-bruxelles-belgium-exchange-program-graduates
[44] https://www.ghi-dc.org/fellowships-programs/fellowships-grants/thyssen-west-coast-fellowships.html?L=0
[45] https://ies.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-tum-practical-research-experience-program-technical-university-munich
[46] https://ies.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-university-g%C3%B6ttingen-summer-program
[47] https://ies.berkeley.edu/uc-berkeley-max-kade-summer-german-language-study-travel-fellowships-undergraduates
[48] https://ies.berkeley.edu/claremont-uc-undergraduate-research-conference-european-union-undergraduates
[49] https://ies.berkeley.edu/european-studies-undergraduate-paper-prize-undergraduates
[50] http://ies.berkeley.edu/other-grants-fellowships-research-study-and-internships-europe
[51] https://ies.berkeley.edu/other-grants-fellowships-research-study-and-internships-europe