The Center for Portuguese Studies is pleased to announce funding in support of the organization of events at the Institute of European Studies – Center for Portuguese Studies dealing with Portuguese culture, broadly defined. Of particular interest are events that involve the Portuguese-American community and promote the understanding of this community, its history, identity, and culture. Selected organizers will receive free access to the IES meeting room for the event, staff support, and up to $3,000 to cover the event costs. Funding is available for all UC Berkeley faculty and students...
In cooperation with the Modern Greek Studies Foundation, IES is pleased to announce a new scholarship for Berkeley graduate students in the Humanities & Social Sciences wishing to do research at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies, based in Rethymno, Crete, Greece.
The Institute for Mediterranean Studies (IMS) was founded in 1985. Its purpose is to support and invigorate research in the field of the human and social sciences, as well as to promote the application of advanced technologies in the field. The objective of the IMS's research programs is to study the geographical...
IES is pleased to announce a study and research opportunity for UC Berkeley graduate students in the Humanities and Social Sciences, offered by the University of Naples - Federico II in the context of the Erasmus+ Mobility Program.
The University of Naples “Federico II”, established in Naples in 1224, is considered the oldest public non-sectarian university in the world. It is named after its founder, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, who conceived it as the higher education institution not just of a kingdom, but of a universal, diverse, and multinational community. Frederick II...
Pinto-Fialon Scholarships (Graduate and Undergraduate)
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. He developed and published a method to analyze copra and oilseeds, and invented and...
The partnership between UC Berkeley and Ghent University, Belgium, was established in 2019. Both universities are now intensifying their collaboration, and Ghent University is pleased to announce the recently signed agreement for two yearly scholarships for UC Berkeley graduate students wishing to do research at Ghent University.
Ghent University was founded in 1817. As a top 100 university with more than 49,000 students and 15,000 staff members, it is one of the largest universities in the Dutch language area, located in Flanders, Belgium. The Ghent University Global Campus was...
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships provide funding to students to encourage the study of critical and less commonly taught foreign languages in combination with area studies, international studies or international aspects of professional studies. These fellowships are funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Education under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. The purpose of the FLAS program is to promote the training of students who intend to make their careers in college or...
IES is pleased to announce a study and research opportunity for UC Berkeley graduate students in all fields, offered by Hasselt University in Belgium.
Hasselt University is an independent innovative Belgian university which is regionally anchored and has a pronounced international orientation. The university stands for excellence in education, top research in spearhead fields and active engagement in innovation and entrepreneurship. The overall objective is to combine academic excellence with economic and social relevance. The university aims to widen participation, addressing all...
The Berkeley-Cologne Exchange Agreement was established in 2013 by the University of California and University of Cologne in Germany to support scholarly collaboration and original research of the highest quality. Financial support is provided by the University of Cologne for three UC Berkeley graduate students seeking to do research in Cologne.
Since its establishment in 1388, the University of Cologne has been a center of science and scholarship in Europe. Today, it is one of the leading German research universities. It offers students an...
The partnership between the UC Berkeley and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany, was established in 2018. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration, and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg is pleased to announce two scholarships for Berkeley graduate students from the Humanities and Social Sciences wishing to do research at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences & Theology at the Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) in Erlangen-Nuremberg.
Founded in 1743, FAU today is one of the largest research universities in Germany, with a...
The partnership between UC Berkeley and the University of Regensburg, Germany, was established in 2017. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration, and the University of Regensburg is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for Berkeley graduate students in the humanities and social sciences wishing to explore dissertation research opportunities in or from Regensburg. We welcome applications in the following fields: humanities, social and political science, economics, pedagogy/education, and law.
The University of Regensburg, founded in 1962 as the...
