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...
NOTE: This grant has been temporarily suspended for the 2025 calendar year.
The partnership between the UC Berkeley and Uppsala University, Sweden, was established in 2018. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration, and Uppsala University is pleased to announce two scholarships for Berkeley graduate students wishing to do research in Uppsala.
Founded in 1477, Uppsala University is Sweden’s oldest university. As such, the university have a long history and rich traditions. But first and foremost it is a modern, broad...
R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowships in Anglo-American Studies
The Anglo-American Studies Program supports the R. Kirk Underhill Graduate Fellowship for Berkeley graduate students whose research focuses on Anglo-American affairs, including but not limited to issues involving international relations, politics, history, law, economics, art, language, literature, and culture. Priority is given to students whose work is centrally concerned with US-UK relations, the Commonwealth of Nations and British colonial history. Students from a broad range of disciplines are urged to...
This grant has been temporarily suspended. We are not accepting applications at this time.
The UC Berkeley Institute of European Studies and the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation are pleased to announce the Berkeley-Austria Research Fellowship for 3 months of research in the Humanities and Social Sciences at any Austrian university.
Successful applicants will receive a temporary affiliation with the host institution in Austria. Applicants must be registered students at a University of California campus.
IES is proud of its partnership with the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation. The Foundation benefits and supports the co-operation between Austrian and American universities and academics, including the University of California. It allows exchange of Ph.D. candidates. Berkeley candidates apply hereand candidates from Austria apply here.
The Center for British Studies supports graduate work on any topic that requires substantial research in the UK. Applicants need not have Britain as the primary focus of their research, although preference will given to projects concerned with Britain's imperial or transnational influence and impact.
TheGraduate Travel (Pre-Dissertation) Grantis specifically intended to fund airfare expenses to Britain for UC Berkeley graduate students in their second or third year who have not yet advanced to candidacy. The winner will receive a round-trip ticket to the...
The Institute of European Studies is pleased to announce a competition for travel grants for UC Berkeley graduate students in European Studies to support professional development in non-academic career paths. Funds may be used to defray travel and hotel costs associated with attending a professional conference in a sector outside of academia.
Applications should include:
Statement (1000 word max) describing the applicant's planned travel to a non-academic professional conference Travel/project budget a short CV
To honor the memory of History Professor Gerald D. Feldman — particularly his dedication to graduate students — the Institute for European Studies has established the Gerald D. and Norma Feldman Graduate Student Dissertation Fellowship.
In 1994, Gerald Feldman took over the UC Center for German and European Studies, the research center that served the ten campuses of the University of California and in 2000 became part of the newly formed Institute of European Studies. Under his leadership from 1994 to 2006, both the Center and the Institute provided generous funding for students...
The partnership between UC Berkeley and the London School of Economics (LSE) was established in 2015. Both universities are now seeking to intensify their collaboration, and IES, in partnership with the Sidney Stern Memorial Trust, is pleased to announce two scholarships for Berkeley graduate students wishing to do research at LSE.
Founded in 1895 by social and economic pioneers Beathrice and Sidney Webb, the London School of Economics and Political Science has been pioneering social science research, challenging existing ways of thinking, and seeking to understand the causes of...
