Grants & Fellowships - Undergraduates

Foreign Language and Area Studies Awards

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 Research Opportunity Program for Undergraduates

Current Peralta District community college students and recent transfer students to UC Berkeley from any Minority-Serving Institution in the United States with research interests in European Studies, US-European relations and Europe's global impact, broadly defined, are invited to apply to the Berkeley IES Research Opportunity Program. Please submit a resume, cover letter, 3-5 page description of your research project including research plan and a letter of recommendation from your faculty research mentor by February 1, 2024. Two travel awards of $1500 will be made to cover the cost of a...

Pinto-Fialon Scholarships and Fellowships (Graduate and Undergraduate)

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/...

Luso-American Financial Prize for Portuguese Studies (Undergraduates)

Founded in 2017, The Luso-American Financial Program for Luso-American Studies promotes research and the study of the Portuguese-American experience. In this context, the Luso-American Financial and the Center for Portuguese Studies are pleased to announce a prize of $250 to be awarded to the best paper or thesis on a Portuguese Studies topic (broadly defined) written by a UC Berkeley undergraduate in their senior year.

Papers must be nominated by a faculty member by May 15.

With questions, please contact csp@berkeley.edu