The University of California, Berkeley is pleased to announce the Pre-Dissertation Research Grant. This grant is open for PhD international students. Grants are intended to support travel, lodging, and research-related expenditures for graduate students who are conducting research away from campus.

The Institute’s mission to support international and comparative research students at UC Berkeley, projects should be international and/or comparative in nature, and/or related to the study of languages, and/or involve substantial research outside of the United States.

Berkeley has overall 40,000 students in around 350 undergraduate and graduate degree programs covering several disciplines. It provides 106 Bachelor’s degrees, 88 Master’s degrees, 97 research-focused doctoral programs and 31 professionally degrees.

Scholarship Description:

• Applications Deadline: March 15, 2020
• Course Level: PhD
• Study Subject: Doctoral programs
• Scholarship Award: Up to $5000.
• Nationality: Internationally
• Number of Scholarships: Numbers not given
• Scholarship can be taken in all countries around the world

Eligibility for the Scholarship:

Eligible candidate’s following minimum qualifications:

• This grant is intended for PhD students who have not yet advanced to candidacy by 08/15/2020.
• Preference will be given to international students who cannot apply for other sources of funding within the United States.
• Eligible Countries: Scholarships are available to students at the International level.
• Entrance Requirements: Open to any full-time, registered, UC Berkeley graduate student who has not yet obtained ABD status by the application deadline.
• Students from all departments are eligible.
• Applicants can receive a maximum of one IIS grant per year.

Application Procedure:

Applications must be submitted by an online system.

How to Apply: Each application must also include the following, submitted by Tuesday, February 19, 2019: https://iis.berkeley.edu/PreDissertationResearchGrantApplication

Eligible students must submit an application that includes:

• A description of the proposed research (up to two pages);
• A CV (up to two pages);
• A one-page budget plan;
• A list of all other sources of financial support for the academic year (including summer);
• An unofficial UC Berkeley transcript;
• One letter of reference from a faculty member, emailed directly to [email protected] (subject line: “Recommendation Letter for [Last Name, First Name], Pre-Dissertation Research Grant”).

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