IIS Funding Opportunities

Faculty

Award Amount:
The maximum amount available for each series will be $30,000.
Eligibility:
Only senate faculty and lecturers are eligible. Visiting professors may participate in the colloquia, but will not receive individual research funding.
Application Deadline:
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Award Amount:
Maximum $5000
Eligibility:
Junior faculty members under consideration for tenure in 2012-2013 are not eligible to apply.
Application Deadline:
Friday, December 7, 2012
Award Amount:
up to $10,000
Eligibility:
Any junior faculty member conducting research in African studies or African languages.
Application Deadline:
Friday, November 30, 2012
Award Amount:
Maximum of $5,000. Funds must be spent by the conclusion of the conference for which they are awarded.
Eligibility:
Only senate faculty are eligible. Preference will be given to junior faculty and mid-career faculty, but senior faculty may apply as well.
Application Deadline:
Friday, December 7, 2012

Graduate

Award Amount:
Up to $10,000
Eligibility:
Preference will be given to international students who cannot apply for other sources of funding within the United States. Students will not be eligible to receive award funds unless they have advanced to candidacy.
Application Deadline:
Monday, March 18, 2013
Award Amount:
While you are welcome to apply for all three graduate fellowships (Bendix, Sharlin, Simpson), please note that the total award amount cannot exceed $12,000.
Eligibility:
Fellowship recipients must be advanced to candidacy or the equivalent by the fall of their fellowship term.
Application Deadline:
Monday, March 18, 2013
Award Amount:
While you are welcome to apply for all three graduate fellowships (Bendix, Sharlin, Simpson), please note that the total award amount cannot exceed $12,000.
Eligibility:
Fellowship recipients must be advanced to candidacy or the equivalent by the fall of their fellowship term.
Application Deadline:
Monday, March 18, 2013
Award Amount:
While you are welcome to apply for all three graduate fellowships (Bendix, Sharlin, Simpson), please note that the total award amount cannot exceed $12,000.
Eligibility:
Fellowship recipients must be advanced to candidacy or the equivalent by the fall of their fellowship term.
Application Deadline:
Monday, March 18, 2013

Undergraduate

Award Amount:
Grant amounts will depend on the location of the conference but will generally be in the range of $300-$400 for conferences within California, $400-$600 for conferences elsewhere in North America, and up to $1000 for international conferences.
Eligibility:
Award Amount:
Merit scholarships will be up to $2000 each. An additional $1000 prize will be awarded to the strongest research papers (as determined by an IIS faculty panel).
Eligibility:
Open to any UC Berkeley junior or senior with a minimum 3.5 GPA who has completed at least one semester of study in residence at Berkeley. All majors are eligible and encouraged to apply. (Note: concurrent enrollment students are not eligible to apply.)
Application Deadline:
Monday, November 26, 2012