American Public Power Association DEED Project

Award Amount: $2,000 in Scholarships; $4,000 for Internships and Grants, plus up to $1,000 in travel funds to attend applicable conference; and $5,000 for Technical Design Projects (TDP), plus up to $3000 in travel funds
Deadline: February 15, 2020 and October 15, 2020

Only students studying in energy-related disciplines from accredited colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada are eligible for student research grants/internships. The DEED technical design project is intended to promote the involvement of students studying in energy-related disciplines in the public power industry. One $5,000 TDP is awarded each year to a student or group of students conducting research on an energy-related project. The award recipient(s) also receive travel reimbursement up to $3000 to present their project during the annual APPA Engineering and Operations Technical Conference.

ASUC Academic Opportunity Fund (AOF)
Award Amount: Up to $500
Deadline: TBA.

The Academic Opportunity Fund awards grants for academic travel that enhances student access to valuable educational experiences beyond the classroom. The Academic Opportunity Fund subsidizes off-campus academic pursuits, such as professional meetings, research conferences, academic competitions, and independent research.

ASUC AAVP Grants and Scholarships
Award Amount: Varies.
Deadline: TBA.

The ASUC offers 9 Grants (Academic Opportunity Fund (AOF), ADA Accessibility Fund (ADAAF), Arts and Creativity Fund (ACF), DeCal Fund (DCF), Educational Equity and Excellence Fund (EEEF), Intellectual Community Fund (ICF), Multicultural Fund (MCF), Public Service Fund (PSF), and the Greek Opportunity Fund (GOF)) during the Spring semester and 3 Scholarships (Textbook Scholarship, RISE Scholarship, and the Outstanding Student Recognition Scholarship) during the Fall semester for a variety of student initiatives.

CIEE Scholarships and Grants
Award Amount: Varies.
Deadline: Varies.

Students studying on CIEE’s college study abroad programs can apply for CIEE scholarships and grants. Provides both need-based grants and merit-based grants.

Carl Rosberg and Judith Geist Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Award Amount: up to $3,000
Deadline: February 26, 2021

For any Berkeley undergraduate travel to Africa for research and study who will return to campus as a registered student following the research trip. Students with training in African studies and foreign languages, particularly African languages, will be given priority.

Center for Human Rights Student Fellowship
Award Amount: Varies.
Deadline: TBA.

These awards will enable students to carry out clearly defined fieldwork, domestically or internationally, with human rights organizations related to a student’s area of study. The purpose of the fellowship is to provide students with an opportunity to contribute to the work of human rights organizations while also gaining practical experience that may influence the students’ areas of research or academic focus. The fellowship program welcomes multi-disciplinary approaches to human rights fieldwork. Students are encouraged to publish the results of their fieldwork. Preference will be given to graduate students and returning students.

Center for Middle Eastern Studies Undergraduate Research Grants
Award Amount: Varies.
Deadlines: Varies.

The Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES) provides grants and other support for students, faculty, and visiting scholars; hosts lectures, film series, conferences, and innovative workshops; and partners with local educational and non-profit institutions and businesses to provide accessible public programs related to the Middle East.

Center for Race and Gender Undergraduate Grants
Award Amount: $100 – $750
Deadline: November 15, 2020

The Center for Race and Gender (CRG) at the University of California Berkeley, announces the availability of grants of $100 to $1,000 to fund undergraduates for research or creative projects that address issues of race and gender. Topics should be consonant with CRG’s mandate to support critical student research on race, gender, and their intersections in a wide variety of social, cultural, and institutional contexts, especially on the Berkeley campus and its neighboring communities, but also in California, the nation, or the world. Grants will be awarded for periods of up to six months from the start date.

College of Natural Resources Travel Grant
Award Amount: $400 for travel within California, up to $600 for travel elsewhere in North America, and up to $1,000 for international travel
Deadlines: September 15 (Fall), February 15 (Spring), and May 15 (Summer)

The CNR Travel Grant is designed to help students fund travel that is related to research and/or participation in conferences. To be eligible, applicants must be undergraduate students in CNR, be in good academic standing, and have a faculty sponsor from within CNR. Travel must take place while individuals are registered or continuing students.

Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund
Award Amount: up to $15,000
Deadline: TBA.

The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund provides grants to students actively working for peace and justice. Early recipients worked for civil rights, against McCarthyism, and for peace in Vietnam. Recent grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression; building the movement for economic justice; and creating peace through international anti-imperialist solidarity.

Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship
Award Amount: $15,000
Deadline: February 16, 2021

For all sophomore and junior UC undergraduate students who are engaged in year-long projects related to social change, public service, and/or social entrepreneurship. Students must submit application to UC Berkeley’s representative (identified on the Strauss Foundation website).

E4C and the United Engineering Foundation (UEF) Supported Research Fellowship
Award Amount: Varies.
Deadline: TBD.

The E4C Program is a 4-month Summer Research Fellowship that grants 10 $5k grants to engineering students engaged in global development, supported by a grant from the United Engineering Foundation (UEF). The Fellowship is a new offering from E4C’s Innovation Lab, which supports the development of knowledge tools for designers, manufacturers and implementers of poverty‐alleviating products and services. Fellows will deepen their understanding of development engineering through research, analysis and normalization of solutions. This program is open to senior undergraduate, graduate and post-graduates in engineering with a focus and/or specialization in global development aligned to E4C’s target sectors (i.e. Energy, Health, Water, Agriculture, Housing, Transport and Information Systems). Graduating students are eligible.

Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Grants
Award Amount: Approx. $15,000 – $25,000
Deadline: Closed.

The Cabot Trust awards grants to support persons with charitable, religious, artistic, educational, and scientific projects that promote the good of others. Applicants should contact the Trust in writing to request application guidelines.

Go! Overseas Volunteer Abroad Scholarship
Award Amount: Varies.
Deadline: Closed.

The GO! Volunteer Abroad Scholarship program supports people participating in volunteer programs abroad. The scholarship is awarded based on the creativity and analytical thinking displayed through writing samples and/or video submissions.

The Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) (formerly the Center for Development of Peace and Well-being) Research Fellowship Program 
Award Amount: TBD.
Deadline: 2020-2021 Application closed, 2021-2022 Application announced Spring 2021

The Greater Good Science Center offers annual fellowships to UC Berkeley Undergraduate (up to $5,000) and Graduate students (up to $15,000) whose research relates to our mission. The fellowship program aims to attract scholars from across a broad spectrum of academic disciplines, with an emphasis on the social-behavioral sciences.

The Haas Scholars Program
Award Amount: Up to $13,800 ($3800-$5,000 summer living stipend, $1800/semester academic year living stipend, up to $5000 for research expenses, and $200 completion stipend)
Deadline: February 2021

For academically talented, financial-aid-eligible undergraduates IN ALL MAJORS to engage in a sustained research, field-study or creative project — often their senior honors thesis/project — in the summer before and during their final year or semester at UC Berkeley. Please note you will be set with a faculty mentor and be expected to attend a retreat and conference. Haas scholars also take a seminar in the Fall semester (1 units, P/NP) and a writing workshop in the Spring semester.

Institute of International Studies Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
Award Amount: up to $500 for travel within California, up to $750 for travel elsewhere in North America, up to $1000 for international travel, with the chance to win additional prizes at the Junior Scholars Conference
Deadline: November 15, 2020 for travel in the following Spring/Summer, April 15, 2021 for travel in the following Fall

IIS is seeking to award a series of merit scholarships of up to $2000 each to support undergraduate research in any area of international studies. Research may be conducted while in EAP, or independently. The scholarship recipients will be called IIS Junior Scholars. After completing their research projects, Junior Scholars are required to submit a four-page research summary and attend the IIS Junior Scholars Conference.

The Leslie Lipson Program (Essay Prize, Scholarship, and Research Grant)
Award Amount: $2,000 for the Essay Prize; up to $10,000 per year for two years for the Scholarship; up to $3,250 for the Research Grant
Deadline: TBA.

For Berkeley freshmen or sophomores from any field of study with a minimum GPA of 3.5. The Leslie Lipson Program is intended to encourage undergraduate students to study humanistic values and their practical application for individuals, societies, and states. The Program consists of three components: (1) the Essay Prize, (2) the Scholarship, which is available to Essay Prize winners, and (3) the Research Grant, which is optional for Scholarship winners. Eligible freshmen and sophomores are invited to submit an original, unpublished piece to the Lipson Program essay contest on one of the Essay Topics related to humanistic values. The essay topics for each year are selected by the Lipson Committee and are available on the website.

MacArthur Discovery Grants
Award Amount: $15,000 – $500,000
Deadline: Varies.

Provides a list of grants for innovators with promising but unproven approaches to important social problems. Grants are one-time, no more than two years, with stipends between $15,000 and $500,000.

Peter E. Haas Public Service Leaders Program
Award Amount: $2,000 – $6,000
Deadline: Closed.

The Peter E. Haas Public Service Leaders Program provides need-based scholarships and supports a community of undergraduate student leaders who have demonstrated a significant commitment to off-campus service activities. Students dedicate 10 to 15 hours per week in off-campus social action activities and engage in a year-long leadership development program through the Public Service Center.

Scholarship Connection at UC Berkeley
Award Amount: Varies.
Deadline: Varies.

Scholarship Connection is UC Berkeley’s clearinghouse for information on scholarships that are funded by sources outside the University. The Scholarship Connection website is run by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships (OURS). We receive hundreds of scholarship notices each year. Competition for these awards may be local, national, or international in scope, and scholarship deadlines and requirements vary.

Summer Internship in Community Organizing
Award Amount: Varies
Deadline: Closed.

The New York Foundation provides funds for summer internships in community organizing for young people. The goal is to provide young people (ages 15 to 23) with a training experience in the process of community organizing. They prioritize internship proposals that involve interns directly in organizing efforts, especially in low-income communities and communities of color.

Stevens Scholar Program
Award Amount: $5,000
Deadline: TBA.

This Award is intended for UC Berkeley undergraduates in Middle Eastern Studies or other relevant majors, or graduate students in Master’s or Ph.D. programs whose work focuses on the Middle East and North Africa. Grants are awarded to defray the cost of international travel to conduct research.

The Sultan Program in Arab Studies Undergraduate Fellowship
Award Amount: $1200 (undergraduate); $4,000-$10,000 (graduate); and $18,000 (visiting scholars); and up to $5,000 for other scholarly initiatives
Deadline: January 28, 2021

The Sultan Program supports teaching, research, and public outreach on topics related to the Arab and Arab-Islamic world, with the overarching goal of promoting a deeper understanding of this important region at UC Berkeley and beyond. Grants are awarded for Visiting Scholars, Graduates, Undergraduates, and other scholarly initiatives taken upon by UC Berkeley faculty, students, and affiliates for collaborative and public outreach activities related to the Arab world.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) at Berkeley
Award Amount: $4,000 – $6,000
Deadline: Closed.

For Berkeley undergraduates in the College of Letters and Science to spend the summer doing concentrated research in preparation for a senior thesis or another major capstone research project. If traveling as a SURF fellow, please note that the full amount of airfare is rarely awarded and you are encouraged to investigate other sources of travel funding.
update description: The SURF Program is made up of three different fellowships: SURF L&S, SURF Rose Hills Experience, and the SURF Rose Hills Independent.

The SURF L&S fellowship allows UC Berkeley undergraduates in the College of Letters and Science to spend the summer doing concentrated research in preparation for a senior thesis.

The SURF Rose Hills Experience fellowship allows UC Berkeley sophomores and juniors from Southern California in certain math, science, and engineering majors (L&S, CNR, COE, C. Chem) to immerse themselves in full-time summer research supporting a research project that is designed and directed by a faculty member.

The SURF Rose Hills Independent fellowship is for UC Berkeley juniors in the summer before their senior year who are intending to do research projects of their own design as part of a senior thesis for a major. Students must have permanent residence in Southern California and be part of certain STEM majors. Graduating seniors are also eligible.