UC Berkeley

The UC Diversity Initiative for Graduate Study in the Social Sciences (UC DIGSSS) program is a three-campus consortium comprised of UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UC Santa Barbara to enhance doctoral student diversity in the social sciences.  In accordance with NSF guidelines, the Program awards grants to support students traditionally underrepresented in Ph.D. programs in the social, behavioral, and economic sciences.

UC-DIGSSS @ Berkeley is funded jointly by the National Science Foundation and UC Berkeley.

The Mission of the UC-DIGSSS Project:

  1. Form partnerships with minority serving institutions (MSIs) in order to increase the applicant pool, by developing longitudinal relationships across administration, faculty, and staff.

  2. Build upon the extensive alumni network of UC graduates at institutions across the country in order to potentially identify underrepresented minority (URM) graduate students and to mentor students who are already on the pathway to the PhD.

  3. Mentor URM students with one-on-one research traineeships with faculty in the early stages (first three years) of the graduate program in order to help build research skills and to create strong bonds with faculty mentors.

  4. Improve retention by focusing on community building and help students overcome academic hurdles through seminars and workshops throughout all stages of the graduate program, including written and oral qualifying exams, finding a dissertation topic, preparing the dissertation proposal, and applying for professional employment.

  5. Support graduate research by encouraging academic skills building, participating in conferences and conducting field research.

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Check back later for information regarding news and events at the UC Berkeley campus. If you have questions, please contact Gloria H. Chun, PhD at 510–642–5565 or socscigrad@berkeley.edu.

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