College of Letters & Science Graduate Fellowships

The purpose of this fellowship is to support high-achieving students whose research focuses on the economic and/or social history of China or Chinese communities abroad since 1750. 

Additional Submission Requirements:

Department Chairs should submit letters of nomination (up to three per department).  Each nomination should include:

• The amount of support the chair recommends
• The project/purpose for which the funds are intended

The Magistretti Fellowship provides support to graduate students proposing to conduct research in the broad area of the languages, cultures, history, and societies of all the Asian Continent, including the Near East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, and Central Asia. Because the departments of East Asian Languages and Cultures, South and Southeast Asian Studies, and Near Eastern Studies have dedicated Magistretti endowments, students in these three departments are not eligible to receive support from these funds. The amount of each Magistretti Fellowship will range from $20,000 to $40,000, depending on availability of funds and the number of awards made.

All incoming and continuing graduate students in the Division of Social Sciences who are from the New York Metro area are eligible. The purpose of this fellowship is to provide support for a graduate student from the New York metropolitan area and link the CAL community in metro New York with Berkeley’s reputation for academic excellence by creating “Ambassadors” from varied social science disciplines. The amount of the award will be determined by the annual payout of endowment; in past years the distribution has varied from $15,000 to $20,000. 

Additional Submission Requirements:

Department Chairs should submit letters of nomination to the dean.  Each nomination should include:

• The nominee’s potential to act as an Ambassador for Cal
• The specific area of the Metro NY Area where the nominee was raised or completed an undergraduate degree.
• The student’s current year & field of study (or, intended field, if incoming)

The Silverman Fellowship is available to students in any area of specialization within the Social Sciences who demonstrate a high level of academic distinction.  The amount of the Silverman Fellowship will be approximately $3,000, depending on availability of funds and the number of awards made.

The Underhill Fellowship provides support to graduate students proposing to undertake research that focuses upon any of the constituent parts of the British Isles, the British Empire and its legacies, or Britain’s relationship with the European Community and the United States.  Nominees need not necessarily have Britain as the primary focus of their research; work on any part of the world that requires substantial research in Britain may be eligible for an Underhill Fellowship, although preference will be given to those that are concerned with Britain’s imperial or transnational influence and impact.  The amount of the Underhill Fellowship will be approximately $20,000, depending on availability of funds and the number of awards made.

The Wang Fellowship is available to students in any area of specialization within the Arts & Humanities and the Social Sciences, with the award rotating between the divisions annually (Arts & Humanities in odd academic years, and Social Sciences in even years). For 2020-21 the Wang Fellowship will be awarded within the Arts & Humanities division. The amount of the Wang Fellowship will be approximately $20,000, depending on availability of funds and the number of awards made.

This is an endowment to support research and academic activities relating to the study of the aboriginal peoples of Taiwan. Award preference should go to students working on Taiwanese aborigines; however, if no such students are interested or available in a given year, this Fund is open to applicants working on any aboriginal issues anywhere in the world. Because such aboriginal studies can only enhance an understanding of Taiwanese aborigines, the donor’s family feels that funds should be offered to scholars who are studying aborigine issues in other parts of the world.  Awardees are expected to collaborate with scholars at other institutions whenever appropriate, including the Shung Ye Museum of Formosan Aborigines, and to share with the Shung Ye Museum and the wider scholarly community any research findings and activity results, as well as copies of any publications, news clips, reports, or other published findings.

Each nomination should include:

• A brief (one page) narrative describing the proposed activities

• A proposed budget breaking out the different items on which funds are to be spent

• Curriculum Vitae