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Each year, the California Council on Science & Technology (CCST) Science Fellows program recruits a corps of ten PhD scientists and engineers to spend one year in Sacramento directly serving policymakers within the California State Legislature. Join them for a webinar on September 26 to learn more about the Science and Technology Policy Fellowship from current fellows and alumni.

Due to new grant support, UCSB's Interdisciplinary Humanities Center Foundations in the Humanities program is expanding! Apply now for newly open positions to be a graduate student teaching fellow for Foundations in the Humanities, a prison correspondence program in literary studies active in twelve California state prisons. Read on for more info and submit your materials by September 20.

Grad students, need help managing your research? UCSB Library is offering a workshop on Zotero, a popular open source citation manager. Learn how Zotero can help you efficiently collect and organize your research, create bibliographies, collaborate with your colleagues, streamline your research process, and more. Space is limited, so sign up today!

Are you interested in helping deliver a digital device repair training program? Would you like to manage a team of undergraduate student technology repair specialists? Do you want to be part of a solution that addresses both social and environmental justice aspects of technology repair? Then consider applying for the Sustainable Technology Repair Initiative Manager position by Sunday, September 15!

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is currently accepting applications for the CPRIT TRIUMPH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Translational Cancer Research. This three-year fellowship aims to further develop talented PhD or MD/PhDs into successful clinical/translational research scientists. Applications are reviewed quarterly with the next cycle due dates of September 30 and December 31, 2019.

UCSB's Blum Center for Global Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development is seeking applicants for a Graduate Student Assistant position for 5-10 hours per week throughout the year. The selected student will gain valuable skills and get hands-on experience tackling real-world problems. The application deadline is Tuesday, September 17, at 12pm PST.

The two-year Kress Foundation History of Art Institutional Fellowship program provides young art historians, conservators, and curators with crucial training and resources for studying the history of European art at six renowned research centers. Applicants must be nominated by their department and apply by Nov. 30, 2019.

Echoing Green will provide more than $4.6 million in unrestricted seed-stage funding and strategic foundational support this year to emerging leaders working to create their own organization to bring about positive social change. Echoing Green Fellows are the innovators, instigators, pioneers, and rebels that reject the status quo and drive positive social change all over the world. Apply by Oct. 16, 2019!

The Academy Scholars Program supports young scholars (PhD candidates & Post-Docs) whose work combines research in the social sciences or law with a command of the language and history or culture of regions outside of the United States or Canada. The fellowship includes two years of research in residence at Harvard University. Apply by Oct. 1, 2019!

The Graduate Simulation Seminar Series (GS^3) is pleased to announce that its invited speaker this year will be Dr. Debra Audus from the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, MD.

UCSB’s Linguistics Department is looking for teaching assistants for several General Education courses available throughout academic year 2019-20. Interested students should send a copy of their cover letter, CV, and transcripts to René Marchington by August 30 for fullest consideration.

The Science Coalition is hosting the first “Fund it Forward student video challenge. This effort provides students with the opportunity to develop short 60-90 second videos about the importance of science research – and will include prizes! Read on for more info.

The Franco-American Fulbright Commission is accepting applications from scholars with PhDs for research projects in three regions of France: Grand Est, Nouvelle Aquitaine, and Hautes de France. While research projects in all disciplines are welcomed, the universities and research centers in these areas primarily focus on the hard and social sciences. The deadline is September 16, 2019.

The Graduate Division at UC Santa Barbara seeks an enthusiastic and dynamic professional to fill the role of Assistant Director for Graduate Student Professional Development. The Assistant Director plans and implements a program focused professional skills development for UCSB’s diverse graduate student population. For primary consideration, please apply by Tuesday, September 17, 2019.

If you have completed your degree and are looking for a grant to finance a summer research project in the humanities, the NEH Summer Stipend is a great resource. Summer Stipends (max $6,000) support continuous full-time work on a humanities project for a period of two consecutive months. Applications are due by Sept. 25, 2019.