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Do you know what a diversity statement is? How does diversity fit into your academic goals? This workshop on August 21 will explore diversity statements: what they are, what they look like, and how to make yours relevant to who you are. Join us and learn how to write about yourself, your research, and your teaching in relation to diversity!

Do you have a vision to make your community better? Or an idea to further develop your leadership potential? Apply to be a Bush Fellow and receive a flexible grant of up to $100,000! Bush Fellows may use the grant to pursue a self-designed leadership development plan or to start/complete a degree-seeking program. Deadline is August 30, 2018.

The Interdisciplinary Humanities Center is now accepting applications from graduate students interested in attending the Humanities Without Walls Summer 2019 Workshop. During this three-week, in-residence summer workshop, participants will learn how to leverage their skills and training towards careers in a variety of fields. Deadline is Sept. 30, 2018.

If you are looking to pursue career opportunities outside of academia, your resume and cover letter are your tickets into that world. This workshop on August 16 will explore important techniques that will help you expertly craft and strategically target your resume and cover letter so you can get over the first application hurdle and on to an interview!

This spring, Jo Palazuelos-Krukowski (Department of Theatre and Dance), Luke Janes (Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology), Amanda Gersten (English Department), and Dennis Manjaly Joshy (Mechanical Engineering Department) were each awarded the inaugural Graduate Student Internship Fellowships. Find about more their opportunities here!

The Graduate Student Resource Center and Career Services are excited to welcome a new Graduate Career Peer Advisor, Daniel Elkin. ​Danny is currently a ​Master’s candidate at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, specializing in Economics and Politics of the Environment with a focus in Strategic Communication. Read on to learn more!

Are you an innovative scholar who aspires to research in Israel and join the Fulbright family? Fulbright Israel will offer up to 8 awards for US Post-Doctoral Fellowships from all fields in Israel up to two years with $35,000 per academic year. Apply by September 1st, 2018 to start the 2019-2020 academic year.

Join us on August 8 for a working session on how to use COS Pivot, a ​​​comprehensive funding source database available to you as a UCSB student. This event is particularly relevant if you are a beginner in understanding funding or an advanced student doing research ​who has not quite found funding options that fit your work. Come with your laptops and your questions! Snacks will be provided.

Passed up a prior funding workshop? Need a refresher? Have new questions? Come ​to our workshop on August 9! You'll get clarity on funding-related questions ranging from admissions, external fellowships, project money, and research grants as well as where to get answers for each type of scenario. Snacks will be provided.

Are you tech-savvy and service-oriented? Apply to work with Collaborate! Collaborate develops and launches key projects to significantly enhance technology services on the UCSB campus, and is currently seeking graduate student instructional design assistants to work 50%-time (with fee remission) or 25%-time (no fee remission). Read on to learn more!

You have convinced the hiring committee that you are a strong candidate for your dream job through a polished cover letter and C.V. But what about the core of your scholarship? Where do you see your research in five years? This workshop on August 7 will explore the research statement and the five-year plan: what they are, what they look like, and which one is right for you.

If you are planning to apply for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for the 2019-20 grant cycle or want to learn more about the program, join us for an information session on August 6. This session will cover types of grants, the components of a Fulbright application, tips for putting together the best Fulbright application possible, and the campus interview process.

Are you in the middle stages of your dissertation and running into roadblocks? Do you need some new strategies and habits to help you finish up? Then apply for the second session of the 2018 Dissertation Write-In! Application deadline is Monday, August 6.

Apply now to be a teaching assistant for the English Department! Positions are open in a variety of classes in Fall 2018, Winter 2019, and Spring 2019. The application deadline is July 26.

The Thomas W. Wilkins Fellowship has been endowed to encourage greater diversity among scholars who use The Huntington’s collections to conduct advanced humanities research in the fields of history, literature, art, and the history of science. Deadline to apply is November 15, 2018.