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Ready to learn some tasty and quick recipes? The Food, Nutrition, and Basic Skills Program offers FREE cooking, budgeting, and planning workshops to students, staff, and faculty! Check out their workshops for February and March.

Apply for Science Outside the Lab! A two-week workshop in Washington, D.C. that takes science and engineering doctoral students from around the globe to learn about the relationship between science, policy, funding, and regulation. The application deadline is March 16.

Due to the shortened winter quarter and the timing of mid-term exams, we are extending the registration deadline for the 2018 Grad Slam competition a second and final time! Be sure to sign up by THIS FRIDAY, February 23 to take part in this exciting annual event.

On February 26, Academic Advisors from the Graduate Division will be available to meet with students individually to conduct formatting pre-checks and answer questions about the process of filing a master’s thesis, doctoral dissertation, or DMA supporting document.

The UCSB VITA Tax Group offers free tax preparation to people who make $54,000 or less and need assistance in preparing their tax returns. Visit their website for frequently asked questions or schedule an appointment for help with tax preparation.

The Thomas Jefferson Fund is awarding $20,000 for multidisciplinary research projects related to Humanities and Social Sciences (SSH), Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) or Science for Society (interdisciplinary STEM-SSH projects). The deadline is March 12, 2018.

Join Appfolio Inc. for an information session on February 20. They offer paid graduate student internships and full-time software engineering jobs. This is a rare opportunity to join a team of talented programmers and help build a great web software company in Santa Barbara. Don't miss out!

The US Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs has current funding opportunities ranging from research fellowships, capacity-building grants, and evaluations grants. The earliest deadline is March 12, 2018.

UCSB’s Office of International Students & Scholars has developed the Global Skills Seminar Series in order to fully support our campus administration and faculty who work with international students, scholars, and staff. Join the upcoming seminar on February 26 to hear about strategies on improving international student writing skills.

Join UCSB’s Gevirtz Graduate School of Education for their lecture series “Fast & Curious: ED Talks” on Wednesday, February 28. The event will feature faculty, students, and alumni from GGSE giving no more than an 8-minute talk each about their research that is shaping the field of education.

Startup Weekend (February 23-25) is a global grassroots movement teaching anyone to become an entrepreneur. In just 54 hours you'll form a team, identify a problem, innovate a solution, and pitch to a panel of investors. Winners of the competition will receive various prizes, including $2,000 worth of business consulting.

Writing a grant proposal is a fundamental part of the research life. In this workshop led by Writing Advisor Kyle Crocco, you will analyze a successful grant proposal and then learn how to write your own proposal, including the mechanics, organization, and what content to include or exclude.

Personal Finance for PhDs is hosting a free tax webinar to support graduate students and postdocs ​who have fellowships in understanding tax preparation. It is designed for (domestic) graduate students receiving fellowship stipends, assistantship pay, and/or tuition scholarships/waivers and postdocs with non-W-2 income.

Join Arts & Lecture for a free talk on February 13 by New York Times writer Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on his book Everybody Lies, where he argues that much of what we thought about people has been dead wrong. The reason? People lie, to friends, lovers, doctors, surveys​—and themselves. Whether his findings make you laugh, shock you or disturb you, they will make you think.

The Lasker Foundation is seeking essays of 800 words or less on the following topic: How can social media help build trust in science and the research enterprise? They invite scientists and clinicians to share their perspective on biology and medicine today, and the role of biomedical research in our society through this challenge. The deadline for submission is March 30, 2018.