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The CLIR-Mellon Dissertation Research Fellowship is offered to a student of any nationality but must be enrolled in a U.S. graduate school whose humanities and social science research uses 'original sources.' Deadline is December 4, 2017.

The Graduate Division is excited to welcome our new Professional Development Peer Advisor, Daina Tagavi. She will be working closely with the staff of the Graduate Student Resource Center to support programming and initiatives that support our campus' graduate students.

Having relevant job experience is imperative when going on the non-academic job market. This workshop will cover how to find and pursue relevant experience in the form of part-time jobs and internships that can be done alongside your graduate work.

The UCSB Office of Instructional Consultation seeks to hire a Graduate Assistant who is responsible for revising and developing survey items for ESCI course evaluations. Application deadline is November 3.

Are you thinking about participating in Grad Slam this ​spring or just want to improve your public speaking skills? Then check out Toastmasters@UCSB, a friendly and encouraging environment to present and receive feedback on public speaking.

The Food, Nutrition, and Basic Skills Program offers FREE cooking, budgeting, and planning workshops to students, staff, and faculty! Check out their calendar and sign up for weekly reminder emails.

Join us for free public lecture by Robert B. Reich, Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor: "How Did We Get Into This Mess? Reclaiming our Economy and Democracy."

The NC State University Building Future Faculty Program is a two-and-half day all-expenses-paid workshop for doctoral students and post-doctoral scholars who are interested in pursuing academic careers and promoting diversity in higher education.

The NASA Hubble Fellowship Program provides 3 years of salary and benefits for highly qualified recent postdoctoral scientists to conduct independent research in any area of NASA astrophysics. Deadline is November 2, 2017.

The Ghent University quantum group is looking for candidates who are interested in the application of entanglement methods —and in particular tensor networks— in the context of theoretical condensed matter physics, quantum field theory and holography.

The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing doctoral degrees in fields that use high-performance computing to solve complex science and engineering problems. Deadline is January 17, 2018.

The 2018 C.L.R. James Research Fellowship is intended to support research towards the completion of a dissertation or publication of a book promoting research in black intellectual history. Deadline is January 15, 2018.

The HHMI Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program competition promotes diversity perspectives and original thinking by supporting early-career life scientists from groups underrepresented in the life sciences. The deadline for this postdoctoral opportunity is January 10, 2018.

Awardees of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) are eligible for additional professional development opportunities through government internships or research abroad. Deadline is December 15, 2017.

This past summer, Sarah Lerner and Melissa Barthelemy were each awarded the inaugural Graduate Student Internship Fellowships. They both had great experiences at their internships, and they have some valuable advice to share for students seeking this year's internship fellowship awards.