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Did you know that UCSB's Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) offers support just for graduate students? There are a few open spots in their graduate student process groups and continued drop-in support space for graduate students of African heritage.

The Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy recognizes excellence in graduate student research with a direct impact on public policy. The recipients of the Emerging Scholars Award will receive a $500 prize and will deliver an invited policy lecture at the UC Center. Application deadline is May 5, 2017.

The Steve and Barbara Mendell Graduate Fellowship in Cultural Literacy supports outstanding graduate students whose research advances the goals of broad-based cultural literacy and high ethical standards in our participative democracy. Deadline is May 8, 2017.

The 5th Annual Grad Slam competition prelims come to a close with the final round 9 on Friday, April 14. Vote for your favorites to advance to the semifinal round with the People's Choice Award.

Come out and enjoy a free picnic dinner with other grads as part of our annual Graduate Student Showcase and Graduate Student Appreciation Week. ​Enjoy food, music, lawn games and fun in the sun while meeting other graduate students.

Campus Advocacy, Resources, & Education (CARE) is hiring a graduate assistant to develop and organize education and prevention programming for the graduate student community and to supervise our undergraduate student staff in their own programming efforts.

The 5th Annual Grad Slam competition nears the final rounds of the preliminary stage with rounds 7 and 8 on Thursday, April 13. Vote for your favorites to advance to the semifinal round with the People's Choice Award.

Still looking for funding? Or planning ahead for 2017-2018? Attend any of the Finding Funding Workshops this quarter with Funding Peer Advisor Noreen Balos and learn about campus and external funding sources.

Don't miss out on one of our most popular grad appreciation events of the year: the Library Wine & Cheese Reception! This event is ​free to all grad students in possession of a valid ID that says you're a graduate student and over the age of 21.

The 5th Annual Grad Slam competition continues with prelim rounds 5 and 6 on Wednesday, April 12. Vote for your favorites to advance to the semifinal round with the People's Choice Award.

Citrix RightSignature will award $10,000 in scholarship awards to the top three students who submit the best essays. Application deadline is May 15.

Sign up now for the Zurich Enterprise Challenge for a chance to work with corporations such as Coca-Cola and Siemens as well as earning a spot at the Global Risk Management Summit in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The 5th Annual Grad Slam continues with prelim rounds 3 and 4. Remember to get out the vote to help your favorite presenters advance to the semifinal rounds! Check out a preview of the presentations here.

To help advance promising research that studies the concept of a free society, the Institute for Humane Studies offers grad students in the humanities and social sciences conference travel grants of up to $750. Rolling deadlines based on scheduled conference or trip.

If you want to join a dedicated UCSB team to help develop new programs and policies to make our campus more sustainable, then check out the job opportunities with UCSB Sustainability.