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UCSB's Educational Opportunity Program is hiring one Graduate Student Coordinator for El Centro and two Graduate Student Coordinators for the Path to a Debt-Free UCSB Initiative. These positions are full Graduate Assistantships offering fee remissions, benefits, and a salary of $20/hour. Priority consideration is given to applicants who submit their application by Monday, October 17.

The University of California President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program is now accepting applications from outstanding women and minority Ph.D. recipients who wish to pursue academic careers and contribute to diversity and equity at the University of California. Apply by Nov. 1, 2022!

GSA Bagel Hours are back! Every Wednesday from 9a-12p in the GSA Lounge, you can join the GSA for fresh offerings from the Bagel Café, fruit, coffee, hot cocoa, and tea.

UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) will be offering a Graduate Student Interpersonal Process Group. The group is for grads who want to build intimacy in their interpersonal relationships, explore ways to resolve problems and conflicts, and become more aware of their actions and communication styles. These groups will begin in mid-to-late October.

Interested in technology translation and commercialization, entrepreneurship, or building up your “intra-preneurial” skills? Join UCSB's Innovation & Entrepreneurship center on Wednesday, October 12 from 11:30a-1p for an informational session and panel on I+E programs and resources at UCSB. Pizza is provided!

The UC Global Health Institute will award 20 UC Master’s students from historically excluded and/or disadvantaged backgrounds $5000 stipends for their capstone projects/research projects that are related to local or global health. Apply by October 31!

UCSB's Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) invites Black-identified graduate students to join Creating Community, a support space to discuss the unique challenges for graduate students of African heritage. The group meets every other Monday from 3-4p on Zoom.

Join the SACNAS graduate chapter on Wednesday, Oct 12 for an exciting hybrid event with Microsoft and the Quantum Foundry! You will hear from expert researchers working at Microsoft about their career paths and experiences. Coffee and food will be provided!

The Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference has opened general registration. The conference will be held in Washington, D.C. on February 9-11. The ERN conference is designed to help students to enhance their science communication skills; to better understand how to prepare for science careers in a global workforce; and to discover summer, graduate school, and employment opportunities.

Join the UCSB Quantum Foundry on Oct 10 for "Postdoctoral Positions: Why, and How?". This panel discussion will help you learn about what postdoctoral research entails, how to apply successfully, and how to be fulfilled in this position. Panelists include Ram Seshadri, Stephen Wilson, Mariya Romanova, Robert Kealhofer, and Julie Peterson.

Read on for tips from the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD)--an independent professional development, training, and mentoring community--about strategies to help you get unstuck with your writing. Membership in the NCFDD (free for UCSB students!) provides several forms of professional support to help combat common problems academics face. Read on to learn more!

Fall Quarter means open season for funding opportunities! Our Graduate Funding Peer has compiled a list of over 100 different funding opportunities with upcoming deadlines, organized by stage and deadline for your convenience.

PhD Candidates are invited to this Informational Session about two fellowships, the UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship and the UCSB Chancellor's Fellowship. This session, which will be held Thursday, October 6th from 4-5pm, will feature past faculty reviewers from multiple disciplines who will offer advice about how to approach the application.

The Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity is a unique partnership of industry, government and higher education. GFSD helps its partners to recruit, identify, select, and support outstanding U.S. doctoral students. All GFSD Fellows receive $20,000 in funding and are given an opportunity to participate in paid summer internships at federal agencies or companies. Apply now!

The recently-founded Public Domain Players want to invite you to their upcoming events this quarter. On October 4 at 6pm, their artistic directors are hosting an Informational Meeting about the company and the coming season, and from November 10-12, they are hosting their Out of the Hat Fall Festival.