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Congratulations to Kacie Ring (the UCSB 2024 Grad Slam Champion) for not only taking Second Place but also People's Choice in the systemwide UC Grad Slam!

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is a highly competitive international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. In the 2024-25 award cycle, 10 students applied from UCSB, 1 was selected as a semi-finalist, 2 were selected as alternates, and 3 were selected as finalists. Congratulations to these outstanding students!

UC Santa Barbara Summer Sessions invite student organizations, faculty, and staff to apply for up to $10,000 for summer events and programming through the Summer Events and Entertainment Grant Program. Deadline to apply is May 1, 2024.

The LEAP Neuro Lab at UCSB is recruiting volunteer participants for a paid study on how people process emotional information and make decisions. Using non-invasive neuroimaging (fMRI), your brain activity and physiological measures (e.g., heart rate, sweat) will be recorded while you complete visual tasks on a computer.

The New Venture Fair is part of UC Santa Barbara's New Venture Program, in which students from all academic disciplines work for several months to develop start-up business models for innovative product ideas. The Fair, which serves as the New Venture Competition (NVC) semi-finals, is an event where the community gets a first look at UCSB's exceptional student entrepreneurs. The New Venture Fair will be held April 25th from 5:00-7:30pm at Corwin Pavilion.

The UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program announced two funding opportunities for 2025: Collaborative Research and Training Awards and UC-NL Graduate Fellowships. Apply now for this great opportunity!

The series contains three individual workshops which can work as a sequence or as standalone sessions. They are open to all graduate students, and space is limited to 20 participants per session. Bring a writing project-in-progress that you can work on during the timed sessions and learn how to create better writing habits for yourself.

Are you interested in applying to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program? Join us for upcoming information sessions and meet with an advisor today!

Instructional Development has tons of workshops to support Teaching Assistants on campus this spring quarter! Explore topics like teaching, time management, and professional development. Plus, don't miss out on earning the Certificate in Inclusive Teaching (CIT), a flexible resource for grad students & postdocs to foster inclusive classrooms, mentor a diverse student body, and navigate the job market after grad school. Sign up for individual sessions on Shoreline!

Looking for a space to help you be more productive and accountable with your writing? Join the Graduate Center for Literary Research every Wednesday from 10am-1pm in Phelps 6206C and find community to help you write.

To recognize and encourage the efforts of graduate students who serve as effective mentors, the Graduate Division offers eight awards for students who have distinguished themselves in the area of undergraduate research supervision. Each of the recipients will receive $1000 and be profiled on GradPost. Nominations must be submitted through the student's home department and are due on May 6.

Spring Quarter usually marks the end of the academic year, but finding funding is a continuous process! Check out this sample of upcoming deadlines of funding opportunities for postdoctoral, doctoral, graduate, research, and other short-term awards or travel grants. Various deadlines listed. Consult websites for current details and application information.

The Mellichamp Mind and Machine Intelligence Initiative is organizing three AI/Human Creativity contests: Short Story, Visual Art, and Music. The contests aim to compare the creative capabilities of humans, AI, and human/AI collaboration. There is a $700 prize for each contest. The deadline to submit it April 10.

Join UCSB's MFA students for this "formally informal" event for grad students to showcase their work on April 12. You can RSVP as either an audience member or a performer. Because of limited space, RSVPs are required. After the show, there will be free food and a social hour to mingle and make connections with other creative graduates.

UCSB Student Affairs is excited to announce that they are now accepting nominations for their 2024 University Awards! All faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to nominate outstanding students who will receive an undergraduate or graduate degree in the 2023-2024 academic year. Students are also allowed to self-nominate if desired. Nominations close April 14th.