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The Los Angeles Review of Books is now accepting applications for its 2022 Publishing Workshop! Read on for more information about this exciting program, and for links to the application.

UC Santa Barbara Early Childhood Care & Education Services is now hiring a new part-time Program Evaluation Coordinator. Read on for more information about this student employment opportunity.

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 achieve balance in your life. 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!

Alex Eleazar is the Graduate Student Assistant at the Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity (RCSGD). Alex helps organize social, professional, and education events for LGBTQ+ graduate students across UCSB. Read on to find out more about Alex and the RCSGD!

The UCSB Library is going to have a book giveaway on Feb 1, handing out free copies of this year's UCSB Reads book, "Exhalation: Stories" by Ted Chiang. Read on for more info about how to get your free copy of this collection of nine sci-fi short stories!

The Second Graduate Center for Literary Research (GCLR) Graduate Student Roundtable will be held on February 28 from 11am to 12:15pm. The theme is translation and translation theory and all graduate students in the Humanities are encouraged to apply. Submit your abstract by Monday, February 7. Read on to learn more!

The UCSB Academic Senate is now accepting applications for the 2021-22 Doctoral Student Travel Grant. Students are now eligible to receive two in-person Doctoral Student Travel Grants, one of which may be used for international travel, during their graduate career at UCSB. The grants are awarded to eligible students on a first-come, first-served basis each fiscal year, so apply soon!

Read here for updates about UCSB's return to campus next Monday, January 31, and also for links to various COVID resources available to UCSB students.

Join the Graduate Center for Literary Research for a free workshop on dissertation and prospectus writing on February 18 from 3-4pm. The workshop is open to graduate students from any department in the Humanities at UCSB. Read on to learn more!

Check out the On Becoming Educated podcast by UCSB graduate alumnae, Pa Vue! The goal of the podcast is to shed light on the process of pursuing a Ph.D. and make it accessible and possible for anyone, particularly first generation students. The podcast covers Pa's journey through graduate school, from the application process to balancing a busy schedule to collecting data for a thesis or dissertation. Read on to learn more!

The U.S. Department of Energy is now hiring candidates with experience in a variety of areas--including public policy, business, physical sciences, engineering, and project management-- to join its recently created Clean Energy Corps. Read on for more information!

Join the Mental Health Peers for a free, four-part series focused on graduate student mental health. Seminars will take place on Zoom on Tuesday evenings from 5-6pm every two weeks in Winter quarter, starting January 25. Attend all four seminars or choose those that best fit your schedule. Read on for more details!

The Alcohol and Drug Program is offering a Digital Wellbeing Group for all UCSB Students. This group will provide participants new ways to take desired control over their devices and time in a safe and collaborative environment.

Planning to apply for an NIH F award? Evaluators assess numerous sections including the researcher's specific aims, a biographical sketch, a goals statement, an institutional selection statement... and then there is still the actual research proposal! With so many pieces to compose, students can feel lost as to how to best present themselves and what information needs to be conveyed. This presentation on February 9th will walk you through the many pieces of this application and prepare you to craft a winning application.

Are you a U.S. citizen or permanent/legal resident pursuing doctoral or postdoctoral work in health-related research? If so, you are likely eligible for the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) F31 postdoctoral and/or F32 postdoctoral fellowship awards. The F31 provides graduate students with ~$25,000 annually in addition to annually covering 60% of tuition and fees (up to $16,000); F32 amounts vary by postdoctoral experience. Join us on February 2 to learn more these awards, how NIH funding schemes work, and how to start building a strong application. The presentation will be put on by Dr. Orit Rapaport, Research Development Strategist/Grant Writer for Stanford University. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with Dr. Rapaport one on one for advice on applying. Free pizza will also be served!