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UC Santa Barbara welcomes nearly 900 new graduate students ​​at the end of this month. We break down ​some statistics on ​this incoming cohort and give you a sneak peek at our upcoming series profiling 8 of the new student​s. Read on to learn more!

Join CALM Mental Health Consultant, Cassie Centofranchi, AMFT for a student parent workshop focused on parenting through the pandemic. Read on to learn more!

The Graduate Division is pleased to circulate a dedicated call for proposals to connect UCSB graduate-program alumni with current students about the job market, skills needed to advance successful careers, and the alumna/us experience in chosen career pathways. There is no set deadline, but requests should be made well in advance of the scheduled event. The maximum allocation is $400 for virtual events or $800 for in-person events. Funding for annual career events is capped at $200 and includes the expectation of cost-share from departments or divisions.

AAAS Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference has opened travel award applications and abstract submissions for students. The ERN conference is designed to help students to enhance their science communication skills; better understand how to prepare for science careers in a global workforce; and to find out about summer, graduate school, and employment opportunities. Apply by September 17th with your abstract submissions and travel award applications!

The UCSB Individualized Professional Skills (IPS) grant program has reopened for the 2021-22 academic year and is currently accepting applications for professional development experiences happening between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022. Grants are awarded on a rolling basis and as funding sources permit.

Northwestern University, the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), and the University of Chicago (UChicago), are excited to announce the Chicagoland Diverse STEM Postdoc Recruitment Event! Applications are now open and are due Friday, September 10.

Are you a tech-savvy, service-oriented graduate student? Apply to be Collaborate's Instructional Design Assistant today! There are positions at 50% with fee remission and positions at 25% without fee remission. Apply by September 10th!

Question: What do the vast majority of UCSB's GRFP winners have in common? Answer: Over 90% participated in the GRFP Success Series. Improve your chances of winning by attending our writing sample workshop that breaks down the underlying features within winning applications so that you can then apply those strategies to your own application.

Register now for the virtual retreat, Envisioning Career Futures with a Humanities PhD, taking place Sept. 15-17. This is an event for all UC humanities PhD students, hosted by the UCI Humanities Center and sponsored by the UC Consortium of Humanities Centers.

Join us for Lunch & Learn, where you'll have the chance to socialize with other grad students and hear talks by students in Religious Studies and Psychological & Brain Sciences. While we won't be able to share pizza in person, all attendees will be entered into a raffle to win a $15 Target gift card.

There are a lot of wonderful resources out there that provide guidance on how to do well on the GRFP application, but ultimately your success will be determined by an evaluator. Wouldn’t it be helpful if you could talk to one of these mysterious figures to learn how the application is reviewed and what evaluators seek in a strong application? Join us on September 15th and you can do just that!

Question: What do the vast majority of UCSB's GRFP winners have in common? Answer: Over 90% participated in the GRFP Success Series. Improve your chances of winning by attending our writing workshop that breaks down the two GRFP statements by not only explaining what evaluators look for but also providing you with a framework to write these statements.

Looking for housing resources? The Graduate Division has compiled a number of housing resources for graduate students. Read on to learn more!

Do you want $34,000? Would you like a prestigious honor on your CV? Are you a​n undergraduate thinking about graduate school or a 1st year graduate student in STEM or the social sciences? Are you a U.S. citizen, national resident, or permanent resident? If you answered yes to all these questions, then you should consider applying for the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.

If you enjoy mentoring first- and second-year doctoral students, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Mentors receive stipends of $500 per quarter (fall/winter/spring). Applications are due August 23, 2021. Read on to learn more!