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UC Santa Barbara's 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. Past funded events have included career panels, day-long programs, brown-bag discussions, lectures on careers inside and outside academia, and workshops aimed at training students for entry into a range of careers. Read on to learn more!

Register now for the Horizons Conference--a fully virtual career conference designed for doctoral students, postdocs, and their friends! The conference is hosted by Johns Hopkins University and will happen on Thursday, November 12 from 9am - 3pm ET. Read on to learn more.

Big Ideas is awarding up to $20,000 for your social-impact big idea through the Big Ideas Contest! Big Ideas is an innovation competition between all the UC campuses that offers education, structure, funding, and validation to bring your idea to life. Submit your pre-proposal by November 20! Read on to learn more.

Join us for our Finding Funding Workshop on November 18th! We'll cover UCSB financial resources, external funding, and how to find them -- all geared especially for international grad students.

What if you had the opportunity to talk about your research any way you wanted to? What is it about your research that motivates you? At Lunch & Learn, we want to know! Sign up to present your research in a fun, informal 15-minute presentation. Sign up today!

United Way is offering rental assistance grants to eligible individuals and families living in unincorporated County areas and the City of Santa Barbara. Families or individuals seeking the assistance must have lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic, live in eligible areas, and meet certain income thresholds. The deadline to apply for these funds is November 15, 2020!

This virtual workshop on November 17th will introduce graduate students and postdocs in the Social Sciences and Humanities to the ImaginePhD and Versatile PhD tools to help ​them discover their skills, interests, values, career pathways, and how to set goals. RSVP today!

Have you been meaning to update your resume but don't have the time? Do you want to learn how to stand out from the crowd? Join us for this online workshop on November 18th to learn tips and techniques that will help you craft and strategically target your resume. Use the time to actually workshop and update your resume with expert help.

UCSB is now able to make available 35 on-campus single-occupancy spaces for limited use by faculty and graduate students for the delivery of remote instruction or research purposes. This policy seeks to remedy some of the challenges of remote work and technical limitations that graduate students in particular may be experiencing during the pandemic.

The Center for Engaged Scholarship's Dissertation Fellowship Program is now accepting applications from Ph.D. candidates in the social sciences who focus on social and environmental justice. The award includes $25,000 over nine months. Apply by December 15, 2020!

As part of OISS's International Education Week, come learn about international perspectives on embodied consciousness on November 16th and learn hands-on, practical tools for reversing the tendency to ignore our body's basic signals.

UCSB Enrollment Services and UCSB Thrive have partnered with Human IT to support students without access to a laptop and/or internet access. Eligible students will be provided a hotspot, chromebook, and a grant funding award for $255 to cover the cost of internet access for one year. Read on to learn more!

Join us for Lunch & Learn, where you'll have the chance to socialize with other grad students and hear talks by students in Communication and Marine Science. 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.

Come learn how to support LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and faculty through a QTie Seminar! QTie Seminars are designed to provide professional and personal development for students, faculty, and staff at UCSB regarding LGBTQ identities and experiences. With an awareness that all forms of oppression are inherently interconnected, these seminars will focus on LGBTQ identity, experience, and culture through a social justice and intersectional lens. Read on to learn more!

The Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) gives current PhD students the opportunity to work with a mentor at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in a unique interdisciplinary and international research environment. Read on to learn more!