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The UCSB Professional Women's Association awards a limited number of $200 book grants to non-traditional student(s) to help with purchasing textbooks and/or other academic materials needed. Non-traditional students include undergraduates over 24 and graduate students over 29 years old; students who are married or in a domestic partnership; and students who are parents or have dependents. Applications are due by April 3, 2020.

Attention grad students! If you are experiencing any difficulties accessing healthy food, safe and stable housing, or other basic needs currently or anticipate experiencing challenges in Spring 2020, please fill out this survey.

To help you think about navigating these coming weeks of working remotely, you are invited to view the Center for Bioengineering Faculty Panel (pre-recorded via Zoom Video): "Taking control of your quarter when the quarter feels out of control." Read on for more info.

Check out the Spring 2020 events and workshops offered by the Graduate Student Resource Center! Don't miss your chance to gain tips and tricks for online interviews, learn how to find funding, and overcome your writer's block. ​Mark your calendars and visit the Events page for updated information as events get closer.

Come sip coffee with other international grad students in this revolving, come-and-go-as-you-please socializing hour so we don't forget how to be humans in real life!

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.

Now is the time to nominate graduate students for two special distinctions - The Winifred and Louis Lancaster Annual Dissertation Award and the 2020 Graduate Student Commencement Speaker. Read on for important details and deadlines!

Please bookmark the Graduate Division's two FAQs for graduate students on COVID-19 impacts and provision of campus services. The FAQs will be updated regularly as events change.

Looking for a job or internship right now? Not sure if you're doing it right or looking in the right places? Join us for this online workshop to help understand the job search process and make sure you are taking the right steps.

We've all been there: there's an assignment to write, but we just can't bring ourselves to do it. This workshop on April 9 is designed to provide an honest conversation on writer's block - what it is in all its forms. It will then offer strategies to help writers with particular writer's block tendencies, from the small (e.g., ​lack of focus) to the large (e.g., psychological fears). 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 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.

Instructional Development at UCSB is working to develop resources to help students teach sections remotely during Spring Quarter. Read on for more specific information about tools for online teaching and how to use them. Resources will be updated on an ongoing basis.

OISS recommends that international students and scholars should continue to refrain from accessing public benefits unless it's absolutely necessary. Read on for more information on the Public Charge Ruling.

National Geographic is now offering Exploration and Early Career grants to support bold and innovative projects with a primary focus on conservation, education, research, storytelling, or technology. Apply by April 22, 2020!

The IRS and California Franchise Tax Board have extended their deadlines to file federal and state taxes to July 15th, 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.