Graduate Student Small Grants Program

The Center for Race and Gender (CRG) at the University of California Berkeley, announces the availability of grants of $100 to $2,000 to support graduate student research or creative projects that address issues of race and gender. Topics should be consonant with the CRG's mandate to promote increased understanding of race and gender and their intersections in a wide variety of social, cultural, and institutional contexts, especially on the Berkeley campus and its neighboring communities, but also in California, the nation, or the world. Projects may be oriented toward academic research or may approach race and gender issues from the perspectives of the media, fine arts, and performing arts. Projects that deal with both race and gender are strongly preferred.

ELIGIBILITY: Applications can be submitted by any student enrolled in a graduate program at UC. Berkeley. Proposals that support dissertation or thesis research are strongly encouraged.

GRANT PERIOD AND USE OF FUNDS: Grants will be awarded for a period of one year from the start date. Funds may be used for direct costs related to the proposed project, such as travel to archival or ethnographic research sites; supplies and services, and equipment rental. Funds may not be used for equipment purchase, stipend, living expenses, conference attendance, or educational travel. Grant payments will be in the form of reimbursements for expenses.

GRANTEE REPORTING: Grant recipients will be responsible for submitting a brief midterm report of their progress along with the faculty mentor's evaluation of the project's progress to date. Grant recipients are required to submit a final report within two weeks of the end of the grant period containing: 1) an itemized expense report; 2) a statement of what was accomplished; and 3) the faculty mentor's evaluation of the project. Grant recipients may be asked to present their projects at a CRG Forum and their project description may appear in the Center's newsletter, “Faultlines.”

APPLICATION PROCESS: Please submit the following: an original and two copies, single-sided, do not staple.
• Student Information Form (click here for PDF)
• Faculty Mentor Information Form (click here for PDF)
• 100-200 word abstract
• 3 page project description
• Timeline for project completion
• Budget and budget justification
• Faculty mentor support letter, originals only (no photocopies), in sealed envelope
• Curriculum vitae
• Committee on the Protection of Human Subjects approval or exemption letter. If CPHS has not sent notification by date of application, indicate date of submission and pending status. Grant funds will be released only after approval or exemption letter is submitted.

Submit all application materials to: Graduate Student Grants Program, Center for Race and Gender, 638 Barrows Hall College, MC 1074, Berkeley, CA 94720-1074

APPLICATION DEADLINES: November 2nd, by 3:00 p.m. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Awards will be announced within two weeks of the deadline.

INQUIRIES: Direct inquires to centerrg@berkeley.edu.