Financial Support for Current Ph.D. Students
- Burch Center Continuing Student Fellowship
- Non-resident Tuition Waivers
- Integrated Graduate Education Research and Training Program (IGERT)
- IBER Mini Grants
- Graduate Division's Fellowships Website
- Financial Aid Office
Burch Center Continuing Student Fellowship
Applications are accepted now until April 15th!
- Award: Stipend, fees and Non-resident tuition for those that are not California residents
- Eligibility: Full-time Ph.D. students in Economics that have passed one field exam and are conducting research in Public Finance.
- Application Procedures:
Submit the following to the graduate office (541 Evans Hall) by the application deadline
of each year for the following academic year.
- One page abstract of a research proposal OR a proposal of 10 or less pages.
- Letter of recommendation from a faculty member addressed to the Graduate Committee Chair. Usually students approach their dissertation advisor for this, but for students at the pre-dissertation phase it can be from any faculty member.
- Deadline: April 15th. 5pm
Non-resident Tuition Waivers for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
Applications for NRT waivers are now being accepted for the 2009-2010 academic year. Please complete the NRT application and submitted it to the Graduate Advisor at 541 Evans Hall by Friday, April 24th by 4PM.
Decisions will be made in May.
Integrated Graduate Education Research and Training Program in Politics, Economics, Psychology, and Public Policy (IGERT)
The UC Berkeley IGERT program in Politics, Economics, Psychology, and Public Policy (PEPPP) is an inter-disciplinary graduate fellowship program animated by the twin goals of addresssing key public policy problems while fostering and advancing inter-disciplinary research in the social sciences. The IGERT/PEPPP program provides two-year fellowships to Ph.D. students beginning in either their second or third years who have not advanced to candidacy. All students meeting these criteria from the departments of economics, political science, Psychology, Business, and the Goldman School of Public Policy may apply. The application deadline to apply for the 2008/2009 cohort of IGERT fellows will be January 20th.
IBER Mini Grants
The Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER) provides small grants to aid in research by graduate students in the Ph.D. programs in Economics, Business, Public Policy, Ag Econ, and Demography. The maximum award is $1,000. Grants may be used to cover out-of-pocket expenses associated with gathering data or conducting interviews in support of a Ph.D. dissertation. There is no specific deadline. Awards are made on a rolling basis; the Institute makes awards to strong applications as long as sufficient funds remain. (Funds are periodically refreshed by new contributions from donors.)