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Ph.D. in Anthropology (Social Cultural and Archaeology)
and Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology
Financial
Resources for Graduate Studies
Fellowships for applicants
Financial
resources for continuing students
Support for minority
students
The information on this site is a brief overview of financial aid opportunities for graduate students. More detailed information is available at Graduate Division.
Fellowships for applicants
Applicants to the Berkeley Ph.D. program may apply for The
Berkeley Fellowship, a five-year award is given to entering
M.A./Ph.D. students of outstanding achievement, or the Graduate
Opportunity Program Award,
an award that provides financial assistance to some entering graduate
students whose background, interests, or goals serve to enhance the level
of diversity within the graduate community.
These fellowships are administered by the Graduate
Division at the time of admission to the graduate program.
Application for one of these fellowships is made at the same time as application
for admission to the doctoral program. Application forms for fellowships
and the fellowship information sheet are mailed with the admission application.
The fellowship application deadline is December 15, 2007 and should accompany
the complete graduate school application.
For more information, see Graduate
Division: Fellowships.
Financial resources for continuing students
Once admitted to graduate studies, a student may seek additional funding through Fellowships—both University and Extramural, Graduate Student Instructor assignments (GSI-ships), Graduate Student Researcher assignments (GSR-ships), and Financial Aid.
University Fellowships
University fellowships are available through nomination by the Anthropology Department to the Graduate Fellowship Office. These include the Mentored Research Award, given to minorities and women in disciplines in which they are underrepresented, the Chancellor’s Dissertation Year Fellowship, and the UC Dissertation Year Fellowship.
In order to receive fellowship funds the student must be registered. The student should specify in any funding application whether or not he or she is registered, or is planning to be registered, during the term of the award.
Extramural Fellowships
Extramural fellowships are also available and students are encouraged to apply for them. As the application process for extramural fellowships may be quite lengthy, the student should investigate the fellowships at least one year prior to using them. In some cases, e.g., the National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship, students must apply early in their graduate career before earning too many graduate units to be eligible.
A full list of extramural fellowships may be obtained from the Graduate Fellowships Office, (318 Sproul Hall, 642.0672) as well as applications for the NSF and the Ford Foundation Graduate Minority Fellowship.
Block Grant
The Anthropology department is also a source of funding. Each year the department is given a block grant. Out of this block grant the department must pay non-resident tuition waivers (typically for entering students for one year only), fee waivers, and stipends for entering and continuing students. The department’s top priority is to cover the registration costs of entering students. From there the department distributes the remaining funds as efficiently as possible, according to need and merit.
Applications for block grant funding are available in March of the year before the grant is needed. Applications may be picked up from the Graduate Student Affairs Officer and returned to the Officer upon completion.
Any questions about block grants can be addressed to the Head Graduate Advisor or the Graduate Student Affairs Officer.
The
student will be asked to declare any financial assets and resources when
applying for a block grant. These awards are determined by need, and as
the department has relatively few financial resources, it needs to ensure
that those applying are actually in need of the support.
Dire Need Fellowships
Every semester the department also takes applications for Dire Need Fellowships.
Dire Need fellowships are need-based awards and generally constitute smaller
amounts of assistance. They are drawn from remaining block grant funds.
Lowie and Olson Restricted Fellowships
The department also administers the Lowie and Olson Restricted Fellowships.
Lowie and Olson Fellowships serve mainly as travel grants and tend to
be smaller awards as well. These fellowships cannot be applied to tuition
and fees.
A student is limited to a maximum of $3,000.00 from these funds throughout
his or her graduate career.
Graduate
Student Instructorship (GSI)
Formerly known as a Teaching Assistantship, this is either a half- or
quarter-time job, (i.e., the student works 20 hours or 10 hours per week
respectively). GSI-ships are five-month appointments and are assigned
by semester. The nature of the GSI-ship, the type of work and the time
involved varies according to the class.
If the student has a fellowship with a stipend of $8,500.00 or greater,
he or she is allowed to teach no more than 50% in one term or 25% in each
term.
The current starting salary for a GSI with less than four semesters of
college teaching experience (Step 1) is $1,561.10 per month at 50% time.
After four semesters at Step 1, or as a result of combining experience
at a previous institution with experience at UCB, the student may advance
to Step 2 with another raise in pay. After two semesters at Step 2 the
student advances to Step 3 and generally remains there until teaching
is completed. (There is a Step 4 but it is granted only under extraordinary
circumstances and must be requested by the Head Graduate Advisor and approved
by the Associate Dean of the Graduate Division.) The limit on GSI-ships
is 12 semesters.
Applications for GSI-ships are downloaded off of Anthropology’s web
site under Forms.
Students will be notified via the anthrograd e-mail list when applications
for the upcoming semester are being accepted.
The
student will be asked to declare any financial assets and resources when
applying for GSI positions. These positions are determined by need, and
as the department has relatively few financial resources, it needs to
ensure that those applying are actually in need of the support.
Graduate Student Researcherships (GSR)
Formerly known as a Research Assistant, this position varies in percentage
of time worked, usually falling between 40-50% time.
GSR-ships are usually funded by a professor’s grant and the student
needs to make arrangements with the particular professor with whom he
or she wishes to work.
There are no restrictions to students looking outside the Anthropology
department for GSI- or GSR-ships.
The
student will be asked to declare any financial assets and resources when
applying for GSI positions and block grants. These positions and awards
are determined by need, and as the department has relatively few financial
resources, it needs to ensure that those applying are actually in need
of the support.
Below
are web sites where further information on funding may be obtained:
www.nsf.gov/—National Science Foundation web site.
www.ssrc.org/—Social Science Research Council web site.
fdncenter.org/—The Foundation Center Home web site.
www.flnaid.org/scholarships/—Look for the FastWEB connection.
www.nas.edu/fo/index.html/—This
is a science and engineering page, however, clicking on the link to “Other
fellowships, scholarships and grants” will produce an extensive list
of fellowship opportunities.
Loans
U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or students who hold immigrant visas
may apply for need-based loans, grants, and work-study awards from the
Graduate Financial Aid office. The Graduate Financial Aid Office is located
at 201 Sproul Hall, 642.0485.
The University Short Term Loan is based on ability to repay, usually by
the end of the year in which it is given.
Graduate students may apply for a Graduate Student Fee Loan which is only
for the amount of fees. A co-signer is not required, and the loan must
be repaid by the end of the semester for which it applies. A fee loan
must be repaid in full before another loan is taken out. Non-residents
are eligible for only one fee loan per year.
Payroll deduction repayment is available for GSIs or GSRs.
Loans for personal expenses are available, and require a co-signer and
verifiable source of repayment. Further details are available at the Loans
and Receivables Office, 192 University Hall, 642.2836.
Support for minority students
The University actively seeks to increase the enrollment of students of color in its graduate programs by providing an ongoing program of outreach activities and services. African Americans, Mexican Americans (Chicanos), Native Americans/American Indians, Pacific Islanders, Puerto Ricans, and Filipinos who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents are the targeted groups because of their historical underrepresentation in graduate education. Asian Americans and Latinos are also eligible in disciplines in which they are underrepresented among University of California graduate students.
Students of color will find social and academic support in the numerous student organizations on campus. In addition, the Graduate Opportunity Program (GOP) helps qualified students meet the cost of their education (see below) and provides support services in an effort to maintain a more diverse graduate student community.
Graduate Opportunity Program Award
GOP awards are based on financial need, academic promise and diversity contribution and are available to U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The awards provide a maximum stipend of $15,000 for each of three years for doctoral students. A $3,000.00 summer stipend is available the summer after the first year.
Other Graduate Division support designed to increase diversity within the graduate student population includes various diversity fellowships which are administered by the Graduate Fellowship Office.
Both GOP awards and diversity fellowships are awarded to selected applicants upon admission to the program.
For additional information regarding opportunities and support on behalf of diversity, please contact the University of California, Berkeley, Graduate Opportunity Program, Graduate Division, 316 Sproul Hall #5900, Berkeley, CA 94720. Ph: 510.643.6010. E-mail: gop@socrates.berkeley.edu
Ph.D. in Anthropology
(Social Cultural / Archaeology)
Ph.D. in Medical Anthropology
Master of Arts in Folklore
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