Funding Opportunities: Summary

The Townsend Center is committed to providing support for the faculty, graduate students and undergraduates at the University of California Berkeley. The Center serves its Berkeley constituents in the humanities through a broad range of funding opportunities. Since its inception, the Center has defined the humanities in its broadest terms as not only the departments officially within the Division of Arts and Humanities, but also the related social sciences and professional schools (e.g., Law, Journalism, Architecture).

Individual grants and fellowships are awarded at all levels of academic preparation:

• Undergraduate (all G.R.O.U.P programs)
• Incoming graduate (Discovery Fellowship by department nomination only)
• Postdoctoral students (IE-Berkeley International Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship)
• Advanced graduate (Townsend Dissertation Fellowships)
• Junior faculty (Townsend Fellowships for Assistant Professors)
• Mid-career faculty (Associate Professor Fellows)
• Senior faculty (Townsend Senior Fellows)

Faculty may also apply for support available through Townsend special initiatives:

• Strategic Working Groups
• Collaborative Research Seminars
• The Program on Disciplinary Innovation: Course Threads
• G.R.O.U.P Courses and Summer Research Projects (Apprenticeships)

Funding is also available to groups, departments and other constituencies through:

• Conference and Lecture Grants
• Working Groups
• Departmental Residencies
• Librarians (Townsend Research Fellowships)

See individual fellowship and grant pages for more information.

Please note: The Townsend Center does not offer external fellowships or residencies.