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  • Initiatives
    • Berkeley/Stanford Political Economy Working Group
      • Spring 2017 Workshop
      • Fall 2017 Workshop
      • Spring 2018 Workshop
      • Fall 2018 Workshop
    • CPD Faculty/Graduate Working Group
    • Electoral Violence in Developing Countries Initiative
    • Health and Governance Collaborative
    • Public Service Delivery Initiative
    • Task Force on Political Clientelism
      • “Brokering Votes” Conference – February 27-28, 2015
    • Undergraduate Fellows Program
      • AY 2021-22 Fellows
      • AY 2020-21 Fellows
      • AY 2019-20 Fellows
      • AY 2018-19 Fellows
      • AY 2017-18 Fellows
      • Past Projects
  • Research
    • Berkeley-USC Critical Juncture Project
    • EGAP Metaketa I: Integrating Research for Knowledge Accumulation
    • Engendering Compliance: Evaluating and Improving a Randomized Tax Holiday Policy
    • Political Conflict and Stability in Dynamic Networks
    • Program on Security Institutions and Violent Instability
    • The Effects of Civic Education and Electoral Observation on Voters During Violent Elections
    • Vulnerability to Child Labor and Forced Labor: Experimental Interventions Using Mass Media to Change Norms and Behaviors
    • Working Paper Series
      • Full List of Working Papers
      • Clientelism
  • Events
    • Conferences
      • UC Berkeley Conference on Political Representation – December 21, 2018
        • Agenda
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      • “Electoral Violence” Conference — December 3-4, 2015
        • Agenda
        • Objectives
        • Participants
        • Working Papers and Research Designs
      • “Brokering Votes” Conference – February 27-28, 2015
        • Agenda
        • Papers and Research Designs
        • Participants
    • Comparative Politics Colloquium
      • CP Colloquium – Fall 2014
      • CP Colloquium – Spring 2015
      • CP Colloquium – Fall 2015
      • CP Colloquium – Spring 2016
      • CP Colloquium – Fall 2016
      • CP Colloquium – Spring 2017
      • CP Colloquium – Fall 2017
      • CP Colloquium – Spring 2018
      • CP Colloquium – Fall 2018
      • CP Colloquium – Spring 2019
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Resources

This page includes a list of resources that may be helpful to graduate students as they search for funding opportunities both within and outside the UC Berkeley system as well as prepare for presentations and job talks.

Funding Opportunity Resources
Travel Grants and Tips
UC Berkeley Graduate Division Fellowships and Grants
UC Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies Graduate Funding Opportunities
Pivot.com – UC Berkeley Funding Opportunities Database
GRAPES – UCLA Funding Opportunities Database
SMART Mentoring

Grant Writing Resources
UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science guide to grant writing
UC Berkeley’s Sponsored Projects Office grant writing tips
UC Berkeley’s Institute of International Studies grant writing timeline

Preparing for Presentations and Job Talks 
How to Give a Job Talk – Gregory Huber, Yale University 


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