Funding Opportunity Overview
The Global Grad Grants, supported this year by the Pitzer Family Foundation, provide funding opportunities for UC Davis graduate or professional students seeking to participate in a globally-focused social impact program or in a globally-focused research opportunity or program during the summer.
Students will be able to choose between two funding tracks: the Social Impact Track or the Research Track.
- The Social Impact Track is ideal for students who want to deepen their knowledge of the complexities of striving for justice across differences of culture and power and examine their own location within global flows of power and resources.
- The Research Track is ideal for students who have identified a global research opportunity or program that relates to their academic and/or professional goals and want to explore how concepts of culture, identity, power, global systems, and conflict relate to their work.
Please see more details below about the structure, eligibility, and timeline for each track.
- Log in through Experiential and Intercultural Programs portal
- Click “Start an Application”
- Click “Global Grad Grants”
- Click “Apply Now”
- Deadline March 15, 2024
Funding Tracks Criteria and Eligibility
Social Impact Track
For the Social Impact Track, students will be enrolled in the UC Davis Widening Circles Program and will need to complete all requirements of that program. The Global Grad Grant will cover your $500 program fee, and you will also be eligible for a $2000 travel grant to support a social impact internship or volunteer opportunity, either offered through the program’s partner, Omprakash or that you find on your own. To learn more about the program curriculum as well as internship and volunteer opportunities offered through Omprakash, register here.
Eligibility
- Continuing UC Davis graduate or professional students.
- In good academic standing.
- Demonstrated financial need.
- International students are eligible.
- Verification from department that you are able to receive additional funding in the form of a travel grant stipend.
Criteria
- Demonstrated connection between the UC Davis Widening Circles program learning outcomes and your graduate studies.
- Demonstrated connection between one or more UN Sustainable Development Goals and your social impact internship/volunteer opportunity goals.
- Priority for internship/volunteer opportunities based in Latin America or Africa.
Additional Requirements
Social Impact Track recipients must:
- Complete all requirements of the UC Davis Widening Circles program.
- Participate in the Widening Circles virtual symposium at the end of the summer.
- Write a Global Aggies blog post about your experience for the Global Learning Hub.
Research Track
For the Research Track, students will be enrolled in the Global Leadership Pathway Micro-Credential Program offered by the UC Davis Global Learning Hub. You will need to complete all aspects of the micro-credential program by the specified deadline (see below). The Global Grad Grant will cover your $500 fee for supporting badge administration and you will also be eligible for a $2000 travel grant to support research activity in the summer.
Eligibility
- Continuing UC Davis graduate or professional students.
- In good academic standing.
- Demonstrated financial need.
- International students are eligible.
- Verification from department that you are able to receive additional funding in the form of a travel grant stipend.
Criteria
- Demonstrated connection between the Global Leadership Pathway learning outcomes and your graduate studies.
- Identify a research opportunity/program related to your graduate studies.
- Demonstrated connection between one or more UN Sustainable Development Goals and your research opportunity/program.
- Priority for research opportunities/programs in Latin America or Africa.
Additional Requirements
Research Track recipients must:
- Complete the Global Leadership Pathway modules by June 15, 2024.
- Write a Global Aggies blog post about your experience for the Global Learning Hub.
Timeline
Both tracks
- Application Opens: January 8, 2024
- Application Closes: March 15, 2024
- Award Notification: week of April 8, 2024
Social Impact Track
- UC Davis Widening Circles program dates: June 24-August 23, 2024.
- View the UC Davis Widening Circles webpage for more details about program dates.
- Program will be approximately 2 hours/week during program dates.
- Social impact internship/volunteer opportunity: summer 2024.
Research Track
- Global Leadership Pathway module dates: April 29-June 15, 2024.
- The six asynchronous modules will take approximately 10 hours to complete.
- Research opportunity/program: summer 2024
If you anticipate utilizing the award funds for international travel, please review the UC Davis Travel Policy (UCD PPM, 300-32). Per UC Davis policy, all international travel on university business must be registered. Travel registration is an important risk management tool. If an emergency occurs in your travel destination, this is how your campus Risk Management will know where you are. You can pre-register travel through UC Away. Please see the UC Davis Travel Risk and Insurance site for further information.
Application Instructions
- Log into the Experiential and Intercultural Programs portal
- Click “Start an Application”
- Click “Global Grad Grants”
- Click “Apply Now”
Contact Information
Kimberly Bellows
Experiential and Intercultural Programs Senior Analyst
Global Learning Hub, Global Affairs
kmbellows@ucdavis.edu