Finding+Funding

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Funding Search Databases
These databases can be a good way to find funding opportunities such as fellowships and grants. Once you set up your COS account (see video), you can set e-mail alerts so that when a funding opportunity that matches your search criteria (i.e., education, technology, elementary school), you will receive an e-mail.
 * Pivot COS
 * IRIS
 * UCLA GRAPES

On Campus Jobs/Funding

 * UCSB GradPost - jobs for graduate students
 * Gaucholink - peer advisor, Instructional Development, and other positions for graduate students at UCSB[[image:gaucholink.png align="right" link="@http://career.sa.ucsb.edu/students/gaucholink.html"]]
 * UCSB Jobs Site
 * GSA
 * Executive Committee Positions (quarterly stipend)
 * Join a Committee (small stipend)
 * Grants (Travel, Child Care, Emergency)

Teaching Assistantships
Finding a TA position is hard, but it is possible. Below is a list of departments that do not have graduate programs (and, therefore, need graduate TA's) or programs that need more graduate students. We recommend contacting the Graduate Program Assistant (GPA) for each of the departments that you would be comfortable being a TA for early in Fall. Share your interest in being a TA (or Reader) and include a copy of your CV. If a job position comes up, the GPA will have your information on file and may contact you. Also, some departments put out calls for TA positions in Spring that you should keep an eye out for (you will receive it through your education.ucsb.edu e-mail account).
 * Asian American Studies
 * Black Studies[[image:money.png width="256" height="182" align="right"]]
 * Feminist Studies
 * East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies
 * Germanic, Slavic & Semitic Studies
 * Spanish and Portuguese

Fellowships


Check out the Education Department's Financial Aid page and the Graduate Division's Financial Support page to learn more about the departmental and central campus fellowships offered at UCSB.

Read the UCSB GradPost Fellowship article to learn about the **predoctoral fellowships** you can apply to.

Grant Writing
The UCSB Library has a great website for finding grants, tips for grant writing, and templates and examples of successful grants: Grants & Grant Writing.

UCSB GradPost Updates
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Additional Resources

 * Guide for Writing a Funding Proposal
 * UCSB Money Matters Guide

Discussion Forum
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