UC/ACCORD exec director to hold info sessions on 2011 funding opportunities

Media Contact: Claudia Bustamante
direct: 310-267-4408 | email: bustamante@gseis.ucla.edu

LOS ANGELES (Feb. 22, 2011) — UC/ACCORD Executive Director Daniel Solorzano will be holding information sessions at various University of California campuses regarding the 2011 fellowship funding opportunities.

The first session will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at UC Santa Cruz in Social Sciences 2, Room 121.

UC/ACCORD All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity is accepting proposals until Friday, March 18 in three categories: Dissertation Fellowship, Postdoctoral Fellowship and Faculty Seed Grant. UC/ACCORD is interested in increasing the number of graduate students and faculty within the UC system whose work is consistent with the organization’s goals of making college a possibility for all California students, and increasing diversity within the state’s institutions of higher education.

Since 2001, UC/ACCORD has awarded 75 dissertation fellowships, 11 postdoctoral fellowships and 23 faculty seed grants, totaling about $2.5 million.

UC doctoral students in their final year of dissertation, recent graduates with a terminal degree from a UC school, and faculty interested in more information are invited to attend one of the nearby events.

• Thursday, Feb. 24

UC Santa Cruz
1:30 p.m.—Social Sciences 2, Room 121

• Friday, Feb. 25

UC Davis
10 a.m.—School of Education, Room 174

• Friday, Feb. 25

UC Berkeley
3 p.m.—Center for Latino Policy Research, Shorb House Conference Room, 2547 Channing Way

• Tuesday, March 1

UC San Diego
4 p.m.—Pepper Canyon Hall 361

• Monday, March 7

UC Irvine
1 p.m.—Education Building, Room 3238

• Tuesday, March 8

UC Santa Barbara
12 p.m.—Location TBD

• Friday, March 11

UC Riverside
12 p.m.—Location TBD

For more information on UC/ACCORD’s 2011 funding opportuinities, please visit www.ucaccord.org or email us at ucaccord@ucla.edu.

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