DE Opportunities

The CRES Department offers several funding opportunities for our Designated Emphasis students. 

Teaching Assistantships

CRES employs Teaching Assistantships for our large lecture courses. The call for applications is sent via email in spring quarter. All graduate students are welcome to apply. CRES Designated Emphasis students will be given priority consideration for appointments. Students must be in good academic standing to receive a TAship. 

Research/Travel Grants

CRES offers a small amount of funding to CRES DEs conducting CRES-related research or traveling to conferences and presenting CRES-related work. We provide funding up to $500. Priority will be given to students who have not previously been given an award.

Judy Yung Memorial Fund

CRES invites students from all levels (undergraduate and graduate) to apply for funding to support Asian-, Asian diasporic-, Pacific Islander-, and Pacific Islander diasporic-related research geared towards the preservation of oral histories and engagement of local community archives. This application is open to UCSC undergraduate and graduate students with research interests in oral history and/or community archives. Preference will be given to CRES majors and Black Studies minors and graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in CRES. Learn more here: https://cres.ucsc.edu/undergraduate/judy-yung-memorial.html.