Student Resources

Check out the linked resources below for conferences, grants and fellowships, scholarships, job opportunities, and more!

50th Annual National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) Conference, March 11-14, 2026, Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor-Baltimore, Maryland

In 2026, the National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) will celebrate the 50th convening of its annual national conference. Under the leadership of Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey, a group of scholars convened in March of 1975 to review and discuss the goals of Black Studies programs across the nation for the purpose of promoting academic excellence and social responsibility in the discipline of Africana/Black Studies.

This year’s theme, “uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation): Black Studies as Uncompromising Liberation,” concerns Black Studies' fight against the current attack on the history and culture of African descended peoples. Black Studies as an academic discipline was founded by activist-intellectuals who sought to use the resources of academic and professional institutions to diagnose and solve problems of communities in the African diaspora. The history of Black Studies demands that Black Studies respond to the current assault by continuing to advocate and organize with Black and other oppressed communities to preserve and expound upon our humanity and agency. Register for the conference.

30th Southern African Historical Society (SASH) Conference, June 24-26, 2026, Harare Zimbabwe. 

The Southern African Historical Society (SASH) invites submissions for its 30th Biennial Conference, to be hosted by the University of Zimbabwe in Harare from 24 to 26 June 2026. This year’s theme explores how historical transitions - social, political, economic, and environmental - have shaped southern Africa and its global connections. Scholars, practitioners, and postgraduate students are invited to submit proposals for papers, panels, or roundtables on topics ranging from decolonization and environmental change to digital history and protest cultures. Abstracts (max 200 words) and short bios (100 words) are due 20 February 2026. More information about the conference. 

The 18th Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), July 7-10, 2026 Bahia, Salvador

The 18th Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) will take place July 7-10 at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador. The conference program will include academic panels, invited speakers, plenary sessions, and cultural activities. BRASA XVIII will be an in-person event. Conference Date(s) & Location: July 7-10, 2026 at the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) in Salvador. 

CDDRL Summer Fellows Program Opportunity

The department of Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL),is recruiting for its 2026 cohort of the Fisher Family Summer Fellows Program on Democracy and Development. The program brings together an annual cohort of approximately 30 mid-career practitioners from countries in political transition who are working to advance democratic practices and enact economic and legal reform to promote human development. Application Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 11:59 PST. 

Schneider Sustainable Energy Fellowships

Schneider Fellows work at leading U.S. nongovernmental organizations in the sustainable energy field. The fellows spend a summer or full year tackling the world’s economic, environmental, social, and technical challenges associated with past, present, and future approaches of harnessing energy resources to deliver energy services. Schneider Summer Fellows receive a stipend of $11,500 for a 12-week summer fellowship. In addition, funding up to $1500 is available for fellowship-related travel. The one-year program places fellows in a full-time role at a Natural Resource Defense Council location with competitive salary and benefits. Fellowship applications are due January 27, 2026. 

Cardinal Quarter Fellowships

Health field.

Roland Longevity Fellowship (Self-Designed)

Provide service to older adults and/or create technology or conduct research on issues of aging in order to enhance the quality of long-lived lives! Through the Roland Longevity Fellowship, you arrange your own placement and dedicate your summer to issues related to enhancing older adults’ quality of life.  Application Deadline: February 3, 2026

Health Equity Fellowship (Self-Designed)

Support efforts that address the health and well-being of underserved communities across the United States. You can choose to work in a variety of service pathways related to public health, healthcare, or community well-being. Please note that this fellowship opportunity is not intended for physician shadowing opportunities or for students engaging in academic or lab research. Application Deadline: February 3, 2026

Education field

Education and Youth Development Self Designed Fellowships

Spend the summer working with community partners to support youth programs and/or address youth and education-related issues. This is a self-designed fellowship where applicants propose their own placements with organizations with which they have corresponded before the application deadline and effectively demonstrate that their intended partner organizations have the need, interest and capacity to work with a fellow and to support the proposed project/work plans. Application Deadline: February 3, 2026

Education and Youth Development Prearranged Fellowship - CA Education Partners 

Through the Education and Youth Development (EDYD) Prearranged Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, a student will work with California Education Partners to serve in their office in San Francisco or on campus at Stanford University's Graduate School of Education (GSE) this summer between June to August 2026. The student would be working on an analysis of data examining two partnerships between researchers and practitioners in 1) the Stanford University Graduate School of Education and San Francisco Unified School District Partnership (the Stanford-SFUSD Partnership) and 2) Stanford GSE and nine school districts including Redwood City, Menlo Park, and other districts called the Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research Collaborative. Application Deadline: February 10, 2026

Education and Youth Development Prearranged Fellowship - Eastside College Preparatory School

Through the Education and Youth Development (EDYD) Prearranged Fellowship, a Cardinal Quarter opportunity, a student will work with Eastside College Preparatory School supporting their summer bridge program as a teaching assistant. The Teaching Assistant will assist Eastside faculty members in classes that are part of our Summer Bridge program. All of our incoming freshmen participate in our six-week Summer Bridge program to prepare for their first year of high school. Class sessions will be held from June 15 – July 24, 2026 from 8:30am- 3:30pm. After the Summer Bridge program, the fellow will support Eastside College Prep. staff with administrative tasks and projects, and with preparation for the new school year. Application Deadline: February 10, 2026

CRAASH Visiting Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South

The Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge is inviting applications for funded Visiting Fellowships for scholars from the Global South. The purpose of these Fellowships is to provide opportunities for scholars working at higher education institutions in the Global South to exchange ideas with other researchers based at CRASSH and elsewhere in the University of Cambridge and to benefit from access to the University’s collections and resources. It is hoped that these visits will lead on to future collaborations and exchanges.  Applications are open with a deadline of 16 February 2026. 

Associate or Full Professor, African Diaspora History, Spellman College, Atlanta, Georgia

The Department of History invites applications to fill a senior position with the department beginning August 2026, at the rank of Associate / Professor of History who will also serve as Director of the African Diaspora and the World Program in the first instance and renewable subject to performance evaluation. Applications due Jan 15, 2026.