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Muska Fazilat

Muska Fazilat (’15 , Public Health) spent the first ten years of her life as a refugee in Peshawar, Pakistan. Her family received their visas to come to the United States and settled in Southern California. Muska is a first-generation college student and one of the few students to have received the top three most prestigious undergraduate fellowships at UC Berkeley: the Bergeron Scholar Fellowship for Women in STEM, the Haas Scholar Fellowship for undergraduate research, and the Judith Lee Stronach Baccalaureate Prize. Muska will be pursuing a master’s degree

FAO Schwarz Fellowship

Next application deadline: February 2026 (application opens November 1, 2025) Recorded information session – December 2024 The FAO Schwarz Fellowship in Social Impact is an intensive, transformative two-year experience designed for new college graduates who wish to deepen their knowledge of social equity, pursue careers in social impact, and lead the change. Interested college seniors apply directly to specific posted positions in host nonprofit organizations in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. Fellows receive a two-year contract for a paid position (with benefits) that combines direct service and strategic projects.

Samvid Scholars

Next deadline: April 2025 (application opens early February 2025) Recorded info session (opens external site; scroll to bottom the page). Samvid Scholars invests in future leaders committed to effective positive change in the world. The program provides up to $100,000 ($50,000/year over two years) for tuition and fees for students entering graduate schools in the United States. In addition, Scholars will engage in leadership development, service projects, and other learning opportunities. They will also be part of a growing community of alumni that fosters cross-disciplinary collaboration, mentorship, and life-long relationships. Each

Humanity in Action

Next deadline: March 2026 UCB recipients! Recorded info session 3/5/25 (opens web page) Humanity in Action Summer Fellows spend 2–4 weeks with about 25 peers from around the world emerging themselves in topics of social justice, democracy, and human rights. The program – offered in 2025 (to U.S. based applicants) in Amsterdam (June 17–July 3), Berlin (July 7–22), Sarajevo (hybrid) July 9–31), and Copenhagen (August 11–28*) – provides a country- and context-specific curriculum that examines historical and contemporary challenges to human rights, pluralism and equality. The topics are illuminated by

Nicole Schauser

(’15, Materials Science & Engineering)

2023-2024 Scholarships Wrap-Up

We would like to wrap up the 2023–2024 academic year by congratulating all of the current Cal Bears and recent alums who received nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships this academic year, as well as those who submitted strong applications for the more than 30 scholarship programs our office supports. Astronaut Scholars – Clara Hung (’25) and Cooper Jacobus (’25) Beinecke Scholarship – Danielle Tran (’25) Critical Language Scholarship – Sara Ahlich (’24), Fraser Byers (’25), Charlie Kim-Worthington (’26), Ava Ratcliff (’26), David Villani (‘24), and Valerian Weinzweig (’25) Gates Cambridge Scholarship –

Clara Hung

Clara Hung (’25, Computer Science & Physics) is interested in combining optics and machine learning algorithms to engineer next-generation computational cameras. As an undergraduate researcher at UC Berkeley’s Computational Imaging Lab, she is developing a dataset acquisition system for lensless imagers to enable budding research at the intersection of imaging, machine learning, and information theory. Fascinated by how images tell human stories and push scientific discoveries, she wants to continue developing computational imaging systems that allow us to see more with less. She aims to pursue a PhD and, in

Cooper Jacobus

Cooper Jacobus (’25, Astrophysics and Logic) is passionate about Computational Physics and fascinated with Cosmology and Machine Intelligence. He currently works toward solving problems in Cosmology using Machine Learning methods at UC Berkeley’s Department of Astronomy and Berkeley Lab’s Computational Cosmology Center. His research uses supercomputers to simulate the birth and history of the Cosmos to learn about the nature of gravity and dark matter. He hopes his work will inspire a new generation of scientists and shed light on the grandest mysteries of the universe. Outside of research, Cooper greatly enjoys

Danielle Tran

Danielle Tran (’25, English) was born and raised in the Bay Area. They are currently working with Dr. Nina Begus to produce an edited volume on the impact of AI on language and creative writing. A Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, they are also developing a thesis on the poetry of Paul Celan. Outside of research, Danielle spends their time working at a university-affiliated daycare, being actively involved in Cal’s swing dance community, and, following a semester studying Spanish in Barcelona, doing all they can to appease the Duolingo bird.

Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX)

Next deadline: November 1, 2025 UCB recipients! The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) for Young Professionals is a fellowship funded by the German Bundestag and U.S. Department of State that annually provides 75 American and 75 German young professionals, between the ages of 18½–24, the opportunity to spend one year in each other’s countries, studying, interning, and living with hosts on a cultural immersion program. The program consists of three phases: (1) two months of intensive German language training; (2) one semester of classes in one’s academic or career field at