Daniel Solorzano

LOS ANGELES — 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 (Feb. 24) in UC Santa Cruz' Social Sciences 2, Room 121.

UC/ACCORD All Campus Consortium on Research for Diversity is accepting proposals until 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 UC faculty interested in more information are invited to one of the events.

Upcoming information sessions

• Thursday, Feb. 24, 1:30 p.m.
  UC Santa Cruz
  Social Sciences 2, Room 121
• Friday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m.
  UC Davis
  School of Education, Room 174
• Friday, Feb. 25, 3 p.m.
  UC Berkeley
  Center for Latino Policy Research, Shorb House Conference Room, 2547 Channing Way
• Tuesday, March 1, 4 p.m.
  UC San Diego
  Pepper Canyon Hall 361
• Monday, March 7, 1 p.m.
  UC Irvine
  Education Building, Room 3238
• Tuesday, March 8, noon
  UC Santa Barbara
  Location TBD
• Friday, March 11, noon
  UC Riverside
  Location TBD

For more information on UC/ACCORD's 2011 funding opportuinities, visit www.ucaccord.org or e-mail ucaccord@ucla.edu.