Foundation News

Please check this page regularly for news about the Foundation, its scholars, and recent successes.

Dr. Alastair Fraser was recently named Philomathia Fellow and College Lecturer in Politics at University of Cambridge, U.K.

Recent Grants and Awards

Beginning in September, 2008, the Canadian Foundation is funding two annual Graduate Fellowships through McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario).

An agreement has been reached with McMaster University to award a Philomathia Travel Scholarship for undergraduate students in 2010.

Department: Environmental Sciences, Policy Management
Department Website: http://espm.berkeley.edu/gradcentral/index.php
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website: http://cnr.berkeley.edu/getzlab/index.html

Department: Plant and Microbial Biology
Department Website: http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website: http://pmb.berkeley.edu/~taylor/index.html
Scholar Website: http://pmb.berkeley.edu/~taylor/people/ce.html

Department: Chemistry and MCB
Department Website: http://mcb.berkeley.edu/
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website: http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/mmargrp/
Scholar Website: http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/mmargrp/people/lp/plate.html

Department: Plant and Microbial Biology
Department Website: http://plantbio.berkeley.edu/
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website:http://pmb.berkeley.edu/~specht/index.html
Scholar Website: http://pmb.berkeley.edu/~specht/chodon.html

Department: Biophysics, with designated emphasis in Genomic and Computational Biology
Department Website: http://biophysics.berkeley.edu/
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website:http://compbio.berkeley.edu/
Scholar Website: http://biophysics.berkeley.edu/students.php?ID=22

Department: Bioengineering
Department Website: http://bioeng.berkeley.edu/
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website:http://keaslinglab.lbl.gov/wiki/
Scholar Website: http://keaslinglab.lbl.gov/wiki/index.php/Eric_Steen

Department: Environmental Science, Policy & Management
Department Website: http://espm.berkeley.edu/
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website:http://nature.berkeley.edu/miltonlab/
Scholar Website: http://nature.berkeley.edu/miltonlab/students.html

Department: Microbiology
Department Website: http://pmb.berkeley.edu/
Degree Objective: Ph.D
Research Group Website: http://pmb.berkeley.edu/~coates/
Scholar Website: http://pmb.berkeley.edu/~coates/people/graduates.htm