Programs
UC BERKELEY
UC Berkeley
The Philomathia Foundation’s philanthropic relationship with UC Berkeley began in 2001 with a gift to support the building of the university’s East Asian Library. The Foundation established the Chang-Lin Tien Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Sciences in 2004 in commemoration of Chang-Lin Tien, a dear friend and the campus’ late chancellor. Shortly thereafter, an endowment was provided for alternative energy research at Berkeley. This was followed by the establishment of the Philomathia Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy. The Foundation provided further funding to support the establishment of the Berkeley Environment and Climate Institute (BECI) and all the programs were consolidated into the Philomathia Center in 2012.
Scholarships and Fellowships
The Philomathia Center
Since 2012, the Philomathia Center has played a vital role in advancing UC Berkeley’s innovative research programs in energy and climate research, and supported a common vision of improving humankind through the creative application of technology, the unraveling of scientific challenges, and a commitment to education.
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellowships in the Environmental Sciences provide fellowships for graduate students from a wide range of disciplines who are dedicated to studying issues related to the environment. This fellowship has been awarded annually since 2005.
Philomathia Postdoctoral Fellowships in Alternative Energy at UC Berkeley offers fellowships to talented postdoctoral candidates in pursuit of energy harvesting, conversion, and production in nanoscale, natural, and synthetic systems.
Current Philomathia Chair in Alternative Energy:
Professor Jay Keasling
Emeriti: Professor Chris Sommerville & Professor Steven Chu
Scholarships and Fellowships
Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (ENSI)
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellowships at the Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (ENSI) are one-year graduate fellowship positions designed to offer promising young researchers the opportunity to pursue nanoscience applications in catalysis, energy conversion, and energy conservation technologies. Up to four graduate fellowships are awarded per year, and to support the work by the Philomathia Graduate Student Fellowships, the Kavli ENSI provides a research fund of $50,000.
Scholarships and Fellowships
Advanced Bioimaging Center (ABC)
Since their initial stake in establishing the center, Philomathia continues to offer supportive funding for graduate and postdoctoral students of the Advanced Bioimaging Center (ABC) – a global collaboration center dedicated to creating cutting-edge microscopy, and finding solutions to data challenges posed by large-scale imaging projects.
Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients
Philomathia Center
Philomathia Graduate Fellowship in Environment Sciences (2024/2025)
Philomathia Graduate Fellowship in Environment Sciences
Past Recipients
58 Total
Philomathia Alternative Energy Fund (2021/2022)
Philomathia Alternative Energy Fund
Past Recipients
9 Total
Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute
Past Recipients
Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute (2021/2022)
Philomathia Graduate Student Fellows
11 Total
Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute
Past Recipients
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