Cal-in-Sacramento Fellowship applicants are invited to apply to one of the following Research Fellowships, which provide additional summer funding in the amount of $2,500 for Cal-in-Sac Fellows. Research Fellowship applications are included in the Cal-in-Sacramento application form.
The Matsui Center is partnering with the Wells Fargo Foundation to support student research that focuses on how small businesses, especially those that are owned by women-of-color, are faring across California and what can be done to strengthen them. This Fellowship will support Cal-in-Sac Fellows whose individual research projects focus on challenges and opportunities faced by women of color small business owners.
Requirements: In addition to producing a research deliverable, D&E Fellows will present their findings at a Fall 2024 Symposium hosted by the Matsui Center. D&E Fellows are also paired with a career mentor during their summer residency in Sacramento.
Read more about the Diversity and Entrepreneurship Initiative here.
This Fellowship will support a Cal-in-Sac Fellow who secures a summer placement interning in an organization related to civic and political advocacy (e.g., labor unions, voting rights organizations, immigrant rights organizations, racial justice organizations), and who has demonstrated a commitment to diversity.
This Fellowship will support Cal-in-Sac Fellows whose individual research projects focus on women in politics, including research on public policies that affect women.
This Fellowship will support a Cal-in-Sac Fellow whose individual research project focuses on Latinx education, labor, and or another policy area impacting the Latinx community.