More than 10,000 students at the University of California, Berkeley, are here to earn graduate degrees. These students play a critical role in the success of both faculty and undergraduates at Cal, and their excellence is key to Cal’s worldwide standing. Consequently, support for graduate students is a critical investment in Berkeley and its future.

The Campaign for Berkeley seeks to raise $340 million in graduate fellowship support by June 30, 2013. We invite you to navigate these pages to learn how you can be involved in sustaining excellence in graduate education at Berkeley.

New Alumni Challenge: Quadruple your impact!
The New Alumni Challenge invites all alumni who received a degree from Berkeley from 2005 through 2010 to participate in a first-ever match that quadruples all contributions up to $1,000. A donation of $25 will equal $100, while $1,000 will increase to $4,000! Every gift you make — no matter what size — will help promote the vital programs that comprise the Berkeley experience.

Graduate fellowship established to support LGBT studies campuswide
In March 2009, colleagues and friends of Music Professor, Philip Brett, created the first endowed graduate fellowship to support LGBT scholarship in any field. A full feature article about the fund appeared in the Berkeleyan on June 11, 2009. All gifts from campus donors and their partners are eligible for dollar-for-dollar matching from the Chancellor’s Challenge. Make an online gift to the Philip Brett LGBT Fellowship Fund.