UC Dialogue Fellows Program

UC Office of the President – Graduate and Undergraduate, Equity Affairs and Institutional Research and Academic Planning – and the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement (“Center”) are excited to announce a pilot fellowship program for faculty and staff, as part of a systemwide initiative to enhance and expand the teaching of dialogue skills to our students.

Through $5,000 awards, this fellowship supports the teaching of dialogue skills in the curricular context (e.g. a class focused on dialogue skills, incorporation of dialogue skills practice in any class), or work that supports such teaching (e.g. training for faculty and other instructors on such strategies). Faculty and staff, including graduate student instructors, are eligible to apply. We encourage applicants from across the breadth of disciplines and campus roles and aim to create a cohort representing all UC campuses.

The fellowship program will run from September 1, 2026 to May 1, 2027.

Apply Today!

For additional information, please join us May 15, 11:30 to 12:30, for an information session. Pamela Brown, Vice President, IRAP and Yvette Gullatt, Vice President for GUEA, Vice Provost for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and Chief Diversity Officer will discuss the program and there will be an opportunity to ask questions.

Applications are due June 12.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact UCDialogueFellows@ucop.edu.