For the summer of 2024, The California-China Climate Institute launched a Student Travel and Fieldwork Grant program. These grants supported thesis, pre-dissertation, or dissertation work of UC Berkeley students whose research relates to China and/or U.S. climate, environmental and energy policy. Students have now completed their summer projects and are sharing their learnings and outcomes. Below outlines key highlights from selected student projects.

Summer 2024 Student FieldWork Receipient Highlights 

	Erica Anjum, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of City and Regional Planning Project: Marginalized Community Resilience to Wildfires Blog: Learn more about Erica's project in her blog here.
	Chengyao Liang, Ph.D. Candidate, Civil and Environmental Engineering Project: Lowering Carbon from China's Cement Industry Blog: Learn more about Chengyao's project in her blog here.
	Isabel Qi, Ph.D Candidate, City and Regional Planning Project: Climate Adaptation to Flooding in China Blog: Learn more about Isabel's project in her blog here.
	David Su,  Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Project: Ride-Hailing and Food-delivery platforms and climate policy in Guangdong, China Blog: Learn more about David's project in his blog here.
	Xi Xi, Master of Science (M.S.) in Energy and Resources Project: Chinese and U.S. collaboration on green hydrogen in Kenya Blog: Learn more about Xi's project in her blog here.

Apply for the 2025 Student Fieldwork Grant Cycle

The California-China Climate Institute is accepting proposals for small travel and independent field research grants from University of California at Berkeley students (undergraduate or graduate) for thesis, pre-dissertation, or dissertation projects relating to China and/or U.S. (national and subnational) climate, environmental, and energy policy for the summer of 2025. 

To apply, submit the form, a CV, and proposal materials by February 1, 2025 to this form.