March 2025 Global Engagement Insider
Global Engagement Insider Newsletter - March 2025
Funding, opportunities, announcements and resources for UC Davis globally engaged faculty and staff
Global Funding and Engagement
External Opportunities
UC Alianza MX Postdoctoral Research Fellowship
The University of California Alianza MX is offering postdoctoral fellowships for 2025 to foster U.S.-Mexico research collaboration. The program provides up to five fellowships for recent Ph.D. graduates to conduct research at UC campuses.
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Sponsor: University of California Alianza MX
U21 Collaborative Seed Fund 2025
The U21 Collaborative Seed Fund 2025 invites proposals in three areas: Communities of Practice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Global Education Projects. Funding of $5,000 or $10,000 is available for cross-institutional collaborations involving at least three U21 institutions.
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Sponsor: Universitas 21
AROP Research Fellowships
The Advanced Research Opportunities Program (AROP) offers fellowships to doctoral candidates and postdocs from international universities for research stays at RWTH Aachen. It provides stipends, travel grants, language classes and intercultural training. The program strengthens bilateral ties with international institutions for long-term collaborations.
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Sponsor: RWTH Aachen University
Luce/ACLS Collaborative Grant in China Studies
ACLS is offering collaborative grants of up to $150,000 for innovative projects that address critical challenges in China studies. Faculty are encouraged to apply with teams from multiple institutions to develop solutions in areas like teaching, research, and international collaboration. Grants support pilot programs and long-term impact.
Letters of Intent Deadline: April 1, 2025
Sponsor: ACLS
Science Slam: Falling Walls Lab 2025
The German Center for Research and Innovation invites students, early-career researchers and entrepreneurs (undergraduate to Ph.D. students and postdocs) to pitch innovative projects in the Falling Walls Science Slam. Winners will receive a trip to Berlin for the Falling Walls Conference.
Deadline: April 13, 2025
Sponsor: German Center for Research and Innovation and the Consulate General of Germany in San Francisco
Academics Without Borders
Academics Without Borders (AWB) supports faculty-driven projects that strengthen higher education institutions in low- and middle-income countries, fostering sustainable development through capacity-building initiatives. AWB provides funding and logistical support for projects that enhance teaching, research and institutional governance, creating meaningful global impact. UC Davis faculty are encouraged to explore funding opportunities to collaborate with international partners and advance education worldwide.
Deadline: Ongoing
Sponsor: Academics Without Borders
Global Spotlights
10th Annual International Connections Reception
On March 12, Global Affairs celebrated 25 years of catalyzing global engagement and the winners of the Chancellor's Award for International Engagement, Excellence in Teaching for Global Learning Award and the recipients of Seed Grants for International Activities and Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals. View photos from the event.
2024-25 Seed Grants for International Activities Advance International Innovation and Collaboration
This year’s 13 Seed Grants for International Activities projects bring together more than 34 researchers across UC Davis and partner institutions worldwide, fostering collaborations to advance groundbreaking discovery.
Congratulations to our 2024-25 Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals Recipients
This year’s six selected Grants for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals projects contribute to 13 of the 17 SDGs—locally and globally—bringing together more than 18 faculty, researchers and artists from across UC Davis and collaborating communities, government organizations and academic institutions worldwide
UC Davis Receives 2025 Innovative Excellence in Internationalization Award
The 2025 Innovative Excellence in Internationalization Award from the Association of International Education Administrators recognizes UC Davis’ leadership and accomplishments in institutionalizing and advancing the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Fulbright
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers over 400 awards in more than 135 countries for U.S. citizens to teach, conduct research and carry out professional projects around the world. The 2026-27 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Competition is now open.
Deadline: September 15, 2025
Global Events and Programs
New Exhibition: Visual Journals 2010-2024
January 21 - April 25, 2025, International Center Lobby and Design Museum
Visual Journals 2010–2024 celebrates the UC Davis Study Abroad program Design in Europe. Visual Journals dispenses with traditional travel text in favor of sketches, hand lettering, photographs, magazine cutouts and printed ephemera.
Announcements
Federal Government Updates for International Students and Scholars
Services for International Students and Scholars is publishing relevant federal updates for international students and scholars at UC Davis. Find the latest news here.
New Executive Order Impacting Gender X Passports (February 27, 2025 update)
On January 20, the President issued an executive order, Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth, to the Federal Government, specifically addressing Gender X passports. As of today, the PDF passport application form has not changed, and X is still shown as an option. We recommend that future travelers applying for a passport now select M or F as the U.S. Department of State removed reference to X on their website travel.state.gov. Additionally, current passport documents no longer allow the selection of Gender X.
REAL ID Act Enforcement Starts May 7, 2025
All U.S. travelers should be aware that the REAL ID Act is being enforced starting May 7, 2025. Travelers 18 and over will need a REAL ID-compliant license or another acceptable ID (Passport, etc.) to board commercial domestic flights and access federal facilities.
International Visitors and Agreements
Recent International Delegation Meetings (February 2025)
- Institute of Science Tokyo | Japan
Recent International Agreements Signed (February 2025)
- Universidad del Desarrollo | Chile
- Yasuda Women’s University | Japan
- Jeonbuk National University | South Korea
Learn more about hosting visitors from around the world, or the international agreement process on the Global Affairs website.