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Deadline Extended for NRC Hispanic 2025 Professional Development Grant

The Center is pleased to announce that the application period for its 2025 professional development (PD) grant for doctoral students and early career scholars has been extended to 5 p.m. EST on Monday, August 18, 2025. This grant supports scholars whose research focuses on poverty, economic well-being, and early care and education (ECE) among Hispanic children and families.

The grant program will offer up to 11 grants, each providing up to $2,850 for expenses related to professional development or as seed funds to support research activities. In addition, grantees will have the opportunity to participate in professional development and networking events organized by the Center.

Who should apply? Applicants must be a PhD student or early career scholar (up to seven years post-PhD) in economics, public policy, sociology, child development, demography, population sciences, or a related social science field. Applicants should demonstrate a strong interest in research focused on poverty, economic well-being, and ECE among Hispanic families and children.

Applications are now due Monday, August 18, at 5 p.m. EST and can be submitted here.

How to Evaluate & Negotiate Job Offers | UCC

Location: Virtual

Are you getting close to having a job offer but you aren’t sure what to look for in the offer and how to negotiate? Are you scared of asking for more from your potential future company or organization? This 45-minute session is meant to start to help you answer these questions.

In this session, we will discuss:

  1. How to evaluate a job offer and identify the benefits and salary range that feels fair.
  2. Explore how to fully evaluate the offer you’ve been given beyond just salary and when and why it might be appropriate to negotiate a job offer.
  3. Examine ways to approach negotiation and prepare you for that process.
  4. Answer FAQs about salary negotiation.

This workshop will be conducted virtually on a monthly basis through the University Career Center & The President’s Promise. If this date doesn’t work for you, check out Handshake for future offerings.

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