The UC-CUBA Academic Initiative awards up to ten $1,200 grants per academic year to University of California Ph.D. students conducting Cuba-related research, including travel, in any field. Two of the grants will be earmarked for health-related research. Applications will be considered for both initial research explorations and for developing/completing advanced projects.

2012 Recipients

• Milda Zilinskaite,Literature UC San Diego
• Rebecca Herman, History, UC Berkeley
• Shane Collins, Global Health, UC San Francisco
• Hanna Garth, Anthropology,UCLA
• Teresa Sanchez, Ethnomusicology, UC Riverside
• Andrew Gomez, History, UCLA
• Teishan Latner, History, UC Irvine
• James Schrader,History, UC San Diego
• Dana Linda, Comparative Literature, UCLA
• Kati Greaney, Visual Arts, UC Santa Cruz

2011 Recipients

• Kendra Johnson, Medical Student, UC San Francisco
• Antonio Guzmán, Sociology, UCLA
• Gabriela Santizo, Literature, UC San Diego
• Alexander Zevin, History, UCLA
• Bethany Beyer, Spanish, UCLA
• Jamie Fudacz, Spanish, UCLA
• Joshua Jelly-Schapiro,Geography, UC Berkeley
• Iyabo Kwayana, MFA Candidate, UCLA
• Sarah Chenault, Latin American Studies, UCLA
• Jon Dettman, Spanish, UC Davis

2010 Recipients

• Alissa Bernstein, Anthropology, UC Berkeley
• Anita Casavantes Bradford, History, UC San Diego
• Colin Closek, Quantitative and Systems Biology, UC Merced
• Hanna Garth, Anthropology, UCLA
• Dan Rood,History, UC Irvine
• Nadia Sanko, Spanish, UCLA
• Carrie Viarnes,Art History, UCLA
• Selene Zander, Spanish, UC Berkeley

2009 Recipients

• Rebecca Bodenheimer, Ethnomusicology, UC Berkeley
• Valerie Dickerson, Music, UC Los Angeles
• Adanna Jones, Dance, UC Riveside
• Seth Kauppinen, Biology, UC Berkeley
• M. Kone,Political Science, UC Los Angeles
• Tom McEnaney, Comparative Literature, UC Berkeley
• Rachel Neff, Hispanic Studies, UC Riverside
• Ayesha Nibbe, Anthropology, UC Davis
• Gabriela Santizo, Literature, UC San Diego
• Kristina Shull, History, UC Irvine
• Allen Young, Spanish, UC Berkeley

2008 Recipients

• Virginia Benitez, Comparative Literature, UC Santa Cruz
• Hanna Garth, Anthropology, UC Los Angeles
• Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, Geography, UC Berkeley
• Henry Lovejoy, History, UC Los Angeles
• Lindsay Puente, Comparative Literature, UC Irvine
• David Rice, Communications, UC San Diego
• Susana Rodriguez, Comparative Literature, UC Los Angeles
• Beth Rosenbloom, Art History, UC Los Angeles