Funding Opportunities
Scholarships and Awards
The College of Graduate Studies along with San Jose State University and the California State University system are proud to sponsor several programs, awards, and competitions designed to cultivate and encourage student research and scholarship for current graduate students. Please browse through our programs listed on the side-bar to find out application requirements, deadlines, and past winners.
In addition SJSU has over 900 general and departmental scholarships available, ranging from $100 to $1,000 per year. Different sources fund these scholarships, including private donors, alumni, and private industry. Awards are generally based on scholastic achievement and financial need. About one-half of the awards are administered by the Financial Aid Scholarship Committee and one-half by the various academic departments on campus. Contact your department or college directly for a list of funding programs they may offer, as well as for information on the various research or teaching assistantships that are available at San José State University.
Graduate Student Travel Award
Any matriculated graduate student may apply for a travel award to collect data, present at a conference, or attend a conference. Awards are limited to $1500 for domestic travel and $2000 for international travel, but may be combined with other travel awards.
Bertha Kalm Scholarship - Now Open until May 4, 2020
Up to six scholarships of $7,500 each will be awarded to students who have been nominated by their departments during their Spring semester of their first year of graduate school. This award is paid out at the beginning of the Fall semester of the following academic year.
CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program
The CSU Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) is designed to increase the pool of faculty candidates with the qualifications, motivation, and skill to teach the diverse student body in the CSU. The CDIP will lend participants who are full-time doctoral students up to $10,000 annually to a limit of $30,000 over a five-year period.
Graduate Equity Fellowship (Available to Masters and Doctoral Students) - Now Open until June 5, 2020
Under the Graduate Equity Fellowship Program, awards of $4,000 may be made to graduate
students enrolled at SJSU for the Fall/Spring academic year in which the call for
applications is announced.
California Pre-Doctoral Scholarship
This CSU scholarship program is designed for upper division or master's degree students with doctoral aspirations.
Outstanding Thesis Award
Each college may nominate one thesis for the competition. The winner(s) (1 or 2) of the Outstanding Thesis Award will be recognized at the May Commencement ceremony for their college and receive a prize of $1000.