Funding for Admitted Students

The Fellowships Office does not work with students until they are officially enrolled at San Francisco State. Once you have settled in to your first or second semester at the University, feel free to make an appointment with Dr. Viveros, Director of the Fellowships Office.

Fellowships

Incoming S.F. State graduate students should note that they may be eligible to apply for the following fellowships:

• Students in the sciences or social sciences may be eligible to apply for a National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship
   

• Admitted graduate students who are California residents, including AB540/undocumented students, from educationally or economically disadvantaged backgrounds and with outstanding academic records, will be especially interested in the Graduate Equity Fellowship.

Scholarships

The Fellowships Office also does not advise on scholarship searches. The following information is provided, however, to assist prospective students in their search for funding.

Incoming students seeking scholarships may wish to refer to the following resources:

• The Fellowships Office maintains a select list of scholarship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. These scholarships have been selected for one of the folowing reasons: they support a constituency not often identified for support by other scholarships (i.e., student parents); they are prestigious and would enhance your resume or CV; or they offer significant funding. To review these opportunties, click the "Search for Fellowships" page. Please Note: Our website platform has changed, breaking some of the links: check back later for restored links.                                                      

• Incoming graduate students may wish to review the Graduate Assistant and Graduate Teaching Associate employment opportunities available on the Division of Graduate Studies' Funding Your Education page.

• The Office of Financial Aid's Academic Works Scholarships page lists scholarships administered by SF State. Click on the top right "Sign in" button to submit your student information and learn about scholarships for which you are eligibile.

• "Dreamers"/AB540 and other undocumented students will want to begin by reviewing the CSU's Resources of Undocumented Students. Also useful is Immigrants Rising California In-State Tuition Tool, which will help you determine if you qualify for in-state tuition, or to learn how to qualify in the future. Also of interest will be SF State's Graduate Equity Fellowship.  See also the Immigrants Rising Entrepeneurship Fund for sustainable projects designed to creative positive social change. Consult the Immigrants Rising List of Scholarships and Fellowships, and this scholarship list, maintained by 10,000 Degrees, as many of the scholarship and award programs it lists either do not require citizenship information or are specifically targeted to undocumented students.

• UCLA's GRAPES is a database of scholarships, grants, fellowships, and postdoctoral awards, for applicants to any graduate program, graduate students working on a master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation, and postdoc scholars. Gradfellowships-L Subscription allows applicants to subscribe to emails about fellowship opportunities.