Additional Scholarships & Fellowships
The scholarships and fellowships with an asterisk (*) do not require endorsement from our offices.
Students interested in one of the opportunities below should contact the corresponding
SDSU Campus Advisor (if listed). All students are recommended to work directly with
their faculty mentors and the Writing Center for support.
Please note, the national and international scholarship and fellowship programs listed
below are different from scholarships offered through the SDSU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships.
Fellowship/Scholarship Name | Field of Study (Majors) |
Type of Funding | Application Year | SDSU Campus Advisor | Campus or National Deadline |
Campus Deadline (Y/M/D) |
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Truman Scholarship |
All |
Graduate Study |
Junior |
TBD |
Nov. 1, 2019 |
2019-11-01 |
*Pepperdine University Washington, DC Policy Scholars Program |
All |
Summer Study |
Sophomore, Junior, Senior, Graduate Students |
March 27, 2020 |
2020-03-27 | |
*Foreign Affairs Information Technology Fellowship |
IT related field |
Two year program (internships and employment) |
Junior, Senior, Graduate Student |
Feb. 14, 2020 |
2020-02-14 | |
*The Postsecondary National Policy Institute (PNPI)’s 2020 Summer Scholar Program |
All | Summer | Junior or Senior | March 2, 2020 | 2020-03-02 | |
*Dream Summer Fellowship |
All |
Summer Internship |
Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, Senior |
Feb. 14, 2020 |
2020-02-14 | |
*UC Summer Institute for Emerging Managers and Leaders |
All |
Summer Pre-Graduate School, Leadership Experience |
Sophomore, Junior |
Dec. 16, 2019 |
2019-12-16 | |
*CSU Council on Ocean Affairs & Technology Internships |
All |
Summer Internship |
Sophomore, Junior, and Graduate Student |
March 4, 2019 |
2019-03-04 | |
*Cal State DC Scholars |
All |
Summer Internship |
Juniors Senior, and Graduate Student |
Dec. 6, 2019 |
2019-12-06 | |
Goldwater Scholarship |
Mathematics, Natural Science, Engineering |
Undergraduate Funding |
Sophomore or Junior |
TBD
|
Nov. 29, 2019 |
2019-11-29 |
Udall Scholarship |
STEM, |
Undergraduate Funding |
Sophomore or Junior |
Jan. 17, 2020 |
2020-1-17 | |
US-UK Summer Institutes Fulbright |
All |
RT airfare, tuition and fees, accommodation and meals, in some cases, daily allowance |
Freshman or Sophomore |
Feb. 11, 2020 | 2020-02-11 | |
Schwarzman Scholarship |
All |
International Graduate Study |
Senior or Recent Graduate |
Oct. 2020 |
2020-10-01 | |
Marshall Scholarship |
All |
International Graduate Study |
Spring/Summer of Junior Year |
Aug. 2020 |
2020-08-01 | |
Mitchell Scholarship |
All |
International Graduate Study |
Spring/Summer of Junior Year |
Aug. 2020 |
2020-08-01 | |
Rhodes Scholarship |
All |
International Graduate Study |
Spring/Summer of Junior Year |
Aug. 2020 |
2020-08-01 |
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*Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Public Service Weekends |
All | Fully funded 3 day weekend | Sophomore, Junior, Senior |
Sept. 12, 2019 |
2019-09-12 | |
*Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute Intensive 7-week summer program at one of five universities (Carnegie Mellon University, Princeton University, UC Berkeley, University of Michigan, and University of Minnesota) that focuses on preparing students for graduate school in public and international affairs and careers as policy professionals, public administrators, and other leadership roles in public service. |
All | Summer Study | Junior | Nov. 1, 2019 | 2019-11-01 | |
*Veterans in Global Leadership Fellowship The program aims to select 30 student veterans to attend a program about scholarship or fellowship development, career guidance, and networking. Strong preference will be given to candidates with a passion for service, a commitment to assist other veterans, an entrepreneurial spirit, a strong work ethic, and proven leadership skills. |
All | Leadership Program | TBA |
TBA |
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*HACU National Internship Program Paid internships throughout the country offered in the spring, summer, and fall. Students gain hands-on work experience in federal agencies, corporations, or other internships. |
All | Internship (spring, summer, fall) | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior |
July 5, 2019 |
2019-07-05 | |
*Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Program U.S. State Department program administered by Howard University that seeks to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers as diplomats in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. The program offers a six-week summer program for undergraduates at Howard University. |
All | Summer |
Sophomore, Junior, & Senior |
Feb. 4, 2020 |
2020-02-04 | |
*Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program U.S. State Department program administered by Howard University that seeks to attract and prepare outstanding young people for careers as diplomats in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Department of State. The program offers a graduate fellowship for students seeking admission to graduate school and employment in the Foreign Service. |
All | Graduate Study | Senior, College Graduate | Sept. 24, 2019 | 2019-09-24 | |
*Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs Nine-month program which uses the city (New York, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and San Francisco) as a classroom to train the next generation of change makers. |
All | 9 month program | Senior & Recent Graduate | Jan. 9, 2019 | 2019-01-09 | |
*Knight-Hennessy Scholarship |
All | Graduate Study | Spring/Summer of Junior Year | Oct. 2020 | 2020-10-01 | |
*Amgen Scholars Program Research opportunity in the U.S. or Asia for students interested in a science/engineering career. Great for students interested in Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. |
STEM | Summer Research (national or international) | Sophomore, Junior, or Non-graduating Senior | Feb. 3, 2020 | 2020-02-03 | |
*James C. Gaither Junior Fellows (Carnegie Fellows) Yearlong employment in the area of international affairs. |
All | Paid Employment | Senior or Recent Graduate | Dr. James Tarbox | Jan. 2020 | 2020-01-01 |
*DAAD The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the world's largest funding organization for the international exchange of students and researchers. The organization offers study programs, summer, and STEM internships via the DAAD RISE program. |
All | Research, study, summer, language study, internship | Sophomore, Junior, Senior | Dec. 15, 2018 | 2018-12-15 | |
*NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Fellowships are awarded for graduate study leading to research based master's and doctoral degrees in STEM field or STEM education. Deadline varies depending on major) |
STEM field or STEM education | Graduate Study | Senior, first and second year graduate student | Oct. 21-25, 2019 | 2019-10-21 | |
*Humanity in Action (HIA) Fellowship |
All | International | Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Recent graduate | Jan. 6, 2019 | 2019-01-06 | |
*Institute for the Recruitment of Teachers |
All | Summer Graduate School Prep | Junior or Senior | March 1, 2020 | 2020-03-01 | |
*Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship |
International affairs, area studies, political science, public administration, economics, language, security studies, etc. | Graduate study, internship, professional development | Junior, Senior, Completed Undergrad | Sept. 17, 2019 | 2019-09-17 | |
*Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Congressional Internship Offers summer and semester internship in Washington, D.C. for Latino undergraduate students to experience working in a congressional office while participating in professional and leadership development and civic engagement through community service. Roundtrip airfare, housing, stipend, and public transportation benefits are included. Internships available for Spring 2020, Summer 2020, and Fall 2020. |
All | Internship | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior | Oct. 15, 2019; Dec. 1, 2019; Feb. 15, 2020 |
2019-10-15; 2019-12-01; 2020-02-15 | |
*Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Graduate Fellowship Program Nine-month fellowship provides work experience, access to powerful Latino network, and opportunity to organize a Capitol Hill Policy Brief. Roundtrip airfare, stipend, and public transportation benefits are included. |
Energy, housing, health, law, education | Employment | Completed Master's or J.D. | Jan. 30, 2020 | 2020-01-30 | |
*Hertz Foundation Fellowship Provides financial and fellowship support to PhD students in applied physical, biological, and engineering sciences. |
Applied physical, biological, and engineering | Graduate Study | Senior or First Year Graduate Student | Oct. 24, 2018 | 2018-10-24 | |
*AERA Undergraduate Student Education Research Training Workshop Designed to assist undergraduate students who plan to pursue doctoral degrees in education research or in disciplines that examine education issues. |
All | Workshop at AERA conference, pre-graduate funding | Sophomore, Junior, Senior | Nov. 8, 2019 | 2019-11-08 | |
*Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Public Policy Fellowship Program Paid nine-month fellowships that opens doors for talented young Latinos interested in a career in public policy. Roundtrip airfare, stipend, and public transportation benefits are included. |
All | Employment | Recent Graduate (within two years of program start date) | Jan. 30, 2020 | 2020-01-30 | |
*National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program NIH offers competitive scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research. Recipients are committed to two NIH service obligations (research training). |
Biomedical, behavioral, social science health related fields | Summer research, employment | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Non-Graduating Senior | March 18, 2020 | 2020-03-18 | |
*Madison Fellowship Offers graduate school funding to individuals pursuing a career teaching American history, American government, or any other social studies class where you will teach topics on the American Constitution at the secondary school level. Master's degrees must focus on the study of the Constitution. |
All | Graduate Study | Senior | March 1, 2020 | 2020-03-01 | |
*Mount Vernon Leadership Fellows Six-week summer institute for rising college juniors focusing on leadership development. Students meet with some of the nation's top leaders and work on individual capstone projects. |
All | Leadership Program | Sophomore | Jan. 31, 2020 | 2020-01-31 | |
*Gates Cambridge Scholarship A scholarship which funds graduate study in any discipline at the University of Cambridge. |
All | Graduate Study | Spring/Summer of Junior Year | Oct. 2020 | 2020-10-01 | |
Critical Language Scholarship Fully funded seven to ten week summer language institutes in critical-need foreign languages. |
All | Summer international language study | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior | Nov. 2020 | 2020-11-01 | |
Fulbright Student Grant The grant offers students the opportunity to research, study, serve as a teaching assistant, or pursue a degree abroad. |
All | Graduate Study, Research, Teach | Spring/Summer of Junior Year | Dr. Nancy Marlin and Dr. Edith Benkov | Oct. 4, 2019 | 2019-10-04 |
Boren Scholarship Award funds study abroad programs which focus on foreign languages critical to U.S. national security. Federal service requirement upon graduation such as State Department, Defense Sector, Homeland Security, or Intelligence Community. |
All | Study Abroad, language study | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior | Ryan McLemore | Jan. 5, 2019 | 2019-01-05 |
*Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship Graduate studies funding and stipend in the STEM fields related to teaching. Includes admission to a master's degree program at a partner university in Georgia and Pennsylvania. |
STEM | Graduate study | Senior or Recent Graduate | March 16, 2020 | 2020-03-16 | |
*Hispanic Scholarship Fund Funding for students of Hispanic heritage to obtain a college degree or graduate degree. |
All | Funding for college or graduate school | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student | Feb. 15, 2020 | 2020-02-15 | |
*Ford Foundation Fellowship Three years of funding support and annual stipend for graduate study leading to a Ph.D. or Sc.D. |
Biological & Biomedical Sciences; Ecological, Environmental, & Evolutionary Sciences; Education; Engineering; History; Interdisciplinary Studies; Literature &Languages; Performance Studies, Communication, & Art History; Philosophy & Religious Studies; Physical Sciences, Mathematics, & Computer Science; Psychology; Social Sciences; Social/Cultural Anthropology, and Archaeology; Sociology | Graduate Study | Senior or in the process of applying to graduate school | Dec. 17, 2019 | 2019-12-17 | |
CSU Sally Casanova Predoctoral Fellowship Award for pre-doctoral degree students interested in future faculty professions. Funds cover travel, development costs, and a separate award for a summer research experience. Students must meet with Cristina before submitting their application. Applications that have not been reviewed by Cristina will not be recommended and deleted. |
All | Pre-graduate funding, summer research | Junior, Senior, or Master's level | Cristina Sanchez | Feb. 8, 2019 | 2019-02-08 |
Chancellor's Doctoral Incentive Program (C-DIP) Offers financial assistance (loans) and mentorship by CSU faculty for doctoral students who want to teach within the CSU system. Forgivable loans with full-time or part-time CSU teaching appointments. |
All | Doctoral funding | New or continuing full-time doctoral students at U.S. accredited universities | Cristina Sanchez | Feb. 1, 2019 | 2019-02-01 |
*Capital Fellows Program Ten month fellowship program to work in the Assembly, Senate, Executive, and Judicial Administration branches of the California Senate. |
All | Graduate Study, work experience | Senior or Recent Graduate | Feb. 03, 2020 | 2020-02-03 | |
*Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Summer Internship Program Eight-week program in Washington, D.C. that places interns in U.S. congressional offices and federal agencies. |
All | Summer Internship | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Recent Graduate | Jan. 31, 2020 | 2020-01-31 | |
*FirstGen Fellows Ten-week summer program in Washington, D.C. for undergraduates who are the first in their immediate family to attend an institution of higher education and who are pursuing careers in social justice. |
All | Summer Program | First generation Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior | Jan. 20, 2020 | 2020-01-20 | |
*RISE Grad Prep Academy |
All | Graduate School Prep | Juniors | March 2019 | 2019-03-01 | |
*Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program This fellowship seeks to attract outstanding young people who are interested in pursuing careers in the Foreign Service of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The program provides funding, arranges internships, and professional development leading to employment in USAID. |
All | Graduate Study, Employment | Senior or College Graduate | Nov. 1, 2019 | 2019-11-01 | |
*Tillman Scholarship |
All | Funding for college or graduate school | Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior | Feb. 29, 2020 | 2020-02-29 | |
*Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Internships |
All | Internship | Sophomore, Junior, Senior, or Recent Graduates | March 20, 2020 | 2020-03-20 | |
*Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellowship |
All | Employment | Graduate or professional degree completed prior to start of fellowship | Jan. 17, 2020 | 2020-01-17 | |
*Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies |
All | Employment | Graduate or professional degree completed prior to start of fellowship | Feb. 11, 2019 | 2019-02-11 | |
Gilman Scholarship |
All | Study Abroad | Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior | SDSU Study Abroad Office | Oct. 1, 2019 | 2019-10-01 |
*Clinton Global Initiative University Students create their own commitments to action that address issues on campus, in local communities, or around the world. CGI U hosts a meeting where students, university representatives, topic experts, and celebrities come together to discuss and develop innovative solutions to pressing global challenges. |
All | Funding for project |
Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, or Senior | Nov. 4 2019 | 2019-11-04 | |
*Montgomery Summer Research Diversity Fellowships in Law & Social Science for Undergraduate
Students |
Social science or humanities | Research, employment | Sophomore or Junior year | Jan. 22, 2020 | 2020-01-22 | |
*UCLA Law Fellows Program |
All | Weekend Study | Undergraduates and college graduates | Nov. 15, 2019 | 2019-11-15 | |
*Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship |
All | Summer Study Abroad | Freshman or Sophomore year | Feb. 14, 2020 | 2020-02-14 | |
*UC Berkeley Public Policy and International Affairs Law Fellowship |
All | Summer Study | Junior * | Nov. 1, 2019 | 2019-11-01 | |
*American Conservatory Theater Fellowship |
Theater or some experience in theater | Employment | Senior year | April 2020 | 2020-4-01 | |
*John Lewis Fellowship |
All | Summer | Sophomore, Junior, or Senior Year | Jan. 6, 2019 | 2018-01-06 | |
*UCLA Riordan MBA Fellows |
All | Weekends | Senior year or recent graduate | April 05, 2020 | 2020-04-05 | |
*Comcast Fellowships |
All | Summer | Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year | April 2020 | 2020-4-01 | |
*UCLA Riordan College to Career |
All | One week in June | Freshmen, Sophomore, or Junior, non graduating Seniors | March 29, 2020 | 2020-3-29 | |
*College to Congress |
All | Summer internship | Junior, Senior, Recent graduates |
Oct. 31, 2019; Nov. 30, 2019 |
2019-10-31; 2019-11-30 | |
*Lead for America |
All | Employment | Seniors, Recent graduates |
Oct. 1, 2019 |
2019-10-01 |
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*UCI Pre-Law Outreach Program |
All | Law School Preparation, Weekend Session | Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors | March 20, 2019 | 2019-03-20 | |
*Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning |
All | Graduate School | Senior or college graduate | March 2, 2020 | 2020-03-02 | |
*Postsecondary National Policy Institute |
All | Summer Internship | Junior or Senior, Graduate Student | March 2, 2020 | 2020-03-02 | |
*FAO Schwarz Fellowship |
All | Employment | Seniors | Feb. 15, 2020 | 2020-02-15 |