Internal Fellowships and Scholarships

The California Pre-Doctoral Program prepares CSU students who aspire to careers as future faculty to apply to and succeed in doctoral programs. Its mission is to ensure that students from all communities have clear pathways to research doctorates.

The Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) prepares promising doctoral students for careers as CSU faculty. CDIP Fellows receive mentorship from CSU faculty, professional development and financial support in the form grants and loans.

The Graduate Equity Fellowship provides fellowships for economically disadvantaged CSU students who have had success in overcoming educational disadvantages and promotes faculty mentoring and research opportunities

The Graduate Student Travel Fund scholarship is an award of up to $1,000 given to students for travel associate with research, scholarship or creative activities. 

A competitive one-year $10,000 scholarship to support recruitment, retention, and timely degree completion for excellent master’s students engaged in scholarship advancing the university's goals for research and creative activity.

A competitive program providing a non-resident tuition waiver (NRTW) for out-of-state and international students. It waives the $444 per unit fee for non-resident students for the 2025-2026 academic year.

A competitive two-year fellowship with a minimum annual stipend of $30,000. In one year, the student is funded by the College of Graduate Studies; in the other year, the student is funded by a matching commitment made by the faculty mentor.

A prestigious regional competition for institutions to showcase innovation and creativity by their graduate students in four award categories.

Funding for graduate students who have advanced to candidacy to complete the research, scholarly, and creative activity component of their thesis or dissertation.

A two-year fellowship was supported by one-time funding from Division of Research and Innovation (DRI) and the College of Graduate Studies (CGS) in partnership with the individual colleges. The fellows, who were nominated by their program directors, received an annual stipend of $30,000.