Financial Support

Additional Sources of Funding

HFA Dean's Prize Teaching Fellowship - Now Accepting Applications

Thanks to a generous gift from Mr. Steven and Barbara Mendell, the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts is offering a Dean's Prize Teaching Fellowship. This award is intended to reward excellence in teaching and to encourage curricular design and pedagogical practices that integrate scholarly research into undergraduate teaching. Prize-winners are appointed as Teaching Associates for one quarter to offer an independently-taught seminar developed in consultation with a faculty mentor and the department or program in which the course will be taught. In addition to a regular Teaching Associate appointment, each Dean's Prize Teaching Fellow receives a supplemental stipend and a research account to assist in the development of the course or activities related to the syllabus. Applications are now being accepted for the 2008-2009 academic year.
Application deadline is April 28, 2008.
Prize Description and Application Details
Application Cover Sheet

Graduate Council Travel Grants

Available to doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy, or M.F.A. students in their second year and in candidacy, who have been invited to present a research paper at a scholarly meeting, or to give a performance, or to present the results of research before a distinguished audience. Students are eligible to receive support for one trip during their scholarly career. Applicants must be registered or on an approved leave of absence. Students in joint degree programs are eligible for up to one-half of the regular allocation. Student applications for travel funds must be accompanied by an abstract of the paper to be presented, a copy of the formal invitation, and a letter of support from the student's advisor indicating the importance of the forum. The conference must be an important one to the discipline; preference will be given to travel associated with potential academic employment. Funds are limited; applications are accepted year-round until funds are expended or until May 15, whichever occurs first. For information and application form visit Graduate Division Forms and Petitions.

Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC) Predoctoral Fellowships

IHC grants are awarded to doctoral students who have advanced to candidacy by the application deadline and advanced M.F.A. candidates whose research facilitates dialogue across the traditional disciplinary boundaries within the Arts and Humanities, and/or between the Arts & Humanities, Sciences, and Social Sciences. Each award carries a stipend of $4,500, with payment of basic resident fees for one quarter of the academic year. Fellowship recipients are not allowed to hold other campus fellowships or employment during the tenure of the fellowship quarter. For complete information, see the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center website.

California State University Forgivable Loan/Doctoral Incentive Program

The Forgivable Loan Program/Doctoral Incentive Program is a competitive program that provides loans to a limited number of full-time doctoral students at accredited universities across the United States . The purpose of the program is to increase the pool of individuals who show promise of becoming strong candidates for California State University instructional faculty positions with the motivation, skills, and experience needed to teach a diverse student body. For complete information, please visit the California State University Chancellor's Forgivable Loan Program .