Major
Class Level
Focus
Application
Application Deadline
Application Location
Award Date
Award Amount
Major German and other foreign languages
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize outstanding achievement among students in the German program and in other programs within the department of Foreign Languages & Literatures
Application Application; transcript; statement; letter of recommendation from full-time faculty member; minimum overall GPA of 3.0 , 3.5 in major
Application Deadline First Wednesday in November
Application Location Foreign languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Beginning of Spring semester
Award Amount $600 (two)
Major Museum Studies
Class Level Second year graduates
Focus To fund travel to professional meetings, workshops, or short courses sponsored by museums or museum associations
Application
Application Deadline Check with Department
Application Location Museum Studies Program, HUM 514
Award Date
Award Amount $100
Major English Literature
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To provide a scholarship award for an SFSU undergraduate pursuing a degree as a declared major in English Literature
Application Transcript; personal statement; two letters of recommendation, at least one from an SFSU literature teacher
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Major English Language Literature
Class Level Graduates
Focus To provide financial support for graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in literary study
Application Transcript; statements of intent and financial need; minimum GPA of 3.0 in English classes
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Major Classical Archeology-even years/Italian-odd years
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize achievement in Italian studies or Classical Archeology
Application Transcript; statement
Application Deadline April 14, 2006
Application Location HUM 484, 377, 475
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Major German
Class Level Graduates
Focus Provides financial assistance to future of present teachers of German to study at SFSU after they have received their B.A.
Application
Application Deadline
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date
Award Amount
Major Any
Class Level undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide financial support for students interested in literature based on queer/gay/lesbian/bisexual/transsexual perspectives.
Application Personal statement and unofficial transcript
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Dept Office, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $1000
Major Any
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize excellence in novel writing.
Application Novel or novel in progress-at least 50 pages, sponsored by Creative Writing teacher
Application Deadline Fall (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $100
Major Creative Writing
Class Level entering graduates
Focus To attract entering graduates into the M.A. or M.F.A. program in Poetry
Application No application process; recipient selected from M.A./M.F.A. poetry applications
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500
Major Any in the College of Humanities
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To provide a scholarship to an undergraduate pursuing a degree in the College Of Humanities
Application Transcript; list of current courses; two letters of recommendation, at least one from an instructor; personal statement; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline November 15, 2006
Application Location College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $1,500
Major Creative Writing
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize achievement in poetry writing
Application Submit one to three poems
Application Deadline Fall (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $100
Major Foreign Languages, first preference being Italian
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize an academically outstanding, full time student with demonstrated financial need
Application FAFSA; minimum GPA of 3.0 for undergraduates, 3.5 for graduates
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures, HUM 475
Award Date
Award Amount
Major French
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To encourage meritorious students majoring in French who need financial assistance
Application Application; minimum GPA of 3.0; financial need
Application Deadline first Wednesday in April
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures, HUM 475
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount 1-4 awards of $250
Major Any
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus Play of any length on a theme of lesbian or gay experience
Application Submit original, unpublished play for stage production
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $2000, $250, $250
Major Any
Class Level Undergraduates, graduates & non-students
Focus To honor outstanding works of prose/poetry by writers with no published books
Application No application required; all work in published in Fourteen Hills in the academic year of the award is considered
Application Deadline
Application Location
Award Date
Award Amount
Major Any in College of Humanities or Liberal Studies, Areas I or IV, language studies emphasis
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus Eligibility and Qualifications: You must be a re-entry graduate or undergraduate student enrolled at SFSU for no more than three semesters. Your major or graduate program must be in a College of Humanities Department or Program (Classics, Creative Writing, Comparative and World Literature, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Humanities, Jewish Studies, Journalism, Museum Studies, Philosophy, Speech and Communications Studies, Technical and Professional Writing, Women Studies or in the Liberal Studies emphasis [Areas I or IV, Language Studies emphasis]).
Application 1) Pick-up an application form in HUM 484, College of Humanities Administrative Office.
2) Submit a letter of recommendation and a copy of your SFSU transcript or Admission Letter to verify re-entry status. A recommendation letter from faculty in
Application Deadline November 15, 2006
Application Location College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date depends on availability of funds
Award Amount $500
Major Italian
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide scholarship awards for students pursuing a degree in Italian
Application Transcript; two letters of recommendation, one from a teacher; statement; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Major Italian
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide scholarships for students majoring in the Italian Program
Application Transcript; letter stating need; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Fall, 2006
Award Amount $1000
Major Any
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To reward innovative promise in poetry in the work of an SFSU undergraduate; preference given to female applicants
Application Undergraduate selection based on faculty recommendation
Application Deadline Fall (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount prize varies
Major any in the College of Humanities other than the Department of Humanities
Class Level Graduates and undergraduates
Focus To support classified graduate and undergraduate students pursuing a degree within the College of Humanities other than the Department of Humanities. Majors in the Department of Humanities are prohibited from applying for the College of Humanities Kaufmann scholarship. Majors in the
Department of Humanities should apply to the Departmental Kaufmann Scholarship
Application essay; 2 recommendation letters from faculty; transcript; min GPA of 3.25 for undergrads, 3.5 for grads.
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location College of Humanities, HUM 484
Award Date
Award Amount $1,500, amount may vary
Major Humanities
Class Level Undergraduates and Graduates
Focus Provides scholarships for SFSU students currently pursuing a degree in the Humanities Department. Grad applicants must have already completed 6 units toward the Humanities M.A. degree by the time of application, must be enrolled in at least 3 units at the time of application and at the time of receipt, and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Undergrad applicants must have completed 12 units toward the B.A. in Humanities, and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Application Cover sheet; unofficial transcript; 2 letter of recommendation from Humanities Dep’t. faculty members; statement on the significance of the Humanities M.A. program to applicant; statement of financial need.
Application Deadline first Wednesday in April
Application Location HUM 410
Award Date
Award Amount $2,000 or more; amount may vary
Major M.A. English: Linguistics/M.A. English: TESOL
Class Level Graduates
Focus To support deserving graduate students in Language Studies Program of the English Department
Application Financial need; application; statements; transcript; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Beginning of Fall semester
Award Amount Up to five awards will be given for at least $500 each
Major German
Class Level Graduate
Focus To recognize outstanding achievement among students working for their M.A. in the German Program enrolled in the M.A. program in German.
Application mininimum GPA of 3.5 in major; applicants should have completed at least 6 units in the German Program at SFSU.
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Dept., HUM 475; College of Humanities, HUM 484
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $600
Major French
Class Level Junior/ Senior with declared major or minor; classified Graduate
Focus To assist in defraying the airfare expenses of undergraduate and graduate students of French studying one full academic year in France through the CSU Study Abroad Program.
Application Transcript, Essay, Acceptance into a Study Abroad Program from the SFSU Office of International Programs
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location HUM 475
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount Varies
Major Speech & Communication Studies
Class Level Graduates
Focus Awards for students interested in studying or advancing the role of women in communication
Application Transcript with current courses; letters of recommendation; statement; financial need
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Speech & Communications Studies Department, HUM 282
Award Date (check with department)
Award Amount $350
Major any
Class Level Undergraduates, graduates & non-students
Focus To award creative writing efforts that show excellence and thereby attract applicants to the Creative Writing program
Application Transcript; 10-page sample of creative writing expressing social conscience
Application Deadline spring (check with program)
Application Location Poetry Center, HUM 511
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500
Major any
Class Level Undergraduates, graduates & non-students
Focus To publish a chapbook, and give cash awards of $500 to three unpublished poets (odd years)
Application Cover letter with name and anonymous manuscript; poets must be unpublished
Application Deadline Spring (check with department)
Application Location Poetry Center, HUM 511 (odd years), Theater Arts Department (even years)
Award Date chapbook published in the fall
Award Amount $500
Major Foreign Languages & Literatures
Class Level Upper division undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide support for native-born Californian, re-entry students, who are seeking a B.A. or M.A. after five years of absence from school
Application Transcript; letter of recommendation; statement; minimum GPA of 2.8
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Fall, 2006
Award Amount $1500
Major any
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To support SFSU students pursuing Modern Greek Studies
Application Transcript; statement; two letters of recommendation with at least one in MGS at SFSU; financial need statement
Application Deadline Spring (check with department)
Application Location check with Center for Modern Greek Studies, HUM 577
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount two at $600 or one at $1,200
Major Japanese
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To reward meritorious students pursuing studies in Japanese; to offer an incentive to major in Japanese; to commemorate Toshiko Mishima
Application Transcript; statement
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $600 (three)
Major Humanities, Classics, Museum Studies
Class Level Graduates
Focus To encourage interdisciplinary excellence in pursuit of the M.A. in Humanities, Classics, or Museum Studies
Application Transcript; two letters of recommendation from seminar instructors; statement; must have completed 12 graduate units; minimum GPA of 3. 5
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Humanities Department Office, HUM 410
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500
Major English Literature
Class Level graduates
Focus To fund graduate student travel for the purpose of presenting conference papers.
Application Abstract of paper proposal and acceptance letter from Conference organizers.
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Department (HUM 289)
Award Date Beginning of either fall or spring semester
Award Amount $250
Major Any in College of Humanities
Class Level Graduates
Focus To provide a scholarship to a graduate student pursuing a degree in the Humanities; student can receive award once only
Application Minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline November 15, 2006
Application Location College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Beginning of Fall and/or Beginning of Spring
Award Amount $500
Major Undergraduates enrolled in Classics or CWL course(s) for the semester in which award is granted
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To support excellence in undergraduate writing and composition; paper must be written as part of a regular course in one of these two departments
Application Application and paper; nomination by faculty member or self-nomination by student
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Classics/CWL Department Office, HUM 377; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $125 each (two awards, one Classics and one Comparative & World Literature)
Major Undergraduates enrolled in English course for the semester in which award is granted
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To give a prize for an essay written in an undergraduate English class during the semester in which the award is granted
Application Application and essay; paper must be submitted without name and coded; faculty will nominate essays
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $250
Major Undergraduates enrolled in a Jewish Studies course for the semester in which award is granted
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To support excellence in undergraduates enrolled in any Jewish Studies course during the semester in which the award is granted
Application Application; writing project relevant to Jewish Studies: research paper or exegetical work of Jewish text
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Jewish Studies Department, HUM 416
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $125 (two)
Major Classics/Comparative & World Literature
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To support travel for archaeological field study, for study at a foreign university where courses are taught in the native language, or formal study of a foreign language
Application Transcript; 2-3 page essay about field work, course work, or language study; advisor's statement; report after return
Application Deadline April 7, 2006
Application Location Classics/CWL Department Office, HUM 377; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Summer, or fall semester
Award Amount $750 (two)
Major Technical & Professional Writing
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide a scholarship to a student pursuing a degree or certificate in TPW with a TPW career goal
Application Transcript; list of courses; personal statement; optional employment resume; minimum GPA of 3.25 in TPW courses
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Technical & Professional Writing, HUM 414
Award Date (check with department)
Award Amount $500
Major Speech and Communication Studies
Class Level Undergraduates and graduates
Focus To provide a scholarship for an SFSU student majoring in Speech and Communication Studies.
Application Transcript; list of current courses; letter of recommendation; at least one from a teacher; personal statement; minimum GPA 3.0.
Application Deadline
Application Location Speech & Communication Studies Dept., HUM 282
Award Date
Award Amount $250
Major Any, but preference given to Women Studies, Labor Studies, and programs examining social change
Class Level Undergraduates (first semester junior to first semester senior) & graduates
Focus To enable recipients in immediate financial need to remain in school;to recognize the special financial needs of women students
Application Transcript; letter of recommendation; statement; minimum GPA of 3. 0
Application Deadline Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Application Location Women Studies Department, HUM 315; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Beginning of Spring semester
Award Amount $1000 (two, one undergraduate and one graduate)
Major English: MA TESOL
Class Level Graduates
Focus To help support travel and expenses for two M.A. TESOL students attending the annual TESOL convention
Application Three copies of a statement about why the student wants to attend the convention, and how it will benefit the student and others; financial need
Application Deadline Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500 (two)
Major Classics/Classical Archaeology
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize the achievement of students in Classical studies
Application Transcript; statement; minimum GPA of 3. 0
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Classics Department, HUM 377; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Fall & Spring semester
Award Amount Undergraduate $1000; Graduate $1,500 each (two awards--one Greek, one Latin)
Major Classics majors and minors
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide awards for the best written translations of a selection(s) from an ancient Greek or Latin author
Application Original translation of a selection(s) from a Greek or Latin author, prose or poetry, minimum of 100 lines
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Classics Department, HUM 377
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount two-$350, $150
Major Any, but must be enrolled in a Creative Writing class
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize achievement in fiction writing for the short story
Application Submit a short story to a Creative Writing instructor; nomination by instructor
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $250, but may vary
Major Any discipline, but preference will be given to students majoring in Women Studies.
Class Level Junior/Senior, Graduating Senior, Graduate
Focus To promote the topical studies of women and gender issues in the Muslim and Arab worlds.
Application Undergraduates submit an essay; Graduates submit their research proposal or thesis abstract and outline; minimum GPA of 3.0; Undergraduates must be enrolled in at least 9 units; Graduates 3 units.
Application Deadline First Wednesday in November
Application Location Women Studies Department, HUM 315; College Office, HUM 484.
Award Date Spring Semester
Award Amount $1000 (two, undergraduate and graduate)
Major Creative Writing
Class Level Entering graduates
Focus To attract entering graduates to the M.A. or M.F.A. program in Creative Writing
Application No application process; recipient selected from M.A./M.F.A. applications
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date (check with department)
Award Amount $500 but may vary
Scholarship
Class Level
Focus
Application
Application Deadline
Application Location
Award Date
Award Amount
Scholarship Clark Gross Award in the Novel
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize excellence in novel writing.
Application Novel or novel in progress-at least 50 pages, sponsored by Creative Writing teacher
Application Deadline Fall (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $100
Scholarship Highsmith, James Drama Award
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus Play of any length on a theme of lesbian or gay experience
Application Submit original, unpublished play for stage production
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $2000, $250, $250
Scholarship Holmes Award
Class Level Undergraduates, graduates & non-students
Focus To honor outstanding works of prose/poetry by writers with no published books
Application No application required; all work in published in Fourteen Hills in the academic year of the award is considered
Application Deadline
Application Location
Award Date
Award Amount
Scholarship Jaffer, Frances Poetry Prize
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To reward innovative promise in poetry in the work of an SFSU undergraduate; preference given to female applicants
Application Undergraduate selection based on faculty recommendation
Application Deadline Fall (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount prize varies
Scholarship Lorde, Audre Creative Writing Award
Class Level Undergraduates, graduates & non-students
Focus To award creative writing efforts that show excellence and thereby attract applicants to the Creative Writing program
Application Transcript; 10-page sample of creative writing expressing social conscience
Application Deadline spring (check with program)
Application Location Poetry Center, HUM 511
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Lossy, Rella Poetry Award
Class Level Undergraduates, graduates & non-students
Focus To publish a chapbook, and give cash awards of $500 to three unpublished poets (odd years)
Application Cover letter with name and anonymous manuscript; poets must be unpublished
Application Deadline Spring (check with department)
Application Location Poetry Center, HUM 511 (odd years), Theater Arts Department (even years)
Award Date chapbook published in the fall
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Maskaleris, Thanasis
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To support SFSU students pursuing Modern Greek Studies
Application Transcript; statement; two letters of recommendation with at least one in MGS at SFSU; financial need statement
Application Deadline Spring (check with department)
Application Location check with Center for Modern Greek Studies, HUM 577
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount two at $600 or one at $1,200
Scholarship Brogan, Jim and Jack Post Scholarship
Class Level undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide financial support for students interested in literature based on queer/gay/lesbian/bisexual/transsexual perspectives.
Application Personal statement and unofficial transcript
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Dept Office, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $1000
Scholarship Women Studies Scholarship Fund (Women & Gender Issues in Muslim & Arab Worlds)
Class Level Junior/Senior, Graduating Senior, Graduate
Focus To promote the topical studies of women and gender issues in the Muslim and Arab worlds.
Application Undergraduates submit an essay; Graduates submit their research proposal or thesis abstract and outline; minimum GPA of 3.0; Undergraduates must be enrolled in at least 9 units; Graduates 3 units.
Application Deadline First Wednesday in November
Application Location Women Studies Department, HUM 315; College Office, HUM 484.
Award Date Spring Semester
Award Amount $1000 (two, undergraduate and graduate)
Scholarship Ott, Judith Anne Scholarship
Class Level Graduates
Focus To provide a scholarship to a graduate student pursuing a degree in the Humanities; student can receive award once only
Application Minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline November 15, 2006
Application Location College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Beginning of Fall and/or Beginning of Spring
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Howard, Carolyn Irene Memorial Scholarship
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus Eligibility and Qualifications: You must be a re-entry graduate or undergraduate student enrolled at SFSU for no more than three semesters. Your major or graduate program must be in a College of Humanities Department or Program (Classics, Creative Writing, Comparative and World Literature, English, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Humanities, Jewish Studies, Journalism, Museum Studies, Philosophy, Speech and Communications Studies, Technical and Professional Writing, Women Studies or in the Liberal Studies emphasis [Areas I or IV, Language Studies emphasis]).
Application 1) Pick-up an application form in HUM 484, College of Humanities Administrative Office.
2) Submit a letter of recommendation and a copy of your SFSU transcript or Admission Letter to verify re-entry status. A recommendation letter from faculty in
Application Deadline November 15, 2006
Application Location College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date depends on availability of funds
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Evans, Hsu, Kauffman Scholarship
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To provide a scholarship to an undergraduate pursuing a degree in the College Of Humanities
Application Transcript; list of current courses; two letters of recommendation, at least one from an instructor; personal statement; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline November 15, 2006
Application Location College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $1,500
Scholarship Kaufmann, Edward B. (College of Humanities)
Class Level Graduates and undergraduates
Focus To support classified graduate and undergraduate students pursuing a degree within the College of Humanities other than the Department of Humanities. Majors in the Department of Humanities are prohibited from applying for the College of Humanities Kaufmann scholarship. Majors in the
Department of Humanities should apply to the Departmental Kaufmann Scholarship
Application essay; 2 recommendation letters from faculty; transcript; min GPA of 3.25 for undergrads, 3.5 for grads.
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location College of Humanities, HUM 484
Award Date
Award Amount $1,500, amount may vary
Scholarship Wilner Award in the Short Story
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize achievement in fiction writing for the short story
Application Submit a short story to a Creative Writing instructor; nomination by instructor
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $250, but may vary
Scholarship Stern, Marjorie H. Scholarship
Class Level Undergraduates (first semester junior to first semester senior) & graduates
Focus To enable recipients in immediate financial need to remain in school;to recognize the special financial needs of women students
Application Transcript; letter of recommendation; statement; minimum GPA of 3. 0
Application Deadline Wednesday, November 2, 2005
Application Location Women Studies Department, HUM 315; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Beginning of Spring semester
Award Amount $1000 (two, one undergraduate and one graduate)
Scholarship Becker-Colonna, Andreina Scholarship Fund
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize achievement in Italian studies or Classical Archeology
Application Transcript; statement
Application Deadline April 14, 2006
Application Location HUM 484, 377, 475
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Ungaretti, John Translation Scholarship Award
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide awards for the best written translations of a selection(s) from an ancient Greek or Latin author
Application Original translation of a selection(s) from a Greek or Latin author, prose or poetry, minimum of 100 lines
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Classics Department, HUM 377
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount two-$350, $150
Scholarship Trapp, Richard Scholarship in Classical Studies
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize the achievement of students in Classical studies
Application Transcript; statement; minimum GPA of 3. 0
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Classics Department, HUM 377; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Fall & Spring semester
Award Amount Undergraduate $1000; Graduate $1,500 each (two awards--one Greek, one Latin)
Scholarship Society for Classical & Comparative Studies (Travel Scholarship)
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To support travel for archaeological field study, for study at a foreign university where courses are taught in the native language, or formal study of a foreign language
Application Transcript; 2-3 page essay about field work, course work, or language study; advisor's statement; report after return
Application Deadline April 7, 2006
Application Location Classics/CWL Department Office, HUM 377; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Summer, or fall semester
Award Amount $750 (two)
Scholarship Dickey, William Fellowship
Class Level entering graduates
Focus To attract entering graduates into the M.A. or M.F.A. program in Poetry
Application No application process; recipient selected from M.A./M.F.A. poetry applications
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Fields, Ann Award in Poetry
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize achievement in poetry writing
Application Submit one to three poems
Application Deadline Fall (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $100
Scholarship Ylvisaker, Miriam Fellowship in Fiction
Class Level Entering graduates
Focus To attract entering graduates to the M.A. or M.F.A. program in Creative Writing
Application No application process; recipient selected from M.A./M.F.A. applications
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Creative Writing Department, HUM 380
Award Date (check with department)
Award Amount $500 but may vary
Scholarship Bassan, Ellanore and Maurice English Department Scholarship
Class Level Graduates
Focus To provide financial support for graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in literary study
Application Transcript; statements of intent and financial need; minimum GPA of 3.0 in English classes
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Scholarship ASW Scholarship Fund
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To provide a scholarship award for an SFSU undergraduate pursuing a degree as a declared major in English Literature
Application Transcript; personal statement; two letters of recommendation, at least one from an SFSU literature teacher
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Nakayama, Randall Memorial Scholarship
Class Level graduates
Focus To fund graduate student travel for the purpose of presenting conference papers.
Application Abstract of paper proposal and acceptance letter from Conference organizers.
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Department (HUM 289)
Award Date Beginning of either fall or spring semester
Award Amount $250
Scholarship TESOL Convention Scholarship
Class Level Graduates
Focus To help support travel and expenses for two M.A. TESOL students attending the annual TESOL convention
Application Three copies of a statement about why the student wants to attend the convention, and how it will benefit the student and others; financial need
Application Deadline Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500 (two)
Scholarship MacCollister, Helen Goodwin Scholarship Fund for Foreign Languages and Literature
Class Level Upper division undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide support for native-born Californian, re-entry students, who are seeking a B.A. or M.A. after five years of absence from school
Application Transcript; letter of recommendation; statement; minimum GPA of 2.8
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Fall, 2006
Award Amount $1500
Scholarship Finke, Antoinette Forgivable Loan
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize an academically outstanding, full time student with demonstrated financial need
Application FAFSA; minimum GPA of 3.0 for undergraduates, 3.5 for graduates
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures, HUM 475
Award Date
Award Amount
Scholarship French Program Scholarship
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To encourage meritorious students majoring in French who need financial assistance
Application Application; minimum GPA of 3.0; financial need
Application Deadline first Wednesday in April
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures, HUM 475
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount 1-4 awards of $250
Scholarship Liu, Robert L. Family Endowment - French Language and Culture Proficiency Award
Class Level Junior/ Senior with declared major or minor; classified Graduate
Focus To assist in defraying the airfare expenses of undergraduate and graduate students of French studying one full academic year in France through the CSU Study Abroad Program.
Application Transcript, Essay, Acceptance into a Study Abroad Program from the SFSU Office of International Programs
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location HUM 475
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount Varies
Scholarship Bosch, Robert Scholarship
Class Level Graduates
Focus Provides financial assistance to future of present teachers of German to study at SFSU after they have received their B.A.
Application
Application Deadline
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date
Award Amount
Scholarship Liedtke, Kurt German Graduate Scholarship
Class Level Graduate
Focus To recognize outstanding achievement among students working for their M.A. in the German Program enrolled in the M.A. program in German.
Application mininimum GPA of 3.5 in major; applicants should have completed at least 6 units in the German Program at SFSU.
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Dept., HUM 475; College of Humanities, HUM 484
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $600
Scholarship Antler, Anita Foreign Languages and Literatures Scholarship
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To recognize outstanding achievement among students in the German program and in other programs within the department of Foreign Languages & Literatures
Application Application; transcript; statement; letter of recommendation from full-time faculty member; minimum overall GPA of 3.0 , 3.5 in major
Application Deadline First Wednesday in November
Application Location Foreign languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Beginning of Spring semester
Award Amount $600 (two)
Scholarship Kaufmann, Edward B. (Department Scholarship)
Class Level Undergraduates and Graduates
Focus Provides scholarships for SFSU students currently pursuing a degree in the Humanities Department. Grad applicants must have already completed 6 units toward the Humanities M.A. degree by the time of application, must be enrolled in at least 3 units at the time of application and at the time of receipt, and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Undergrad applicants must have completed 12 units toward the B.A. in Humanities, and must have a minimum 3.0 GPA.
Application Cover sheet; unofficial transcript; 2 letter of recommendation from Humanities Dep’t. faculty members; statement on the significance of the Humanities M.A. program to applicant; statement of financial need.
Application Deadline first Wednesday in April
Application Location HUM 410
Award Date
Award Amount $2,000 or more; amount may vary
Scholarship Morrisey-Andersen Scholarship
Class Level Graduates
Focus To encourage interdisciplinary excellence in pursuit of the M.A. in Humanities, Classics, or Museum Studies
Application Transcript; two letters of recommendation from seminar instructors; statement; must have completed 12 graduate units; minimum GPA of 3. 5
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Humanities Department Office, HUM 410
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Iaccarino, Pietro Memorial Scholarship
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide scholarship awards for students pursuing a degree in Italian
Application Transcript; two letters of recommendation, one from a teacher; statement; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Italian Program Scholarships
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide scholarships for students majoring in the Italian Program
Application Transcript; letter stating need; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Fall, 2006
Award Amount $1000
Scholarship Mishima, Toshiko Memorial Fund
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To reward meritorious students pursuing studies in Japanese; to offer an incentive to major in Japanese; to commemorate Toshiko Mishima
Application Transcript; statement
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Foreign Languages & Literatures Department, HUM 475
Award Date Spring semester
Award Amount $600 (three)
Scholarship Kohn, James J. Scholarship
Class Level Graduates
Focus To support deserving graduate students in Language Studies Program of the English Department
Application Financial need; application; statements; transcript; minimum GPA of 3.0
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Beginning of Fall semester
Award Amount Up to five awards will be given for at least $500 each
Scholarship Arneson Travel Scholarship
Class Level Second year graduates
Focus To fund travel to professional meetings, workshops, or short courses sponsored by museums or museum associations
Application
Application Deadline Check with Department
Application Location Museum Studies Program, HUM 514
Award Date
Award Amount $100
Scholarship Lokey, Eva Scholarship
Class Level Graduates
Focus Awards for students interested in studying or advancing the role of women in communication
Application Transcript with current courses; letters of recommendation; statement; financial need
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Speech & Communications Studies Department, HUM 282
Award Date (check with department)
Award Amount $350
Scholarship Speech and Communication Studies Emerita Scholarship
Class Level Undergraduates and graduates
Focus To provide a scholarship for an SFSU student majoring in Speech and Communication Studies.
Application Transcript; list of current courses; letter of recommendation; at least one from a teacher; personal statement; minimum GPA 3.0.
Application Deadline
Application Location Speech & Communication Studies Dept., HUM 282
Award Date
Award Amount $250
Scholarship Society for Technical Communication
Class Level Undergraduates & graduates
Focus To provide a scholarship to a student pursuing a degree or certificate in TPW with a TPW career goal
Application Transcript; list of courses; personal statement; optional employment resume; minimum GPA of 3.25 in TPW courses
Application Deadline (check with department)
Application Location Technical & Professional Writing, HUM 414
Award Date (check with department)
Award Amount $500
Scholarship Ruth, Sara Prize- Jewish Studies
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To support excellence in undergraduates enrolled in any Jewish Studies course during the semester in which the award is granted
Application Application; writing project relevant to Jewish Studies: research paper or exegetical work of Jewish text
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location Jewish Studies Department, HUM 416
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $125 (two)
Scholarship Ruth, Sara Prize- Classics/Comparative & World Literature
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To support excellence in undergraduate writing and composition; paper must be written as part of a regular course in one of these two departments
Application Application and paper; nomination by faculty member or self-nomination by student
Application Deadline April 12, 2006
Application Location Classics/CWL Department Office, HUM 377; College of Humanities Office, HUM 484
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $125 each (two awards, one Classics and one Comparative & World Literature)
Scholarship Ruth, Sara Prize- English
Class Level Undergraduates
Focus To give a prize for an essay written in an undergraduate English class during the semester in which the award is granted
Application Application and essay; paper must be submitted without name and coded; faculty will nominate essays
Application Deadline First Wednesday in April
Application Location English Department, HUM 289
Award Date Fall semester
Award Amount $250
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