Our Opportunities

SJSU Spartan Scholarship applications are NOW availalbe. SJSU campus wide scholarships have a deadline of May 1st but departmental opportunities have various deadlines. Check back regularly for new scholarship opportunities.

STEP 1: Complete and SUBMIT the General Application. You can edit or update your application up until 11:59pm on the stated scholarship deadlines.
STEP 2: After submitting the General Application, you will be presented with a list of “Other Recommended Opportunities.” These scholarships may require additional information that is not included on the General Application. You are encouraged to click on each scholarship name to review the criteria. We encourage you to apply for all scholarships where you meet the additional requirements. (You will be automatically matched to most scholarship opportunities in the database after you submit your General Application.)
STEP 3: Continue to monitor the available scholarship applications by logging in frequently **You will only have access to recommended scholarship opportunities after submitting the General Application.

Click HERE for instructions and tips on how to apply for scholarships on the Spartan Scholarship website.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$5,000.00	Alumni Association Dean's Scholarship - Social Sciences Open to graduate and undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences with overall 3.0 GPA or higher. Applicants must demonstrate... Open to graduate and undergraduate students in the College of Social... Deadline: 03/01/2020 Award: $5,000.00	Deadline03/01/2020
varies	College of Social Sciences Scholarships Each year, the College of Social Sciences offers scholarships to students majoring in one of the College’s Departments. These College scholarships... Each year, the College of Social Sciences offers scholarships to... Deadline: 03/01/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/01/2020
Varies	Dean's Study Abroad and International Field Work Scholarship This scholarship is awarded to high-achieving undergraduate or graduate students studying or conducting research outside the United States. It was... This scholarship is awarded to high-achieving undergraduate or graduate... Deadline: 03/01/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/01/2020
$7,500.00	Gerald M. Starek Family Alumni Association Scholarships Scholarships are awarded to incoming freshman, transfers, and current undergraduate students whose major is within the Department of Accounting and... Scholarships are awarded to incoming freshman, transfers, and current... Deadline: 03/01/2020 Award: $7,500.00	Deadline03/01/2020
$1,000.00	Global Operations Management (GOM) Scholarship Scholarship intended for current SJSU Global Operations Management (GOM) Scholarship students who demonstrate high academic achievement and/or show... Scholarship intended for current SJSU Global Operations Management (GOM)... Deadline: 03/01/2020 Award: $1,000.00	Deadline03/01/2020
Varies	Les Francis Scholarship for Civic Education The Les Francis Scholarship for Civic Education was created by Les Francis and endowed by Mr. Francis and his many friends, admirers, and fellow... The Les Francis Scholarship for Civic Education was created by Les... Deadline: 03/01/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/01/2020
varies	Charlie Whitcomb International Scholarship Scholarships for Health & Human Sciences majors with cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 who have been accepted into an SJSU study abroad program. Scholarships for Health & Human Sciences majors with cumulative GPA of... Deadline: 03/02/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/02/2020
$500	Dean's Fund for Excellence in the College of Health and Human Sciences - Study Abroad The Faculty-Led Program is a unique way to introduce students to the idea of the world as an educational resource while giving students who may... The Faculty-Led Program is a unique way to introduce students to the... Deadline: 03/02/2020 Award: $500	Deadline03/02/2020
$0.00	David J. Powers Scholarship Student must be enrolled full time, qualify for financial aid, and demonstrate a commitment to preserving or improving the environment. This... Student must be enrolled full time, qualify for financial aid, and... Deadline: 03/13/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/13/2020
varies	Archie Case Interior Design Scholarship Endowment For undergraduate students enrolled in the Interior Design Program with a minimum GPA of 3.0. For undergraduate students enrolled in the Interior Design Program with... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
$0.00	CADRE DMA Student Scholarship Students need to be pursuing a degree in Digital Media Art within the Department of Art and Art History at San Jose State University. $1,000 –... Students need to be pursuing a degree in Digital Media Art within the... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Carson and French Art Education Scholarship For graduate or undergraduate Prep for Teaching major about to enter student teaching with financial need. For graduate or undergraduate Prep for Teaching major about to enter... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Catherine Urban Scholarship For an SJSU student displaying academic promise in Art. Must be at least half-time, fully matriculated students. Must be junior or senior; must be... For an SJSU student displaying academic promise in Art. Must be at least... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Elizabeth Heil Endowment Fund For graduate and undergraduate Spatial Arts majors. Applicants must be full-time students who show outstanding promise in performance and/or... For graduate and undergraduate Spatial Arts majors. Applicants must be... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
minimum $500	Fire Arts Scholarship Students majoring in ceramics given priority, followed by a foundry or glass student. Students majoring in ceramics given priority, followed by a foundry or... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: minimum $500	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Helen Dooley Scholarship Graduate and undergraduate students in Graphic Design, Graphic Design with Illustration emphasis, Pictorial, Sculpture, or Spatial Arts; student... Graduate and undergraduate students in Graphic Design, Graphic Design... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Jeanne Westberg-A.S.I.D. Memorial Scholarship Interior design majors: applicant must be enrolled in the interior design program at SJSU; must have a GPA of 3.0, and a GPA of 3.5 in interior... Interior design majors: applicant must be enrolled in the interior... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Joseph and Cheryl Battiato Ceramic Scholarship Intent is to send BFA or MFA student with focus on 3-dimensional work in clay to the NCECA conference. Intent is to send BFA or MFA student with focus on 3-dimensional work in... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
$0.00	Katherine Brie Romero Memorial Arts Scholarship To provide scholarships for BFA or MFA candidates currently enrolled full-time and majoring in art, with a focus on pictorial art. Minimum 3.0 GPA. To provide scholarships for BFA or MFA candidates currently enrolled... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Kenneth & Mary Auvil Printmaking Graduate Assistantship Scholarship Eligibility requirements include graduate student status, the ability to work in the printmaking lab and such other requirements as the Review... Eligibility requirements include graduate student status, the ability to... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
$1,500.00	Louie Barozzi Scholarship - International Student This scholarship honors the memory of Louie Barozzi, past director of the International Programs and Services Office. Criteria Academic... This scholarship honors the memory of Louie Barozzi, past director of... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: $1,500.00	Deadline03/15/2020
$1,500.00	Louie Barozzi Scholarship - Study Abroad The Louie Barozzi Scholarship honors the memory of Louie Barozzi and his contributions to San Jose State University and the field of International... The Louie Barozzi Scholarship honors the memory of Louie Barozzi and his... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: $1,500.00	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Orchard Commercial North First ART Space Scholarship New or continuing graduate students in the MFA Pictorial Arts program. New or continuing graduate students in the MFA Pictorial Arts program. Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Peninsula Advertising Photographers Assoc. (PAPA) Scholarship Endowment Photography majors; undergraduates only. Photography majors; undergraduates only. Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Randall Sadler Scholarship Painting and drawing art majors; graduate and undergraduate levels. Painting and drawing art majors; graduate and undergraduate levels. Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Raymond Henley-Carrico Scholarship To one BFA Pictorial Art major who studies painting. To one BFA Pictorial Art major who studies painting. Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Robert German Scholarship Fund For an Industrial Design major, with a 3.0 GPA. Either full-time or part-time student. For an Industrial Design major, with a 3.0 GPA. Either full-time or... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Robert Griffith Scholarship Fund For any undergraduate Art student. For any undergraduate Art student. Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
$0.00	Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society To award a monetary award to one eligible student in the area of painting in the Department of Art & Art History. To award a monetary award to one eligible student in the area of... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	School of Art & Design Photography Majors For a School of Art & Design student with photograph concentration. Must be at least a junior or senior; must be a declared major; have a GPA in... For a School of Art & Design student with photograph concentration. Must... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	School of Art & Design Scholarship Fund To be awarded to current and prospective students in the Art and Art History Department with financial need. To be awarded to current and prospective students in the Art and Art... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Shoji Sadanori Scholarship For undergraduate or graduate students who study glass. For undergraduate or graduate students who study glass. Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Thelma and Carl Ulrich Endowment Student must have been admitted to SJSU’s teaching credentials program in College of Education. Must pursue their teaching credentials for the... Student must have been admitted to SJSU’s teaching credentials program... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
$0.00	Vernon Davis Art Scholarship A scholarship for an undergraduate art major with a 3.0 GPA. A scholarship for an undergraduate art major with a 3.0 GPA. Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Violet Speddy Endowment For any undergraduate or graduate Art & Design major; must have financial need. For any undergraduate or graduate Art & Design major; must have... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Virginia K. Johnson Art History Scholarship Art History and Visual Culture graduate students who might possibly wish to pursue a doctoral degree. Art History and Visual Culture graduate students who might possibly wish... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Willis Nelson Memorial Scholarship Applicants must be Graduate students currently matriculated in the MFA Pictorial Art program and enrolled full time during the review period. Applicants must be Graduate students currently matriculated in the MFA... Deadline: 03/15/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/15/2020
varies	Alan E. Kazdin Scholarship To provide reimbursement for convention/conference expenses for graduate Psychology students. Recipients will present a paper/poster in an annual... To provide reimbursement for convention/conference expenses for graduate... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/16/2020
$0.00	Exceptional Educational Resilience Scholarship Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Psychology majors or Psychology graduate students who have demonstrated exceptional educational... Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Psychology majors or... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/16/2020
$0.00	Exceptional Service Scholarship Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Psychology students who have demonstrated exceptional service to the University and/or the community... Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Psychology students who have... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/16/2020
Varies	Frank D. Payne Memorial Scholarship In memory of Dr. Frank Payne, Professor of Psychology and former Chair, two annual scholarships will be awarded to Psychology majors or Psychology... In memory of Dr. Frank Payne, Professor of Psychology and former Chair,... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/16/2020
Varies	James and Becky McGaugh Research Award Fund This award has been established to recognize Dr. James L. McGaugh’s (SJSU BA 1953 Psychology and Faculty member of the Department of Psychology... This award has been established to recognize Dr. James L. McGaugh’s... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/16/2020
Varies	John and Vivian MacRae Scholarship for Exceptional Educational Resilience Dr. John MacRae was deeply devoted to his students and served as a faculty of our department from 1954 to 1980 and as Department Chair. Thanks to... Dr. John MacRae was deeply devoted to his students and served as a... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/16/2020
Varies	Loy S. Braley Scholarship This award has been established in memory of Dr. Loy S. Braley. Loy was a Psychology Professor at SJSU for approximately 30 years with a primary... This award has been established in memory of Dr. Loy S. Braley. Loy was... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/16/2020
$0.00	Outstanding Graduate Research Scholarship Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Psychology graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding research activities in any area of... Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Psychology graduate students... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/16/2020
$1,500.00	Outstanding Undergraduate Research Scholarship Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Undergraduate Psychology majors who have demonstrated outstanding research activities in any area of... Annual scholarship awarded to one or more Undergraduate Psychology... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: $1,500.00	Deadline03/16/2020
$0.00	Professor Brant Clark Scholarship In memory of Dr. Brant Clark, who joined the Psychology and Philosophy Division at San Jose State College (as it was then known) in 1936. During... In memory of Dr. Brant Clark, who joined the Psychology and Philosophy... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline03/16/2020
Varies	Psychology Scholarship Endowment To provide scholarships for students in the Psychology Department. To provide scholarships for students in the Psychology Department. Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/16/2020
Varies	Robert and Maralee Hicks Scholarship This scholarship is in memory of Maralee J. Hicks (SJSU BA 1956 Philosophy) and Robert A. Hicks, PhD. (SJSU MA 1960 Psychology and Emeritus Faculty... This scholarship is in memory of Maralee J. Hicks (SJSU BA 1956... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline03/16/2020
varies	Spitze Endowment for Psychology Scholarships for students majoring in psychology who are enrolled full time and qualify for financial aid. Scholarships for students majoring in psychology who are enrolled full... Deadline: 03/16/2020 Award: varies	Deadline03/16/2020

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