OFFICE OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132-4011
Tel: 415/338-7000
Fax: 415/338-0949
Web: www.sfsu.edu/~finaid
College of Ethnic Studies Scholarships
This is a partial list of campus scholarships available to SF State students. Please visit
https://sfsu.academicworks.com/ or ethnicstudies.sfsu.edu/ for details on each scholarship.
Contact the campus department for the most up-to-date scholarship information.
Paul Whang Memorial Scholarship
Brief Criteria: Continuing undergraduate
and graduate students majoring or minoring
in Asian American Studies; must complete
a 60 hour internship working with lowincome Asian American communities.
Deadline: Late February
Contact: Grace Yoo
gracey@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-3891
Amount: Varies
Annetta and Gertie Jolivette Empowerment Scholarship
Brief Criteria: All majors and minors in the
Contact: Dorothy Ross
College of Ethnic Studies; undergrad and
dottier@sfsu.edu
grad students; minimum 3.0 GPA.
(415) 338-1693
Deadline: Late March
Amount: $500
Costco Scholarship
Brief Criteria: All majors; SF State junior or
senior; economically and educationally
disadvantaged; 3.0 minimum GPA; financial
need (file FAFSA or CA Dream app);
renewable.
Deadline: Late April
D. Phillip McGee Memorial Scholarship Fund
Brief Criteria: Continuing undergraduate
upper division students with a major or
minor in the College of Ethnic Studies;
minimum 3.0 GPA; financial need (file
FAFSA or CA Dream app).
Deadline: Late April
Contact: Rosalie Alfonso
ralfonso@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1694
Amount: Equiv to Tuition Fees
Contact: Rosalie Alfonso
ralfonso@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-1694
Amount: $1,000
James Hirabayashi Person of all Seasons Scholarship Fund
Brief Criteria: All majors; continuing
Contact: Rosalie Alfonso
undergraduate upper division students;
ralfonso@sfsu.edu
minimum 3.0 GPA; must have taken or be
(415) 338-1694
currently enrolled in at least 2 College of
Ethnic Studies courses.
Deadline: Late April
Amount: $1,000
Queer Ethnic Studies Endowed Graduate Student Scholarship
Brief Criteria: All majors; graduate students
Contact: Rosalie Alfonso
in good standing at SF State; graduate
ralfonso@sfsu.edu
student thesis must focus on the
(415) 338-1694
intersection of race and gender or sexuality.
Deadline: Late April
Amount: Varies
Jacques E. Johnet Trust Scholarship for Native American
Brief Criteria: All majors; must be Native
Contact: Joanne Barker
American; a minimum GPA of 3.0 is
jmbarker@sfsu.edu
strongly recommended; students with a
(415) 338-7062
GPA below 2.0 will not be considered;
demonstrate financial need.
Deadline: Early May, Early December
Amount: Varies
Betty Parent Achievement Award
Brief Criteria: Continuing undergraduate
and graduate students from all majors who
are committed to working with and/or in an
American Indian tribal community, nation
and/or organization; minimum 3.0 GPA;
U.S. Citizen/Permanent Resident.
Deadline: Spring Semester
Edward Said Scholarship
Brief Criteria: All majors; must have taken
or currently enrolled in at least two Arab
and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas
Studies courses; minimum 3.5 undergrad
and grad GPA.
Deadline: Late October
Ronald Bentley Scholarship Fund
Brief Criteria: Continuing needy upper
division student majoring in Africana
Studies; active in the African American
community; minimum 2.5 GPA; U.S.
Citizen/Permanent Resident.
Deadline: Contact department
Contact: Robert Collins
rkc@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2013
Amount: Varies (for textbooks only)
Contact: Rabab Abdulhadi
ria55@sfsu.edu
(415) 405-2668
Amount: $500-$1,000
Contact: Madeline Flamer
afrs@sfsu.edu
(415) 338-2352
Amount: $900 or greater
Last Updated: 1/2016