Types of Aid
Scholarships
Incoming Freshman
Albert K. & Marilyn Karnig Family Scholarship provides a $500 scholarship to a full-time incoming freshman with a minimum 3.5 GPA. Exceptional artistic or other talent may compensate for the absence of a 3.5 GPA.
Alfred F. and Chella D. Moore Scholarship Fund provides approximately $22,800 in scholarships to incoming freshmen with outstanding academic records (3.5 grade-point average minimum). The amount of each award is $l,200; some awards may automatically be renewed for an additional three years for a total of $7,200. No special application is required for renewal.
Alumni Association Scholars Program annually awards a $3,000 scholarship, renewable for up to three years, to a graduating high school senior from the Inland Empire who has attained a 3.75 GPA in high school, has a SAT score of 1,000 or better, has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement as well as leadership in extracurricular school activities, community involvement, employment and/or personal situation.
Aylmer Family Scholarship is awarded to a new or existing Presidents Academic Excellence Scholarship recipient, and must be an undergraduate student.
Bennet A. Meyers Scholarship provides scholarships to incoming freshmen from San Bernardino City Schools with outstanding academic records (3.5 minimum GPA). The amount of each award is approximately $1,200. Some awards may be renewed for an additional three years. No special application is required for renewal.
Business Access and Opportunity Program provides twelve scholarships to freshmen or transfer students who are economically disadvantaged, and have been accepted into the College of Business & Public Administration. Each award is approximately $1,000. For more information, please contact Dr. Mo Vaziri from the College of Business and Public Administration at (909)537-5718.
California State University Future Scholars Program awards thirty $l,000 scholarships to California students with disadvantaged backgrounds. This scholarship is funded by the California State Lottery.
City of San Bernardino Confidential/Management Association (SBCMA) Scholarship awards a $1,000 scholarship to a full-time incoming freshman with a minimum 3.0 GPA with at least one parent employed by the City of San Bernardino. Preference is given to students who are the first person in their immediate family to attend college. If there are no applicants where a parent is employed by the City, student should be a resident of the City of San Bernardino.
Joseph K. Thomas Scholarship is awarded to an incoming freshman or transfer student, registered as a full-time music major. Recipient must enter CSUSB with a high school or previous college or university cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better, must agree to participate fully in the major performing ensemble most appropriate to his/her applied performance emphasis during the entire academic year for which the scholarship is awarded, with the scholarship application form each candidate must submit a letter summarizing the student’s degree of need for scholarship assistance. Candidates who meet the above criteria will demonstrate their music performance proficiency at an audition to be scheduled about four weeks following the application deadline. For more information, please contact the Music Department at (909)537-5859.
Leslie I. Harris Scholarship provides scholarships to incoming freshmen from San Bernardino City Schools with outstanding academic records (3.5 GPA minimum). The amount of each award is approximately $1,200. Some awards may be renewed for an additional three years. No special application is required for renewal.
President Albert K. Karnig Scholarship provides a $1,000 scholarship to a full-time incoming freshman with a minimum 3.5 GPA. Exceptional artistic or other talent may compensate for the absence of a 3.5 GPA.
President’s Academic Excellence Scholarship is awarded to San Bernardino County high school students who graduate within the top 1% of their high school graduating class. Students must be nominated by their high school counselor in order to be considered for this award. The amount of the scholarship is $5,000 annually, and is renewable for up to three years. In order to maintain continued eligibility each year the recipient must complete a minimum of 36 units each year and maintain a 3.5 GPA.
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship is a federally funded scholarship of $1,500 awarded to incoming freshman students. Applications are available from high school principal/counselor. For application information, call the California Student Aid Commission at (916)526-7590. http://www.csac.ca.gov/doc.asp?id=125
Robert & Claire Forsythe Scholarship is awarded to an incoming freshman with a minimum 2.0 GPA, and is enrolled at CSUSB at least 6 quarter units. Preference will be given to Arts and Letters majors. The most recent award was $300.
Shervin Tehranchi Scholarship provides two $500 scholarships to full-time incoming freshmen, priority given to students who are active participants in athletics and can demonstrate a strong athletic spirit and talent for sports, and have an overall minimum 3.0 GPA.
West Valley Material Recovery Facility Scholarship provides a $3,000 scholarship to a student who has attained an overall high school GPA of 3.5, has achieved a combined SAT score of 1,000, preference will be given to graduating seniors from a high school in San Bernardino or Riverside counties. Recipients of this scholarship are eligible for annual renewals up to three years subject to completing a combination of : 1.) maintaining full-time enrollment, 2.) maintaining a 3.5 GPA, 3.) contributing each year a minimum of 30 hours of service to the university or Alumni Association through the Student Alumni Association and, 4.) maintain a course of study for a major in the fields of business, engineering, or science. For more information, please contact the Alumni Affairs Office at (909)537-5008.
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