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USF Graduate Merit Scholarships

Allen and Dorothy Calvin Doctoral Dissertation Awards

TEAMS/AmeriCorps Fellowship Program

Catholic Educator Reduced Tuition Rate

Teachers' Housing Cooperative Grant

Conference Presentation Stipend


USF Graduate Merit Scholarships

The University of San Francisco provides merit scholarships to students admitted to its graduate degree programs. The amount of the award as well as terms and conditions for participation vary for each School and College. A limited number of Graduate Merit Scholarships are allocated to the School of Education every academic year to support research, teaching and administrative assignments for qualified students.

Eligibility Students must be admitted to and enrolled in the School of Education. Preference is usually given to doctoral students, but departments offering only master’s programs may nominate master’s level students. Other master’s students will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Students classified as “international” or “special status” are not eligible.
Conditions Students need to be recommended by a School of Education full-time faculty member. Students are not eligible to apply until after they have completed at least one semester of their School of Education program.
Amount Successful applicants can receive a tuition scholarship equivalent to up to 3 units of credit per academic year, disbursed usually during the fall semester. Three units correspond to a maximum of 200 hours of work. Semester substitutions, mergers and partial grants will not be considered.
Deadline June 1st for the following academic year.
Application Interested students should submit:
  • a completed application form;
  • Recommendation from the full-time faculty member of the School of Education who will be supervising the research, teaching or administrative assignment (see page 2 of the application form);
  • An unofficial copy of the student's current USF transcript;
  • An up-to-date résumé.
The Guidelines and Application Form are available via the links here (PDF) and from the School of Education Dean's Office.
Contact For more information, please contact (415) 422-5110.

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Allen and Dorothy Calvin Doctoral Dissertation Awards

The Allen and Dorothy Calvin Doctoral Dissertation Awards are awarded on a competitive basis to promising School of Education doctoral students to assist with their doctoral research.

Eligibility All School of Education doctoral students who have been advanced to candidacy are eligible to apply.
Amount A $1,000 award will be granted up to two applicants per academic year (one each semester) after a competitive review process.
Deadlines Spring: Application due by USF Census Date / Scholarship awarded in March.
Fall: Application due by USF Census Date / Scholarship awarded in October.
Application Interested students should submit three packets, each containing the following:
The three packets must be submitted to Janet Snyder, Doctoral Program Assistant. Guidelines (PDF).
Contact For more information, please contact Janet Snyder at (415) 422-2874 or snyderj@usfca.edu.

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TEAMS/Americorps Fellowship Program

The TEAMS/Americorps Fellowship Program is an initiative of the University of San Francisco that is designed to recruit and support prospective K-12 educators, counselors, and administrators who are committed to serving schools in culturally diverse, low-income communities. The TEAMS Fellowship program provides $4,725 in AmeriCorps Education Awards which can be used to pay for current or future graduate school tuition, or to repay existing student loans. Fellows who participate in the program at USF may also be eligible for tuition scholarships and housing grants.

Eligibility Students must be admitted to and enrolled in the School of Education.
Conditions Full-time Fellows must complete 1,700 hours of service through a full-time placement in a public school as an intern, teacher, paraprofessional or volunteer; conduct a service-learning project with students; and attend pre-service training workshops.
Amount $4,725 per year for up to two years of service (up to $9,450 total). Additional scholarships are available for USF Teacher Education students.
Deadline Priority Deadline: April 30th
General Deadline: July 15th
Applications submitted after the deadlines are accepted on a space available basis.
Application Eligible students must submit a complete TEAMS application available at www.teamsusf.org.
Contact For more information, please visit the TEAMS web site or contact Julian Lute, TEAMS Program Coordinator, at jdlute@usfca.edu or (415) 422-5179.

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Catholic Educator Reduced Tuition Rate

Eligibility This reduced tuition rate is available to students who are Catholic school teachers/employees or students who are connected to a Catholic organization and who are applying to the teacher credential program.
Conditions Eligible applicants must submit a letter of recommendation from their school principal. This letter should verify the applicant’s suitability for the program, commitment to Catholic education, and verification of employment or significant volunteer work at a Catholic school.
Amount Tuition rate is currently $465 per unit.
Deadline Check with the School of Education.
Application Check with the School of Education.
Contact For more information, please contact Sandra Fenderson, Teacher Education Regional Programs Coordinator, at (415) 422-5639 or safenderson@usfca.edu.

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Teacher's Housing Cooperative Grant

Thanks to a collaboration between the USF School of Education and the Teachers’ Housing Cooperative (THC), this grant provides financial incentive for teachers who live and work in San Francisco.

Eligibility This grant is available to students who are accepted in the TEAMS Teaching Fellowship program and are enrolled in a teaching credential program at the USF School of Education.
Conditions Grant recipients are expected to work in the San Francisco Unified School District public schools for a minimum of two years.
Amount Up to $600 monthly stipends.
Deadline Check with the School of Education.
Application Check with the School of Education.
Contact For more information, please contact Mary Rose Fernandez at mrfernandez@usfca.edu or (415) 422-5802.

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Conference Presentation Stipend

All currently enrolled Masters and Doctoral School of Education students are eligible to apply for the Conference Presentation Stipend to assist in conference expenses. (Special status students are not eligible to apply.) Applications will be reviewed by the applicant's department chair and faculty members.

Eligibility Applicants must have been officially accepted to present (e.g., individual presentation, panel presentation, poster presentation) at a professional - national or international - conference related to their field(s) of study.
Conditions

The Conference Presentation Stipend:

  • can only be used to cover conference-related costs such as travel/transportation, registration, accommodations and/or printing/duplicating costs;
  • is granted as reimbursement after all receipts of covered expenses have been submitted (original receipts must be submitted to the Dean's Office immediately after the conference);
  • can fund a student for only one conference per term, determined as per the date of the conference (Term 1: January-July / Term 2: August-December).
Amount The Conference Presentation Stipend cannot exceed $200 per term.
Application Interested students should:
Application should be submitted to the student's Department Chairperson. Guidelines (PDF)
Contact For more information, please contact your Department Program Assistant.
 
 
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