Carolyn Irene Howard Memorial Scholarship at San Francisco State University 2026

The Carolyn Irene Howard Memorial Scholarship aims to ease the cost of education for students and graduates from the College of Liberal & Creative Arts who want to change careers and become teachers in the humanities, languages, and literature. Students who are reentering the majors listed below as well as those who are reentering a major for the first time will be qualified.

Eligibility Criteria:

• Applicants must not have been enrolled as a student for more than 3 semesters at SF State.
• Eligible courses are Multiple: American Studies, Chinese, Classics, Communication Studies, Comparative and World Literature, Creative Writing, Cultural Anthropology, English, French, German, History, Humanities, International Relations, Italian, Japanese, Jewish Studies, Journalism, Liberal Studies, Museum Studies, Philosophy, and Religion, Technical and Professional Writing, Women and Gender Studies.
• Applicants must be International students pursuing Undergraduate or Graduate at SFSU.
• Students graduating in the spring and summer of 2025 are not eligible.

Value of the Scholarship:

Successful applicants will receive an award of the value of $1000

Deadline of the Scholarship:

04/06/2026

IMPORTANT APPLICATION INFORMATION:

• This scholarship requires one or more reference letters as a part of the application.
• All reference letters must be received, via AcademicWorks, no later than the application deadline for an application to be considered qualified and reviewed. 
• This requires applicants to submit their application before the deadline, which includes providing the reference name and email address. 
• References should be notified by the applicant that letters need to be submitted through AcademicWorks no later than a week before the application deadline, to allow time to solve any potential issues.
• Applications that do not have the required reference letter by the deadline will not be reviewed and are not eligible for the scholarship.\

Supplemental Questions:

• Please upload the SFSU unofficial transcript or admission letter in PDF form here.
• Please write a statement (approximately 350 words) that includes: (a) background and reasons for choosing your major and future academic plans, (b) A comment on how you meet the definition of a returning student, and (c) Why you need this award and how the financial support will help you to pursue your studies.
• Please provide the name and e-mail of an individual who can provide a reference on your behalf. Your reference provider should be familiar with you and able to speak to your personal, professional, and/or academic achievements. Faculty, colleagues, or mentors are highly recommended. Please be sure to inform the individual that you are listing them as a reference provider and provide them context on the scholarship for which you are applying so they can tailor their reference accordingly, and inform them that the letter must be submitted by the application deadline.
• Scholarship funds are disbursed in the following academic year. Students graduating this spring and summer are not eligible. What semester are you graduating?