About the CSR Scholar's Program
What does the CSR Scholar's Program (CSR-SP) do for students?
Our Program is designed to engage students in their learning and development at a deeper level. Our Scholars can either engage in a faculty mentored research project, or, a faculty mentored creative activity or other scholarly project. This means that students from all disciplines are eligible for our Program!
We work in tandem with our faculty at Cal State East Bay to mentor students with respect to the development of disciplinary expertise (faculty mentors focus heavily on this) and academic, personal, and professional development (CSR-SP focuses heavily on this). While the faculty mentor engages the student and challenges them to learn within a discipline-relevant research or creative activity project experience, the CSR-SP provides tuition support earning opportunities for this faculty-mentored research experience, and also hosts and offers tuition and other funding support for students to engage in CSR and other professional development workshops as well as and discipline-specific conference travel.
Program Details
Our program is a tiered program; there are four levels ("Scholar levels"), and the goal for our Scholars is to "level up" each year and reach Level 4 at least by their graduating year. Level 4 is our Program's most prestigious level; in any given year, only up to 15% of our Scholars are Level 4. Each subsequent Scholar level comes with increased Scholar funding support. Scholars must reapply for the program every year. Promotion decisions for any given Scholar in any given year is based on the strength of the Scholar's Program application, and their previous professionalism and engagement record with the CSR-SP.
Level 1
- Actively engaging in a project with Cal State East Bay faculty member
- Eligible to submit travel and supply grant proposals to the CSR
- Not eligible to earn tuition support
Level 2
- Eligible to earn tuition support
- Not eligible to submit travel and supply grant proposals to the CSR
- Actively looking for a Cal State East Bay faculty member to work with
Level 3
- Actively engaging in a project with a Cal State East Bay faculty member
- Eligible to submit travel and supply grant proposals to the CSR
- Eligible to earn tuition support
Level 4
- Student with at least 1 year's experience in the CSR-SP
- Skilled graduate student-researchers or skilled undergraduate
student-researchers fully committed to applying to a graduate program in
the next two years (being a Level 4 scholar requires faculty
mentor & CSR approval) - Exceptional Scholar professionalism and engagement record
- Has demonstrated strong academic, professional, and personal development since joining the Program
- Actively engaging in research with a Cal State East Bay faculty member
- Eligible to submit travel and supply grant proposals to the CSR
- Eligible to earn tuition support
- Engage in Peer Mentoring for Level 1-3 Scholars
Earn your tuition support
- Your CSR Scholar funding is determined by the time and effort you choose to put into engaging with the Program. Please keep in mind that Pioneer Scholars are not eligible for tuition support. Failing to engage in tuition earning experiences, submitting poorly completed CSR grant applications, and/or failing to meet other Program requirements may affect the amount of tuition support you earn and/or CSR grant funding you are awarded.
Meet minimum Scholar requirements
- Attend a CSR Scholar’s Program orientation session (Orientation sessions, by Scholar level, will be held during early Fall semester).
- Turn in your CSR contract signed by yourself and faculty mentor.
- Complete your mid-year progress report and the end-of-the-year exit survey.
- Attend and present a poster or verbal presentation at the Cal State East Bay Student Research Showcase held in April.
- Demonstrate adequate professionalism as a CSR scholar.