Chemistry
Financial Aid & Scholarships

The Chemistry Department has a variety of departmental scholarships available for undergraduates and graduates (see below). Cleveland State University and the College of Arts and Sciences also offer a variety of scholarship opportunities for undergraduate students. We also provide a Roadmap to Financial Aid that simplifies the process. Students are encouraged to fill out the FAFSA form for consideration of all types of financial aid.

Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program

The Choose Ohio First (COF) Scholarship Program is a state-funded program aimed at graduating more students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The State of Ohio recognizes that a workforce trained in these areas is essential for strengthening our economy.

Undergraduate students who are pursuing a degree in Chemistry and in Pharmaceutical Science are eligible to apply. For more information, please contact the COF Coordinator at s.vasenda@csuohio.edu or the COF Director at n.holland1@csuohio.edu.
 

Sherwin-Williams Career Accelerator Learning Community

The Sherwin-Williams Career Accelerator Chemistry Learning Community is a unique program designed for students in a Chemistry or broadly Chemistry-related undergraduate program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cleveland State University. This program and the scholarship benefits that come with it are supported by Sherwin-Williams and JobsOhio. For more information, please contact the director at m.bayachou@csuohio.edu.
 

Honors Program

The Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Honors College Honors Program offers competitive scholarships to incoming freshmen. The Chemistry Department participates in the Honors Program at CSU by requiring honors students who are chemistry majors (available for all tracks) to register for research courses (either CHM 379H Independent Study or, with senior status, CHM 479H Senior Research) under the guidance of a professor who acts as mentor. Honors chemistry students are required to enroll in at least 2 credit hours of research coursework each semester, for a minimum of 8 credit hours by the time of degree completion. Students are required to begin enrolling in research courses upon declaration of a Chemistry major or upon acceptance into the Honors Program. By getting involved in scientific research as soon as possible, honors students will better understand chemistry's status as a bench science and have the opportunity to participate in original, ground-breaking laboratory work. For more information, please contact the undergraduate director at b.su@csuohio.edu.
 

College of Arts & Sciences Scholarships

The College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office offers generous funding opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students.
 

Full Financial Aid & Scholarships List

See below the full scholarships list for incoming freshman; transfer students; continuing students; international students; and external scholarship sources.
 

Graduate Assistantships

Teaching assistantships are not available to MS students. Research assistantships may be available through individual faculty, depending on external funding.

For the doctoral program, graduate teaching assistantships are available on a competitive basis. They include tuition support or tuition support with a stipend. Students who are awarded teaching assistantships are required to teach classes. Non-native English-speaking students must take and pass the SPEAK test. Research assistantships and Cleveland Clinic Fellowships may be available through individual faculty, depending on external funding. For more information, please contact the graduate director at x.sun55@csuohio.edu.