The starting point
CSI is a low-cost CUNY senior college (~$6,930/yr resident tuition) with essentially NO automatic stats-based merit award — every institutional scholarship flows through one annual, faculty-reviewed CSI Scholarship application that blends academic merit, service, and financial need.
Selection beyond grades and scores. These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Awards to discuss
The 3 awards in this school's research. Amounts retain the original units and conditions; confirm the entering year with the school.
CSI Scholarship (single annual application — all institutional awards)
Varies — amounts not published · Variable or qualified amount
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
GPA: Minimum 3.0 GPA (some exceptions); matriculated students only; Macaulay Honors College students excluded
Eligibility: One application per year; the scholarship office automatically considers the applicant for every scholarship for which they are eligible. Scored by a Faculty Review Committee on academic merit and College/community service, also weighing financial need.
Renewal: Renewal terms are not published on the scholarship pages. Most named awards are described as endowed funds where 'the available balance is awarded each year,' so amounts vary by fund and year.
Other terms: This is the central pathway for CSI institutional scholarships and is NOT a stats-automatic award — it is a competitive, faculty-reviewed application that explicitly blends merit, service, and need. Categories include Nursing, Engineering, Business, International Travel/Study Abroad, and General Academic Excellence. No per-award dollar amounts are published. Deadline: last business day of February (next cycle opens October 2026).
https://www.csi.cuny.edu/about-csi/president-leadership/administration/office-institutional-advancement-and-external-affairs/fellowships-scholarships
Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship
$7,500, $9,000 and $10,000 over three years, plus a $2,000 Discovery Fund · Published award terms
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Undergraduates with at least four full-time semesters of academic work remaining; U.S. citizens or permanent residents no older than 21; competitive selection.
Renewal: Three-year fellowship; stipend escalates each year ($7,500 / $9,000 / $10,000) contingent on continued participation.
Other terms: A competitive, application-and-nomination fellowship administered through CSI (not an automatic award). Funds career-building summer internships. Next cycle Fall 2026; contact Michele Callahan, michele.callahan@csi.cuny.edu.
https://www.csi.cuny.edu/about-csi/president-leadership/administration/office-institutional-advancement-and-external-affairs/fellowships-scholarships
CUNY Pipeline Program (CSI participants)
Stipends totaling $6,000 · Published award terms
Not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read the selection rules.
Eligibility: Undergraduates from underrepresented groups pursuing Ph.D.s and college-level teaching; competitive selection.
Renewal: Program-bounded stipend, not a renewable annual scholarship.
Other terms: A research-pathway stipend (graduate-prep), not a tuition merit scholarship. Listed among the Verrazzano School grant opportunities; administered via the CUNY Graduate Center.
https://www.csi.cuny.edu/academics-and-research/specialized-programs/honors-programs/verrazano-school/grants-scholarships/grant-opportunities
