College of Staten Island award rules
Will the scholarship last four years at College of Staten Island?
We pulled the school’s grade, credit, and time limits into one place so you can see what it takes to keep the award.
The short answer
2 of 3 published awards are listed as renewable.
The exact rule can change by award. Check the award your student may receive before you count on the same amount every year.
What to do
Find the award name in the full research below. Save its grade, credit, and deadline rules with your college plan.
See every award rule, common mistake, and source
At a glance
- Renewable tiers
- 2 of 3
- One-time tiers
- 1
- Tiers with published renewal terms
- 2
- Renewal risk profile
- low
Renewal risk profile
College of Staten Island's published renewal rules cluster around a 3.0 floor with no major-GPA gating, which is survivable for the typical freshman with steady study habits. The risk is non-renewal due to enrollment status (dropping below full-time), not GPA.
- CSI Scholarship (single annual application — all institutional awards): See notes
- Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship: See notes
Renewal terms by tier
CSI Scholarship (single annual application — all institutional awards)
Varies — amounts not publishedEntry requirements: Minimum 3.0 GPA (some exceptions); matriculated students only; Macaulay Honors College students excluded GPA
To keep it: 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.
Jeannette K. Watson Fellowship
$7,500, $9,000 and $10,000 over three years, plus a $2,000 Discovery FundTo keep it: Three-year fellowship; stipend escalates each year ($7,500 / $9,000 / $10,000) contingent on continued participation.
How families lose this aid
- Expecting an automatic, stats-based freshman merit scholarship.
CSI publishes no GPA/SAT merit grid that pays you automatically on admission. Every institutional scholarship runs through one faculty-reviewed CSI Scholarship application that also weighs community service and financial need.
- Missing the single late-February scholarship deadline.
The CSI Scholarship application is due the last business day of February each year; the next cycle opens in October 2026. Miss it and you forfeit consideration for the entire pooled set of institutional awards for that year.
- Treating CSI scholarships as pure merit.
Awards are scored on academic merit AND College/community service AND financial need together, so a high GPA alone does not guarantee an award.
Renewal questions families ask
- What GPA do I need to be considered?
- A minimum 3.0 GPA (with some exceptions). Applicants must be matriculated; Macaulay Honors College students are excluded from this scholarship pool.
How College of Staten Island compares across our verified dataset
- 665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
College of Staten Island is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
Sources used on this page
Every renewal claim is checked against College of Staten Island’s own published materials.
- Policy pageCollege of Staten Island stacking policy
- Cost of attendanceCollege of Staten Island cost-of-attendance worksheet
- Merit tiersCSI Scholarship (single annual application — all institutional awards)
- Merit tiersCUNY Pipeline Program (CSI participants)
- Scholarship pageKatie Geschwendt Verrazzano Study Abroad Scholarship
More on College of Staten Island merit aid
- College of Staten Island merit aid overviewFull tier ladder, named scholarships, departmental awards, and how families decide.
- College of Staten Island scholarship stackingWhether outside awards land as upside or quietly displace institutional aid.
- Does College of Staten Island displace outside scholarships?The dollar math on a $5,000 outside award, plus peer schools that handle it differently.