NSP University Scholarship

2025 – 2026 Academic Year Award

The NSP University Scholarship is one of three programs under the Northridge Scholarship Program. The University Scholarship award encourages the scholarly development and engagement of continuing CSUN students. Scholarship recipients must be full-time undergraduates during their award year.

University Scholars are funded to allow for the opportunity to deeply explore their fields of interest through internships, extracurricular activities, community engagement, etc., and develop mentoring relationships with faculty members. Ideally, University Scholars will use the year awarded to prepare for the Presidential Scholarship competition.

The University Scholars award includes a renewable $7,500 scholarship, a textbook discount at the Matador Bookstore, and priority registration for classes.

Applicants will be evaluated primarily on the quality of their essay responses. The essays must highlight personal strengths, such as motivation, creativity, self-confidence, maturity, concern for others and awareness of current issues. Letters of recommendation that highlight classroom experience and extracurricular activities will be given the greatest weight.

In addition to the scholarship application materials, two pre-application requirements must be completed. Applicants are required to review the online pre-application information and complete a mandatory survey. Alternatively, applicants may attend one of three Zoom sessions in place of the survey to confirm their understanding of the application requirements. For more information about the University Scholarship, please follow this link:
https://www.csun.edu/financialaid/northridge-scholarship-program-pre-application-information

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must review the online pre-application information and complete the required survey, or attend one of three Zoom sessions to confirm understanding of the application requirements.
• Must have completed/or on track to complete at least 24 CSUN units by the end of the Spring 2025 term to apply
• Minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA required to apply and maintain the award
• Must be an undergraduate student enrolled full-time during the award year (Fall 2025 and Spring 2026 terms)
• Must participate in scholarly development/engagement activities during the award year (minimum 3 activities per term)
• Renewal students must attend the Presidential Scholar End of Year Exhibit (TBD)

If selected, your GPA, unit completion, full-time enrollment status, graduation term, awarding term, and other eligibility requirements will be verified before the award is disbursed. Any changes to these factors may result in forfeiture of the award. The scholarship may also be terminated at any time for reasons including, but not limited to, intentional misrepresentation or provision of false information in the application.

Note: If you are receiving Financial Aid (including loans), your financial aid award(s) may be adjusted if you receive a scholarship amount that exceeds your financial aid total limit. Speak to a financial aid counselor during walk-in hours to get a detailed overview about your individual situation.