George Feliz Memorial Scholarship in Environmental Studies

Science and Engineering
School of the Environment

Scholarship will be awarded Fall 2026.

Recipients are highly encouraged to attend the CoSE Donor Event in late October 2026 if the donor to their scholarship will be present.

Scholarship recipients must meet the following criteria as of the award period.

  • Awarding Department: School of the Environment
  • Scholarship Intent: The George Feliz Memorial Scholarship will be awarded each spring to an Environmental Studies major. George Feliz was an Economics professor on campus from 1946 to 1975, and SFSU’s first dean of graduate studies. Feliz was instrumental in helping SF State evolve from a teacher’s college to a university. Professor Feliz donated an endowment fund to support a scholarship for Environmental Studies majors with financial need.
  • Criteria:
    1) 2 ENVS courses completed.
    2) Preference is given to single parents (not required of all applicants).
  • Major: Single: Environmental Studies
  • Class Level: Undergrad: Sophomores, Junior, Senior, Graduating Senior; Grad: N/A
  • Enrollment Status: Continuing
  • Enrollment Requirement: Undergrad: HALF-TIME (6 units); Grad: N/A
  • Financial Need as determined by the FAFSA and/or CA Dream App: Not Required to file a FAFSA
  • Citizenship: Any
  • GPA: HS GPA: N/A; Undergrad GPA: 3.0; Grad GPA: N/A
  • Contact Person: School of the Environment
  • Campus Address:HSS 279
  • Phone Number: 415.338.2049
  • Email: sote@sfsu.edu
  • Web page: https://environment.sfsu.edu/scholarships-awards-0
  • Number of Awards: 1

Donor
Family of George C. Feliz
Award
2 awards, $2200 each
Scopes
College of Science and Engineering: School of the Environment - Environmental Studies
Deadline
04/10/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. Have you completed two or more courses in ENVS? Units in progress DO count.
  2. Will you be enrolled at least half-time (6 units undergraduate) in the following FALL semester?
  3. Are you a single parent?
  4. Please upload your current unofficial SFSU transcript.
  5. Please submit a statement: (1) briefly discuss in what ways this scholarship will be useful to you and (2) describe your environmentalism extracurricular activities and advocacy, both on campus and off.