2026-2027 "Comfort Women" Research and Creative Scholarship Fund - Student Award

Scholarship Award Period: This scholarship will be awarded for the FALL semester.

• Awarding Department: College of Ethnic Studies
• Scholarship Intent: To provide awards of up to $4,000 to graduate and undergraduate students conducting research and creative scholarship projects that increase awareness of the historical and contemporary significance of “comfort women” and engage the public in discourse about the experiences and the remembrance of “comfort women.” Preference for funding will be given to students who have completed interdisciplinary coursework (history, literature, art, music, public health, etc.) in Asian American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Women and Gender Studies, or Sexuality Studies for conducting research or creative projects on “comfort women.”
• Criteria:
  Please apply with
  1) Letter of interest
  2) Resume
  3) Uploaded video essay that is between 3-5 minutes that answers the following questions: 1) Why are you interested in doing a project on the “Comfort Women”? 2) What is the title and details of your project? 3) How will the project raise awareness on “Comfort Women” 4) Please discuss how you will complete this project between November 2026 to May 2027 5) Please identify a SFSU faculty mentor who will guide you on this project.
• Major: Any
• Preference: Students who have completed coursework in Asian American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Women and Gender Studies, or Sexuality Studies
• Class Level: Undergrad: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, & Senior; Grad: 2nd BA, Credential, Masters/MFA, & PhD
• Enrollment Status: Continuing & entering students can apply
• Enrollment Requirement: Undergrad: 3 UNITS, Grad: 3 UNITS
• Financial Need as determined by the FAFSA and/or CA Dream App: No.
• Citizenship: Any.
• GPA: Undergrad GPA: 2.0
• Contact Person: Grace Yoo
• Campus Address: EP 121
• Street Address: 1600 Holloway, San Francisco, California 94132
• Email: gracey@sfsu.edu
• Web page: Ethnic Studies
• Amount of Award: $4,000.00
• Number of Awards: 3