Scholarships for Graduate Students

Scholarship Opportunities for Graduate Students

• Monte Ahuja Scholarship
• Paul J. Everson Scholarship
• Megan's Rainbow of Hope Endowed Scholarship Fund
• Various Business Graduate Scholarships: All Graduate Business Programs
• Accounting Scholarships for Graduate Accounting Programs

Please review our current scholarships listed below and complete the necessary application.​

Monte Ahuja Scholarship: All Business Students

• Awarded annually to students pursuing a major offered by the Monte Ahuja College of Business
• Award amount: variable amount
• Learn more about Monte Ahuja here.
• Deadline application date: March 30th, 2025

Scholarship Application is here – If you experience problems with this application, then contact the CSU Center of International Services & Programs (CISP) at: intlcenter@csuohio.edu.

Contact the CISP office at intlcenter@csuohio.edu if you have any questions about the application process or when students are informed of the scholarship results.

Megan's Rainbow of Hope Endowed Scholarship Fund 

• MBA graduate business degree.
• Award amount: $1,000 to $2,500
• Academic level: Graduate MBA Student 

Application and Information dates:

• Open application date: December 1st of each year
• Close application date: May 1st of each year
• Applicants will be notified by their CSU email by July 1st of each year

• Application at Apply at  Megan’s Rainbow of Hope Endowed Scholarship Fund

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Paul J. Everson Scholarship: All Business Students

• Awarded annually to students pursuing a graduate business degree with interest in real estate career
• Award amount: $1,000 - $4,000
• Career interest in Real Estate
• Completion of CSU real estate courses

Application and Information dates:

• Open application date: December 1st of each year
• Close application date: April 15th of each year
• Applicants will be notified by their CSU email by July 1st of each year
• Application at Apply Paul J Everson Scholarship 

​​​​Various Business Graduate Scholarships: All Business Majors      

_{Review our Various Business Scholarships and use our various business Scholarship Application  to apply for all the scholarships listed below.} 

Andrew Gross Scholarship:

• Awarded annually to students pursuing a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
• Award amount: $1,000 - $6,000.00

David L. Balint Endowed Scholarship:

• Awarded annually to students pursuing a degree in Business Administration.
• Award amount: $500 - $4,000.00

David S. Rosenblatt Endowed Scholarship:

• Awarded to single parents and/or students in Master of Information Systems
• Award amount: $500 - $4,000.00

Mary Louise Nemeth Scholarship:

• Awarded annually to students pursuing a degree in Business
• Award amount: $500 - $4,000.00

The Vir K. and Genella Sondhi Scholarship: All Business majors

• Awarded annually to students pursuing a graduate program offered by the Monte Ahuja College of Business
• Preference is given to students with Indian descent; however, all students selected an awarded this scholarship
• Award amount: $1,000 - $5,000.00

^{Additional scholarship criteria for the Various Business Graduate Scholarshps and the Scholarship Application to apply for the Various Business Graduate Scholarships}  

• Enrollment Requirements: Current graduate students must be registered for a minimum of six (6) credit hours for both the Fall and Spring semesters in the academic year in which they are awarded a scholarship. Courses must apply to a College of Business Graduate program.
• Academic Requirements:
  • Current graduate students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.0 at the time of application.
  • Prospective graduate students must also be admitted into a College of Business Graduate Program prior to application.
• General Information:
  • Scholarships are applied to a recipients' CSU student account for the Fall and Spring academic semesters. Each recipient must meet the enrollment requirement of registering for at least six (6) credit hours for both the Fall and Spring semesters in the academic year in which they are awarded a scholarship. Courses must apply to a College of Business Graduate program.
  • Scholarships range from $1,000 to $6,000 for the entire academic year (Fall and Spring Semester).
  • Applicants will be notified of scholarship outcomes via their Cleveland State University email account. No information will be provided via phone or during an academic advising appointment.
  • Please note summer scholarships are not offered.

Application and Information dates:

• Open application date: December 1st of each year
• Close application date: April 15th of each year
• Applicants will be notified by their CSU email by July 1st of each year

_{​​​​​​Please use the Various Business Graduate Scholaship application at Apply Various Business Graduate Scholarship to apply for all the scholarships listed above the heading Various Business Graduate Scholarships.} 

Accounting Scholarships for Graduate Accounting Programs

• The Department of Accounting Scholarships are awarded once per year in the Spring.
• Please complete our online scholarship application at Department of Accounting Scholarship Application
• For all questions, please contact the Department of Accounting at accountingdept@csuohio.edu

Contact information for scholarships offered by the Monte Ahuja College of Business 

All communication regarding College of Business scholarships should be addressed to the Monte Ahuja College of Business Graduate Scholarship Committee at BusinessScholarship@csuohio.edu. Do not contact the CSU Campus 411 Office.