California State University – Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP)
The California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s Doctoral Incentive Program (CDIP) aims to increase the number of promising doctoral students applying for future CSU instructional faculty positions by offering financial assistance in the form of a loan and mentorship by CSU faculty.
Established in 1987, the CSU CDIP is the largest program of its kind in the United States. As of June 2016 the program has loaned $49 million to 2,081 doctoral students enrolled in universities throughout the nation. 1,275 participants have successfully earned doctoral degrees, and over half (735 participants) have subsequently obtained employment in CSU instructional faculty positions.
Deadlines vary by campus, please see the deadlines page for more details.
Up to 5 years
- Loans of up to $10,000 per year over a period of five years, up to a total of $30,000.
- Loans obtained through the program are repayable over a 15-year period.
- If a participant applies, competes for, and is hired in a CSU instructional faculty position after completion of the doctoral degree, 20 percent of the loan will be forgiven for each year of full-time postdoctoral teaching employment in the CSU or 10 percent of the loan will be forgiven for each year of part-time postdoctoral teaching employment in the CSU.
- The CDIP is designed as a recruitment incentive program open to all graduate students at accredited institutions who are not probationary or tenured faculty members in the CSU. Lecturers are eligible and encouraged to apply.
- Enrollment or employment in the California State University is not required for loan approval.
- US citizenship is not required, but applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.