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California State University, Northridge CSU STEM Pathways Alliance (CSU-SPA) Application Requirements.
Initiated in 1993-94, previously known as CSU LSAMP, renamed in 2025 as CSU STEM Pathways Alliance (CSU-SPA), which includes all 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU) system, supports a coordinated and comprehensive system-wide approach to broadening participation in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. Each of the CSU STEM Pathways Alliance programs offer activities and services designed to improve retention and graduation of undergraduate students in STEM. In addition, CSU STEM Pathways Alliance seeks to increase the number of students who enter STEM graduate programs.
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CSU STEM PATHWAYS ALLIANCE APPLICANTS MUST:
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Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident.
- Be enrolled at a participating CSU campus in an undergraduate major in a STEM discipline or have expressed an interest in pursuing a STEM baccalaureate degree.
- Be an individual interested in pursuing graduate studies or join the workforce in a STEM field that is outside the health profession degrees or careers.
- Be an individual who has faced or faces social, educational, or economic barriers to STEM careers.
Individual CSU STEM Pathways Alliance programs may have additional criteria to recruit student participants. Please see your Campus Coordinator for more information.
Application Deadlines
Applications are open throughout the academic year. Send an email to us for more information about the services we provide and/or to fill out an application.