Dear Visitor,
Welcome to Cal State L.A.'s Graduate Studies and Research Office website!
Across the country and on every campus, both graduate studies and research and sponsored programs are more important than ever in helping students and faculty realize their full potential. As you browse through these pages, you will find a wealth of information regarding programs, services and activities related to both these areas and to three additional areas for which our office plays the primary leadership role: Presidentially Chartered Centers, Institutes and Bureaus; Cal State L.A. – China Programs and Activities; and a special office created to help coordinate and to serve the many externally funded programs in Science, Engineering and Mathematics (SEM-Ed Office).
If you are a prospective or current student, you will benefit from information that will help you learn about the more than 58 excellent graduate degrees and a full array of certificate and education credential programs. You also will find information about admission, financial aid opportunities and other programs offered through our office that will help you accomplish your post baccalaureate educational goals. All of our programs are appropriately accredited.
If you are a faculty member, you will find valuable data summaries and many useful tools on our Research and Sponsored Programs pages. These pages are designed to help you identify funding agencies to support your research, scholarship and creative activities, including research to enhance teaching and learning. Make sure to note the New P.I. Handbook and the on-line search engines for externally-funded contracts and grants to which our campus subscribes. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs staff provides major assistance in grant development from concept development to actual proposal submission to external funding sources.
If you are a campus visitor, you will be impressed with what you will find. Cal State L.A. is a highly diverse, comprehensive, urban campus, with a first-rate faculty committed to quality higher education that last year were awarded over $28 million in grants and contracts to support their research efforts in cutting-edge areas and enhanced teaching and learning. Most of these externally-funded projects create opportunities for our students to engage in primary research activities starting even in their undergraduate years. As a result, graduates of our programs routinely enter the most prestigious colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Again, I extend a warm welcome to you and please contact me or others in the office if we can be of any assistance.
Jose L. Galvan
Dean of Graduate Studies and Research
Cal State L. A. - China Coordinator
Professor of TESOL
P.S. We hope information on these pages is arranged in a way that allows you to find what you need quickly and easily; naturally, your suggestions on how we can improve our website are always welcome.
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