Grants & Funding

Information on Academic and Co-Curricular Funding Sources for Pitzer College Students - Sources of funding available to Pitzer College students for academic and co-curricular support.

Freeman Asian Political Economy Program - The Freeman Program in Asian Political Economy at the Claremont Colleges is made possible by a generous $2 million four year grant to Claremont McKenna and Pitzer Colleges from the Freeman Foundation.  Participation in activities of the programs is open to all students and faculty of the Claremont Colleges and through its outreach program to local schools and broader community.

Hewlett Teaching Initiative

International Exchanges through funding from the Mellon Foundation - Pitzer's International Exchange programs offer students the opportunity to experience student life, classes taught by foreign faculty, and the university environment in another culture. Students take the equivalent of a full load of courses either in English or the language of the university. Accommodation is typically in residence halls or university-arranged housing though some exchanges provide the option of family stays. Intentionally designed to enhance diversity on the Pitzer campus, the exchanges allow the College to bring one international student to Pitzer for each Pitzer student going abroad.

Irvine Diversity Grant - In 2001 Pitzer College received a generous grant from the James Irvine Foundation to deepen its discourse about diversity and its significance educationally and socially.

Mellon Intercultural Learning through Technology Grant - Made possible by a generous gift from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the International/Intercultural Learning through Technology grant supports an 18-month planning project that will lay the groundwork for a broader multi-year project.  The project will employ technology-based teaching and research to develop new and better pedagogical models for incorporating international/ intercultural learning more widely into the undergraduate curriculum in The Claremont Colleges.

Pitzer in Ontario Grant / Pitzer in Ontario Program - Pitzer in Ontario integrates extensive internship experiences in city, private, or non-profit organizations with interdisciplinary coursework that provides the theoretical framework from which social and urban issues can be effectively evaluated. The program creates a space where leaders of the diverse communities of the twenty-first century can learn to recognize competing demands facing their communities.