Our Opportunities

To view opportunities available through the CU Boulder Scholarship Application click on “Opportunities” and then select “Ours.” Most scholarships have a deadline between January 15 – March 16. The deadline for incoming transfer students to apply for scholarships is Monday, June 15th at 11:59 pm MT.

To Apply for these Opportunities:

Prospective Students: Log in to your Admissions Application Status Page to access a link to “Apply for Scholarships”.
Current Students: Log in to Buff Portal and navigate to the Scholarships card. Click “Apply for & Manage Scholarships” to apply for CU Boulder scholarship opportunities. Learn more on how to apply.

Tips for Your Search:

“Show Filters” allows you to select scholarship opportunities offered by CU Boulder schools, colleges, departments and programs.
Use “Search by Keyword” to find scholarships with a specific name or specific criteria. Examples include: “financial need”, “merit”, “freshmen”, “Colorado resident”.
Clicking on “External” under “Opportunities” filters for outside scholarship opportunities unaffiliated with CU Boulder with links to the scholarship provider’s website. We do not endorse any of these opportunities. We provide this information to you as a resource; exercise your best judgment in researching scholarship opportunities.

If you have any questions about the scholarship application process, please email scholarships@colorado.edu.

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$800	Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones Endowed Arts and Sciences Fellows' Fund The Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones Endowed Arts and Sciences Fellows’ Fund is awarded to students in the College of Arts and Sciences who meet the... The Lucile Berkeley Buchanan Jones Endowed Arts and Sciences Fellows’... Deadline: 07/15/2020 Award: $800	Deadline07/15/2020
$2,000.00	HA Arnold CU LEAD INCOMING FRESHMAN: Due to your years of dedication to participating in the Pre-Collegiate Development Programs, we are proud to offer you a CU LEAD... INCOMING FRESHMAN: Due to your years of dedication to participating in... Deadline: 08/03/2020 Award: $2,000.00	Deadline08/03/2020
$0.00	PCDP Scholarship CU LEAD INCOMING FRESHMAN: Due to your years of dedication to participating in the Pre-Collegiate Development Programs, we are proud to offer you a CU LEAD... INCOMING FRESHMAN: Due to your years of dedication to participating in... Deadline: 08/03/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline08/03/2020
$0.00	Pre-College Scholarship CU LEAD INCOMING FRESHMAN: Due to your years of dedication to participating in the Pre-Collegiate Development Programs, we are proud to offer you a CU LEAD... INCOMING FRESHMAN: Due to your years of dedication to participating in... Deadline: 08/03/2020 Award: $0.00	Deadline08/03/2020
Varies	BOLD:The Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity Center Scholarship in Engineering The Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center is housed within the College of Engineering & Applied Science to serve... The Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD)... Deadline: 09/04/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline09/04/2020
Varies	BOLD:The Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity Center Scholarship in Engineering The Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD) Center is housed within the College of Engineering & Applied Science to serve... The Broadening Opportunity through Leadership and Diversity (BOLD)... Deadline: 09/04/2020 Award: Varies	Deadline09/04/2020
$7,000.00	Karen Bajgert Memorial Scholarship The Karen Bajgert Memorial scholarship is available to graduating seniors from Fairview High School in Boulder, Colorado attending CU Boulder based... The Karen Bajgert Memorial scholarship is available to graduating... Deadline: Award: $7,000.00
$0.00	LEAD Alliance Shea Family Foundation Scholarship (Pre-Collegiate Program) Distributions from the Fund will be used to provide an undergraduate scholarship award for a student enrolled in the Pre-Collegiate Program at the... Distributions from the Fund will be used to provide an undergraduate... Deadline: Award: $0.00
$10,000.00	Levy & Levy (L.A.L.) Scholarship (Pre-Collegiate Program) 2020-21 Renewal Only. 2020-21 Renewal Only. Deadline: Award: $10,000.00
$0.00	Levy & Levy (L.A.L.) Scholarship (Pre-Collegiate Program) The Levy & Levy (L.A.L.) Scholarship was established to provide scholarships for students who have successfully completed a CU System... The Levy & Levy (L.A.L.) Scholarship was established to provide... Deadline: Award: $0.00
$2,000.00	PCDP Scholarship CU LEAD CONTINUING STUDENTS: Due to your academic achievement as well as your active participation in a CU LEAD Alliance program you are eligible to... CONTINUING STUDENTS: Due to your academic achievement as well as your... Deadline: Award: $2,000.00
$0.00	Poly & Mark Addison Scholarship (Pre-Collegiate Program) The Poly & Mark Addison Scholarship is awarded to incoming students interested in majoring in Art or Art History who participated in a... The Poly & Mark Addison Scholarship is awarded to incoming students... Deadline: Award: $0.00
$1,000.00	Charles Schwab CFP Scholarship The Charles Schwab CFP Scholarship is for 5 outstanding students interested in pursuing a career as a personal financial planner through the Leeds... The Charles Schwab CFP Scholarship is for 5 outstanding students... Deadline: Ended Award: $1,000.00	Ended
$2,000.00	Scholarship for Opportunities This fund was established by Dean Kathy Schultz in May of 2017 to provide scholarship awards for students enrolled in the School of Education who... This fund was established by Dean Kathy Schultz in May of 2017 to... Deadline: Ended Award: $2,000.00	Ended
Varies	Adele V. Leonhardy Memorial Scholarship in Mathematics Are you planning a teaching career in mathematics? The Adele V. Leonhardy Scholarship provides support to outstanding undergraduate or graduate... Are you planning a teaching career in mathematics? The Adele V.... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Ayer Romance Languages Scholarship in Spanish and Portuguese The Ayer Romance Languages Scholarship in Spanish and Portuguese provides scholarship support to students in the Department of Spanish and... The Ayer Romance Languages Scholarship in Spanish and Portuguese... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Charles Francis Truscott Scholarship in Humanities The Charles Francis Truscott Scholarship provides scholarship support to students majoring in the Humanities or Fine Arts at the University of... The Charles Francis Truscott Scholarship provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Eve Verderber Undergraduate Support Fund The Eve Verderber Undergraduate Support Fund provides support for undergraduate scholarships to students in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology... The Eve Verderber Undergraduate Support Fund provides support for... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	George and Clara Moreno Scholarship in Mathematics The George and Clara Moreno Scholarship provides scholarship support to undergraduate students in the Department of Mathematics at the University... The George and Clara Moreno Scholarship provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	John H. "Jack" Hodges Scholarship in Mathematics The John H. “Jack” Hodges Scholarship provides scholarship support to undergraduate students in the Department of Mathematics at the University of... The John H. “Jack” Hodges Scholarship provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Jose De Onis Achievement Award The Jose De Onis Achievement Award provides scholarship support to graduate students in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. The Jose De Onis Achievement Award provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Marion and Gordon Alexander, and Anne Alexander Bingham Memorial Scholarship The Marion and Gordon Alexander, and Anne Alexander Bingham Memorial Scholarship provides scholarship support to upper division undergraduate or... The Marion and Gordon Alexander, and Anne Alexander Bingham Memorial... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Marlene Massaro Pratto and David Pratto Scholarship in Mathematics The Marlene Massaro Pratto and David Pratto Scholarship provides scholarship support to undergraduate students in the Department of Mathematics at... The Marlene Massaro Pratto and David Pratto Scholarship provides... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Mel Cundiff Endowment in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The Mel Cundiff Biology Endowment provides scholarship support to outstanding undergraduate students who are graduating in Ecology and Evolutionary... The Mel Cundiff Biology Endowment provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Merle Colglazier Scholarship The Merle Colglazier Scholarship provides scholarship support to undergraduate students majoring in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the... The Merle Colglazier Scholarship provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Steven Berry Memorial Scholarship The Steven Berry Memorial Scholarship provides scholarship support for undergraduate students studying the Japanese language as a major. The Steven Berry Memorial Scholarship provides scholarship support for... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	William Segal Memorial Fund The William Segal Memorial Fund was established in honor of Professor Emeritus William “Willie” Segal to provide scholarship support to students... The William Segal Memorial Fund was established in honor of Professor... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Archive - Bri Fera Scholarship in the Department of Art and Art History The Bri Fera Scholarship provides scholarship support to graduate students studying studio art and art history in the Department of Art and Art... The Bri Fera Scholarship provides scholarship support to graduate... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Archive - Ellen M. Tallman Endowed Scholarship The Ellen M. Tallman Endowed Scholarship provides undergraduate and graduate scholarship support for students enrolled in the Arts Practices... The Ellen M. Tallman Endowed Scholarship provides undergraduate and... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Maria Elkin Memorial Scholarship The Maria Elkin Memorial Scholarship provides scholarship support to students in the Art and Art History Department at the University of Colorado... The Maria Elkin Memorial Scholarship provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Phillips Fine Arts Scholarship The Philips Fine Art Scholarship provides scholarship support to students majoring in Art and Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Philips Fine Art Scholarship provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Gail Pokoik Dance Scholarship The Gail Pokoik Dance Scholarship provides scholarship support to graduate students in the Dance Division of the Theatre and Dance Department at... The Gail Pokoik Dance Scholarship provides scholarship support to... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
$1,000	James and Anne de Castro Dance Scholarship The James and Anne de Castro Dance Scholarship provides scholarship support to undergraduate students in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the... The James and Anne de Castro Dance Scholarship provides scholarship... Deadline: Ended Award: $1,000	Ended
Varies	Juliana and Sean Crouch Theatre Scholarship The Juliana and Sean Crouch Theatre Scholarship provides an annual scholarship award for an in-state undergraduate student studying Theatre with a... The Juliana and Sean Crouch Theatre Scholarship provides an annual... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Patricia Elliott Endowed Scholarship Fund for Theatre The Patricia Elliott Endowed Scholarship Fund for Theatre provides scholarship support to graduate and doctoral students studying Theatre in the CU... The Patricia Elliott Endowed Scholarship Fund for Theatre provides... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Theatre Graduate Student Scholarship The Theatre Graduate Student Scholarship provides graduate student scholarships for Theatre majors at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Theatre Graduate Student Scholarship provides graduate student... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Theatre Scholarship Fund The Theatre Scholarship Fund provide scholarship support for Theatre majors at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Theatre Scholarship Fund provide scholarship support for Theatre... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
$1,000 or $5,000	Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grants and Cynthia H. Schultz Small Grants are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate School that support the... Beverly Sears Graduate Student Grants and Cynthia H. Schultz Small... Deadline: Ended Award: $1,000 or $5,000	Ended
$2,000.00	Post-Holocaust American Judaism Collections Graduate Research Fellowship The Program in Jewish Studies and University Libraries’ Special Collections, Archives, and Preservation Department hold a competition for a... The Program in Jewish Studies and University Libraries’ Special... Deadline: Ended Award: $2,000.00	Ended
$2500 for 4 years	Delta Eta Boule Delta Eta is the Denver chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the oldest African American fraternity in the country. The Delta Eta Boulé Scholarship... Delta Eta is the Denver chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the oldest... Deadline: Ended Award: $2500 for 4 years	Ended
$500.00	Martin Luther King, Jr. Housing Prize Scholarship The Martin Luther King, Jr. Housing Prize Scholarship provides annual scholarships to undergraduate Environmental Design students at the University... The Martin Luther King, Jr. Housing Prize Scholarship provides annual... Deadline: Ended Award: $500.00	Ended
$1,500.00	Alumni Association Washington DC Chapter Scholarship Forever Buffs comes to life through the Alumni Association scholarship program! Contribution is one of the cornerstones of Forever Buffs and our... Forever Buffs comes to life through the Alumni Association scholarship... Deadline: Ended Award: $1,500.00	Ended
$5,000.00	APS VISTA/UCB Scholarship The APS/VISTA Scholarship is for entering freshmen from the following Aurora, Colorado high schools: Aurora Central HS, William C Hinkley HS,... The APS/VISTA Scholarship is for entering freshmen from the following... Deadline: Ended Award: $5,000.00	Ended
Varies	AAH Scholarship: Dan Spivak Schlp The Dan Spivak Endowment Fund in Art and Art History provides need-based scholarship support for college seniors in the visual arts in the... The Dan Spivak Endowment Fund in Art and Art History provides need-based... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
Varies	Barbara Lynn Bowler Scholarship in Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences The Barbara Lynn Bowler Scholarship is awarded to students in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences who meet the following... The Barbara Lynn Bowler Scholarship is awarded to students in the... Deadline: Ended Award: Varies	Ended
$1,000	K.A. Nuzum Scholarship in Religious Studies The K.A. Nuzum Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding major in Religious Studies who meets the following criteria: (1) enrolled full-time as an... The K.A. Nuzum Scholarship is awarded to an outstanding major in... Deadline: Ended Award: $1,000	Ended
$500	Undergraduate Mentorship Scholarship in Religious Studies The Undergraduate Mentorship Scholarship is awarded to students who meet the following criteria: (1) must be enrolled full-time as an undergraduate... The Undergraduate Mentorship Scholarship is awarded to students who meet... Deadline: Ended Award: $500	Ended
$1,000.00	Presidents Leadership Class (PLC) Scholarship The Presidents Leadership Class (PLC) program and scholarship is for entering freshmen with a strong academic record, leadership initiative, depth... The Presidents Leadership Class (PLC) program and scholarship is for... Deadline: Ended Award: $1,000.00	Ended
$0.00	Second Point of Entry - Presidents Leadership Class (PLC) The Second Point of Entry into The Presidents Leadership Class (PLC) program is for rising sophomores, both continuing at CU and transfer students,... The Second Point of Entry into The Presidents Leadership Class (PLC)... Deadline: Ended Award: $0.00	Ended
$2,000.00	C. Gordon Sweet Scholarship, Colorado AIA, Environmental Design The C. Gordon Sweet Scholarship offered by the Architectural Education Foundation, AIA Colorado is available to a third or fourth year student in... The C. Gordon Sweet Scholarship offered by the Architectural Education... Deadline: Ended Award: $2,000.00	Ended

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