The Graduate School offers application fee waivers for participants in the following programs:

  • AmeriCorps (currently serving)
  • Black in AI (BAI)
  • Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) Initiative
  • Gates Millennium Scholars
  • Leadership Alliance
  • Life Sciences Summer Undergraduate Research Program (LSSURP)
  • Louis-Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP)
  • Math Alliance Scholars
  • McNair Scholars Program
  • Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program
  • Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholar Program
  • Peace Corps (currently serving)
  • Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP)
  • SMART
  • Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
  • Teach for America

If you are affiliated with one of these programs, please send us proof of your affiliation to gradadm@colorado.edu after you have started an application and before you submit, and we will process your fee waiver for you. 

If you are in the U.S. military you will receive an automatic fee waiver as a thank you for your service (active duty, veteran, previously served, and active reserve are all eligible for this automatic fee waiver).

If you are undocumented and/or a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) beneficiary, please contact gradadm@colorado.edu to inquire about possible fee waivers.

Other Support Options

The Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations is committed to providing educational opportunities for a diverse range of applicants regardless of their financial situations.

If you are not eligible for the CU Boulder Graduate School fee waiver listed above and meet all the conditions below, we may be able to pay the application fee on your behalf. 

You must request this fee waiver BEFORE YOU APPLY in order for the department to pay the application fee on your behalf. 

The conditions are:

  • You are not eligible for the CU Boulder Graduate School fee waiver

  • You are a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or DACA recipient

  • You intend to apply for the Ph.D. or MA program in the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations

  • You are applying to enroll in the fall semester

  • You meet the admission requirements for the program you apply to

  • The application fee is a financial hardship AND/OR you have participated in under-represented minority (URM) recruitment programs AND/OR you are a first-generation college student

We are not asking for any explanation of your financial hardship or documentation of the above conditions. We trust you to judge for yourself whether you fulfill these criteria.

To request that the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations pay the graduate application fee, send an email to dalc@colorado.edu BEFORE YOU APPLY, stating, “I am ineligible for the CU Boulder Graduate School application waiver and meet the other criteria for the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations to pay my application fee.” This request will not impact your application in any way. Please request your waiver as soon as possible.