Scholarships and Funds

Your gift will help bolster academic performance of underrepresented engineering students through the Student Success Center (tutoring), awards and recognition events, career guidance workshops and research opportunities, all designed to increase student retention through inclusive excellence.

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Donations of any amount can be made to either the endowed or current scholarship fund. Your gift will join others that allow the BOLD Center to attract, support, and retain talented undergraduate engineering students.

The endowed fund allows your gift to be invested into a permanent endowment and annual distributions, pursuant to the CU Foundation's Spending Policy, are available for awarding BOLD Scholarships annually and in perpetuity.

Gifts to the current scholarship fund are available immediately to award scholarships to deserving BOLD students.

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To name your own scholarship as a lasting legacy for an individual, or in a corporate name, please contact please contact Kevin Lobdell, Interim Advancement Lead for help on this process. Named scholarship endowment funds start at a minimum of $50,000, and current scholarship funds are a minimum of $25,000 to be named. By naming a scholarship, you help determine the criteria, with guidance from Engineering's Scholarship Coordinator, and you will receive a personal thank you note from the student(s) and an invitation to the annual Engineering Scholarship Dinner to meet them personally.

Several diversity-serving, professional engineering societies have their CU Boulder chapter offices in The BOLD Center. These societies provide a variety of functions, including hosting guest speakers, organizing social events, sponsoring student attendance at national conferences, and sponsoring entries in national competitions. Your gift will help support their initiatives and further student society events. 

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