Fee Waiver Form

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The Graduate School offers application fee waivers based on a number of factors, which include but are not limited to members of the below groups. Please follow and complete the instructions below to submit the single fee waiver application most appropriate to you.

  • AmeriCorps (currently serving)
  • Black in AI (domestic/permanent resident applicants only)
  • Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity Initiative (BUILD)
  • Científico Latino Graduate School Mentorship Initiative (GSMI)
  • Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
  • Gates Millennium Scholars
  • GEM  Fellows
  • 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 Scholar Program (MARC)
  • 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 (currently serving)
  • Women+ of Color Project (W+OCP)

 

 

Please contact gradadm@colorado.edu

Fee Waiver for undocumented or DACA individual

Please contact gradadm@colorado.edu

Do any of the following apply to you?
  1. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
  2. Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE)
  3. Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM)
  4. Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT)
  5. Jackie Robinson Foundation
  6. Leadership Brainery
  7. Posse Foundation scholars
  8. Participation in a program not listed above may still qualify you for an application fee waiver, provided it meets the following criteria:
    1. Mission explicitly aligns with the Department’s Diversity Initiative and the Graduate School’s commitment to Diversity, Equity, Access and Inclusion
    2. Demonstrates a clear directive for students to enter a doctoral or research program.
    3. Is represented or has chapters at more than one U.S. university campus.
    4. Please provide a brief statement supporting your request.
  1. Included in this group are first-generation students where neither parent(s) nor grandparent(s) have obtained a four-year degree.
  2. Please provide a brief statement supporting your request.
  1. Applicants with documented financial hardship will be required to provide supporting documentation for at least one of the following, along with a brief 100–250 words explanation:
    1. Undergraduate Pell Grant recipients
    2. An official statement of need, which includes your Expected Family Contribution (EFC) or Student Aid Index (SAI), from a financial aid officer at your current institution.
    3. A copy of your FAFSA Student Aid Report (SAR), with your Social Security Number obscured  An official verification of current participation in a U.S. government low-income aid program, such as Unemployment, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Welfare, Medicaid, etc.
    4. Do not send copies of tax returns, bank statements, or any document that contains your social security number.
  1. Asian American Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions
  2. Historically Black Colleges
  3. Hispanic Serving Institutions
  4. Minority Serving Institution
  5. Native American-Serving Non-Tribal Institutions
  6. Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
  7. Tribal Colleges and Universities
Briefly describe why you may be eligible for a fee waiver including specific information about any need-based financial aid/assistance you may have received. (limit response to 500 characters)
Please upload any relevant documentation in support of your fee waiver request (e.g. Financial Aid letter, Pell Grant eligibility, etc.).
One file only.
5 MB limit.
Allowed types: pdf, doc, docx.