The CU Boulder Scholarship Application allows you to apply for multiple scholarship opportunities with one general application.

Who Can Apply?

Incoming freshmen, continuing undergraduates, transfer students and graduate students.

The 2020-21 CU Boulder Scholarship Application is now closed. Deadlines, eligibility criteria, award amounts and application requirements vary for each scholarship and are listed within the application. Colleges and Departments may have different open and close dates. Please see the application deadlines below and refer to your department for questions. Applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on deadline.

What Could I Get?

Scholarship Selection & Notification

A scholarship committee evaluates submitted applications and selects recipients. The selection process is highly competitive and award offers are not guaranteed. Applications are reviewed holistically and selection criteria may include, but is not limited to, your academic record, leadership experience, extracurricular involvement, community service, employment, essays, and in some cases, financial need.

Only students selected to receive a scholarship will be notified by email. Students selected for scholarships will hear by the following:

Incoming freshmen: Early April    

Continuing students: Mid-April 

Transfer students: Mid-July    

Graduate students: Please contact the Graduate School. 

Waiting to Hear Back?

Notifications will begin in April. If you’re an incoming freshman and you don’t hear by May 1, you haven’t been selected. Notification will vary for recipients of "recommended" and external scholarships. 

 How Do I Check My Status?

Log in to the CU Boulder Scholarship Application. From the My Applications tab, you'll see either Submitted or Offered, Accepted/Awarded status for each scholarship you have applied for. 

How it Works

Step 1: General Application

You will be prompted to complete the general application first. This application is used for multiple scholarships and requires information about extracurricular activities, community service, work and essays.

Step 2: Recommended Opportunities

After you submit the general application, departmental scholarships and additional recommended scholarship opportunities may display. These opportunities require writing a special essay, submitting reference letters, or documenting eligibility.

Step 3: Other Opportunities

Within the application, you can browse through additional external scholarships. Eligibility and application requirements for each scholarship vary and are listed in the scholarship details within the application.

 

2021-22 Academic Year Application Dates and Deadlines

Deadlines, eligibility criteria, award amounts and application requirements vary for each scholarship and are listed within the application. Colleges, departments, and campus programs may have different open and close dates. Please refer to your school, college, department or campus program for questions. Applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on deadline.

November 1, 2020

CU Boulder Scholarship Application Opens

February 15

Some individual scholarship opportunities close.
FAFSA, CASFA recommended deadline

March 15

Most individual scholarship opportunities & CU Boulder Scholarship Application close

June 15

CU Boulder Scholarship Application closes for transfer students

Troubleshooting

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