The CU Boulder Scholarship Application allows undergraduate and graduate first-year, continuing, and transfer students apply for multiple scholarship opportunities with one general application.

When to apply

The application opens Nov. 1, 2023听for the 2024-25听school year with most applications due between Feb. 15 and听March 15. Prospective students will have access after applying for admission.

What you can get

Scholarship Selection & Notification

A scholarship committee does a comprehensive review of听applications and selects recipients. Scholarships are听highly competitive and selection for one is听not guaranteed. Selection听criteria may include, but is听not limited to, your academic record, leadership experience, extracurricular involvement, community service, employment, essays, and in some cases, financial need.

Fall 2024 & Spring 2025 scholarships
Most scholarships available through the CU Boulder Scholarship Application have been awarded to incoming and continuing students for the 2024-25 school year. Only students selected to receive a scholarship will be notified by email. Thank you to all who have applied.

When you'll be notified about your award

  • Incoming first-year student: Early April听 听听
  • Continuing students:听Mid-April
  • Transfer students: Mid-July听 听听
  • Graduate students: Please contact the Graduate School.

If you are a new student and have not received notification by early May, you were likely not selected for a scholarship. Notification timing varies for recipients of "recommended" scholarships.

Check your status听

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

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.

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2024-25听Academic Year Application Dates and Deadlines

Deadlines, eligibility criteria, scholarship 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,听department or campus program听for questions.听Applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time on deadline.

November 1

CU Boulder Scholarship Application Opens

February 15

Some individual scholarship opportunities close.

March 1

Financial aid application recommended deadline

March 15

Most individual scholarship opportunities & CU Boulder Scholarship Application close

June 15

CU Boulder Scholarship Application closes for transfer students

Troubleshooting

  • The CU Boulder Scholarship Application supports the following browsers: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari
  • If you experience issues,听听before continuing.