The College of Arts and听Sciences (A&S) awards more than 350 scholarships each year to incoming first-year, transfer, continuing听and graduate students with declared majors and/or minors in the听Arts & Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences听诲颈惫颈蝉颈辞苍蝉.

Scholarships are awarded on academic merit, financial need, extracurricular activities, leadership experience听or other considerations.听

Students must submit听CU Boulder鈥檚 scholarship application听to be considered.听The CU Boulder scholarship application allows you to both apply for multiple CU Boulder scholarships with a general application and gain access to additional scholarship opportunities.听Additional opportunities may require supplemental essays, letters of recommendation听or other materials to be submitted as part of their applications.

  • Important Deadlines:
    • 鈥�CU鈥檚 General Scholarship Application Opens: Nov.听1.
    • CU鈥檚 General Scholarship Application Closes (continuing/incoming first-year): March 15.
    • CU鈥檚 General Scholarship Application Closes (transfer): June 15.

Some scholarships have alternative deadlines, so be sure to review scholarship details.

  • Notification:听厂迟耻诲别苍迟蝉听selected to receive听a scholarship will be notified by email.听
    • Continuing/Incoming first-year student: mid-April.
    • Transfer students: Mid-July.
  • Need-Based Eligibility: To be eligible for need-based scholarship awards, applicants must submit the听Free Application for Federal Student AID (FAFSA)听to the Office of Financial Aid by Feb. 15 of each calendar year. To remain eligible for need-based awards, FAFSA results must be submitted each year.
  • Important Details:听Most scholarships require students to remain with their declared majors and/or minors and be enrolled full-time. You can find the A&S听Dean鈥檚 Office scholarship listing below. Units within A&S听have additional scholarships that can be found on unit-specific websites or by viewing听Our Opportunities. More information can be found on听, including information about听CU鈥檚 Automatic Consideration Scholarships.