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AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship

Contact: AICPA website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Available to AICPA members who are full-time undergraduate or graduate students.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0.
  • Must have completed at least 30 credit hours, including 6 hours in accounting.

 

American Association of University Women (AAUW Education Foundation)

Contact: AAUW Education Foundation website. for information and application.

  • Fellowships, grants and awards with fall application deadlines are available for women scholars.

 

American Chemical Society Scholars Program

Contact: American Chemical Society website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Applicant must be African American, American Indian, or Hispanic/Latino.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or a permanent U.S. resident.
  • Must attend full-time (at least 12 credits per semester).
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0 in Chemistry or Science.
  • Class rank of Freshman, Sophomore, or Junior.
  • Must also be majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, chemical engineering or a chemically-related science and planning a career in the chemical sciences or chemical technology.

 

American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) Scholarship

Contact: American Society of Women Accountants website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must be an outstanding female accounting student.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0 (excluding remedial classes).
  • Must have successfully completed Intermediate Accounting I.
  • Must have completed 60 semester hours (or 90 quarter hours) with a declared major in Accounting.
  • Must demonstrate financial need, provide 3 Letters of Recommendation, and transcripts.

 

Army Nurse Corps Association Scholarship

Contact: Army Nurse Corps Association website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Available to one of the following:
    • A nursing student who has an immediate family member who is serving or has served in the Active Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve.
    • A nursing student who plans to enter the Active Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve.
    • A nursing student who has previously served in the Active Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve.
    • An Army Nurse Corps officer enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate nursing program who is not funded by the Active Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve.
    • An Army enlisted soldier in the Active Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve, who is working toward a baccalaureate degree in nursing and is not funded by the Active Army, Army National Guard or Army Reserve.

Deadline: March 31

 

Army Emergency Relief Scholarship

Contact: Army Emergency Relief website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Scholarship opportunities for the spouse and dependent children of Soldiers.

 

ASCO Numatics Scholarship

Contact: ASCO Numatics website for information and application.

Value:  $5000

Criteria:

  • Class rank of Junior, Senior, Graduate student.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen or a legal U.S. resident.
  • Must be pursuing a career in manufacturing, processing or other industrial automation related disciplines, particularly in fluid control and fluid power technologies.
  • Must attend full-time (at least 12 credits per semester).

Aspinall Scholarship

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Value: Varies from $1,000 to $3,000
Criteria:

  • Must attend Colorado Mesa University full-time (at least 12 credits per semester).
  • Class rank of Junior or Senior.
  • Must be majoring in one of the Social & Behavioral Sciences programs.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0.

Aspinall-Paraho Scholarship

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Value: Varies from $1000 to $3000

Criteria:

  • Must attend CMU full-time (at least 12 credit hours per semester)
  • Class ranking of sophomore or above
  • Must be majoring in any area of Biological Sciences, Physical and Environmental Sciences, or Computer Science, Mathematics & Statistics.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0

 

CFMA Tim Smith Memorial Scholarship

Contact: Colorado Fiscal Managers Association website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must be a legal resident of the State of Colorado.
  • Class rank of Sophomore, Junior, or Senior at a state supported higher education institution in Colorado.
  • Must be enrolled in a degree program with a declared major in the area of accounting, finance, or other financial management study.
  • Must intend to pursue a career with the State of Colorado.

 

CollegeinColorado.org  Scholarships

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Colorado Authors' League Scholarship

Contact: Colorado Authors' League website for more information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must attend full-time (at least 12 credits per semester) in an accredited public or private Colorado institution of higher education.
  • Must be a legal Colorado resident.
  • Minimum GPA of 2.5.
  • Must have completed at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate study.
  • Must demonstrate financial need.

Deadline: April 1

 

Colorado Hospitality Scholarship Programs

Application and Information

Criteria:

  • Undergraduate students pursuing degrees in hospitality and tourism attending an accredited, four-year university or college.

Deadline: April 12 for CHLA members only

Colorado Women's Education Foundation Scholarship

Contact:  Colorado Women's Education Foundation website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Available to non-traditional female students (25 years or older).
  • Must be a legal U.S. citizen and have resided in Colorado for 12 consecutive months immediately preceding application.
  • Must attend an educational institution of higher learning or vocational training located and accredited in Colorado.
  • Must demonstrate financial need, scholastic ability, leadership skills, and career goals.

Application deadlines: May 31 and Oct 31

 

County Sheriffs of Colorado Scholarship

Contact:  County Sheriffs of Colorado website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Available to any permanent resident of a Colorado county participating in the Honorary Membership Program of County Sheriffs of Colorado (this excludes residents from Pitkin county).
  • Must be enrolled in, or applying to , a vocational training program or institution of higher learning in the state of Colorado.
  • Available to part-time (at least 6 semester credits) or full-time (at least 12 semester credits) students.
  • Minimum GPA of 2.0.

Deadline: February 26

 

Denver Delta Kappa Gamma Society Scholarship

Applications available in the CMU Financial Aid Office.

Value:  $1,500

Criteria:

  • Available to a female student majoring in Education and aspiring to be a teacher.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0.
  • Selection will also be based upon creative potentiality, strength of character, evidence of leadership, emotional maturity and stability.

Denver Mortar Board Scholarship

Application

Value: $2,000 merit-based fellowship for graduate study

Criteria:

  • An undergraduate or graduate student attending an accredited college or university in Colorado
  • A member of Mortar Board

Deadline: March 30

Delta Kappa Gamma - Alpha Mu Chapter Scholarship

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Criteria:

  • Available to female students working toward teacher licensure and planning to follow teaching career.
  • Class rank of Junior or higher.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0.

 

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (Denver Alumnae Chapter) Scholarship

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Applicants must:

  • Must be an African-American female student.
  • Must have been accepted or currently enrolled in a graduate (MA-PhD) program at a college or university.
  • Minimum undergraduate/graduate GPA of 3.0.
  • Must be a legal resident of the State of Colorado.
  • Qualified applicants must be able to attend an interview in Denver, CO.

Denver Well Logging Society (DWLS) Scholarships & Grants

Contact: Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must attend a recognized institution full-time (minimum of 12 credit hours per semester).
  • Must be majoring in a course of study directly related to or bearing a reasonable relationship to the science of oil, gas, or other mineral formation evaluation.
  • Must provide two Letters of Recommendation.

Deadline:  April 1

 

DFW International Community Alliance

Contact: DFW International Community Alliance website for information and application.

Information:

  • Scholarship opportunities for new Americans and Minorities.

 

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Scholarship

Contact: DAR National Society website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must be a legal U.S. citizen.
  • Must attending an accredited college or university in the United States.

 

Edith Kennedy Wilson Scholarship

Application

Criteria:

  • Must be a Junior or Senior at a 4-year Colorado university.
  • Must be majoring in Business or a Business related field.

 

Education-Portal Scholarships

Contact: Education-Portal website for information and application.

Information:

  • Several scholarship available for undergraduate and graduate students.

The Foundation of the National Student Nurses' Association

Contact: National Student Nurses' Association website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must be a U.S. citizen or Alien with U.S. Permanent Resident Status/ Alien Registration Number.
  • Must be currently enrolled in state-approved schools of nursing or pre-nursing in associate degree, baccalaureate, diploma, generic doctorate, and generic master's programs.
  • Not available for graduate study unless it is for a first degree in nursing.

 

Friends of Hubbell Trading Post

Contact: For information and application

Criteria:

  • Member of Navajo or Hopi nation
  • Currently attending a four-year college or university in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico or Utah
  • Entering your junior or senior year in fall semester 2013, or winter semester 2014
  • A declared major field of study or enrollment in special degree program
  • Current cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher

Deadline: July 1

Friends of Nursing

Contact: Friends of Nursing website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must be enrolled in a baccalaureate or higher degree program at participating Colorado Schools of Nursing:
    • Adams State College - Alamosa
    • Colorado State University - Pueblo
    • Colorado Mesa University - Grand Junction
    • Metropolitan State College - Denver
    • Regis University/Loretto Heights School of Nursing - Denver
    • University of Colorado Colorado Springs - Beth-El College of Nursing
    • University of Colorado Denver, College of Nursing
    • University of Northern Colorado, School of Nursing - Greeley
  • Class rank of Junior or higher, or at the graduate level.
  • Minimum GPA of 3.0.

Deadline: October 30

 

Friends of Ridgway State Park

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Value: Two $1000 or one $2000

Criteria:

  • Graduates from High School in Mesa, Delta, Montrose or Ouray Counties
  • Currently enrolled in a four year college or higher
  • Passed at least one semester of post-secondary education
  • Enrolled in a major in environmental studies or equivalent

Deadline: April 30

Grand Valley Power Mechanical Engineering Scholarship

Contact:  Grand Valley Power website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must reside in a home served by Grand Valley Power.
  • Must be enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Program or have a letter of acceptance from Colorado Mesa University in the Mechanical Engineering Program.
  • Must provide two Letters of Recommendation from non-relatives.
  • Must provide a 500-word essay describing the career path chosen and why.

Deadline:  March 15

 

Grand Valley Power Lineman Scholarship

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Value:  $2000

Criteria:

  • Must reside in a home served by Grand Valley Power.
  • Must be enrolled in the Electric Lineworker program or have al letter of acceptance from Colorado Mesa University in the Electric Lineworker program.
  • Must provide two Letters of Recommendation from non-relatives.
  • Must provide a 500-word essay describing the career path chosen and why.

Deadline:  March 15

 

John Gyles Education Awards

Information:

  • Available to students in both Canada and the United States.
  • Awards are available to both male and female students for all areas of post secondary study.
  • Minimum GPA of 2.7 is required.
  • Academic ability and financial need are considered in the selection process.

Application:

  • Students can receive an application by sending only a stamped, self-addressed, standard letter size (No. 10) envelope to the following address:

    John Gyles Education Awards

    Attn: The Secretary

    PO Box 4808

    712 Riverside Drive

    Fredericton, New Brunswick

    Canada E3B 5G4.

Deadlines: April 1, June 1, and November 15

 

Gates Family Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)

Contact: Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society website for information and application

Criteria:

  • Must have immigrated to the US with HIAS assistance.
  • Must currently be enrolled in a U.S. college, university, or technical school; show evidence of being enrolled in school for at least one year (two semesters) prior to applying for a HIAS scholarship .
  • Must be enrolled in in program ending with an associate's, bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree; or technical degrees and certificates.

 

Hispanic College Fund

Contact:  Hispanic College Fund website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Available to Hispanic college students.

 

The Home Depot Trade Scholarship

Contact: The Home Depot Trade Scholarship for information and application.

Criteria:

  • This scholarship is open to students nationwide who are currently enrolled or accepted in a professional building or construction trade program. 

ICRI Rocky Mountain Chapter

Application

Criteria:

  • The applicant is currently, or will be, residing within the boundaries of the ICRI Rocky
    Mountain Chapter as further outlined in the Eligibility section.
  • The applicant is accepted or currently enrolled for study at an accredited college,
    university or vocational school which has an associate or bachelor degree program
    related to concrete design, materials, construction, or any combination of these
    areas.
  • The applicant must be a United States citizen and capable in the English language.

Lew Goodhart Memorial Scholarship

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Value: Two $1000 non-renewable scholarships will be awarded each year, or as determined by funds available

Criteria:

  • Must be a legal resident of the State of Colorado. Preference given to residents of Western Colorado.
  • Must have completed at least 15 college credit hours at an institute or higher education.
  • Must have a GPA between 2.0 and 3.5
  • Priority given to students with financial need.

Deadline: June 1

If you have any questions regarding this scholarship, contact:

Cindy Rhodes

Western Colorado Community Foundation

PO Box 4334

Grand Junction, CO 81502

225 North 5th, Suite 505

Grand Junction, CO 81501

970-243-3767

Fax: 970-243-9767

Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, Inc.

Contact: Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Scholarships are available to children of a Marine on active duty; or in the Reserve or of a former Marine or Marine Reservist who has received an Honorable Discharge, Medical Discharge, or who was killed while in the service of our country; or of an active duty, reserve, or former U.S. Navy Corpsman who is serving or has served, with the U.S. Marine Corps.

 

National Federation for the Blind Scholarship

Contact:  National Federation for the Blind website for information and application

Criteria:

  • Available to high-achieving, legally blind students.

Deadline: March 30

 

National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation

Contact:  National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation  for information and application

Criteria:

  • Scholarship opportunities for students in food service related programs.

NEWH Chapter Scholarships

Information and Application

Criteria:

  • Must have completed half the requirements for a degree or certification program in which enrolled
  • Must have real financial need
  • Must have at least 3.0 GPA
  • Must have a career objective in the Hospitality Industry (i.e., Hotel/Restaurant Management, Culinary, Food Service, Architecture, Design, etc.)

Mensa Education & Research Foundation Scholarship Essay Contest

Contact:  Mensa Education & Research Foundation website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Must currently be a resident of a participating American Mensa Local Group's area.
  • Must be enrolled in a degree program in an accredited U.S. institution of higher learning.
  • Must submit an application and essay explaining his or her career, academic and/or vocational goals.

Deadline:  Opens on September 15th, closes on January 15th.

 

Pinnacol Foundation Scholarships

Contact: Pinnacol Foundation website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Be the natural, adopted, step-child or full dependent of a worker killed or seriously injured in a compensable work-related accident during the course and scope of employment with a Colorado-based employer and entitled to receive benefits under the Colorado Workers’ Compensation Act.
  • Must be between the ages of 16 and 25 at the time of application.
  • Must have a high school diploma, GED or be a high school senior if applying for undergraduate or vocational training.
  • Must have a college degree or be a college senior if applying for graduate school.
  • Submit at least one letter of recommendation, a personal essay and their most current transcripts.
  • Submit documentation of their parents’ accident.

Deadline: March 31

 

Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation

Contact: Pueblo Hispanic Education Foundation website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Available to low to moderate income students, Hispanics and other minorities.

Application Deadline: March 28

 

Rocky Mountain Orthopaedic Associates Collegiate Cycling Scholarship

Application is available from the Colorado Mesa University cycling team coach.

Criteria:

  • Must attend Colorado Mesa University or Western Colorado Community College full-time (at least 12 credits per semester).
  • Must be a member of the Colorado Mesa University Cycling Team and holds a current USA Cycling racing license.
  • Preference given to students maintaining a 3.0 GPA or better.


Sallie Mae Fund Scholarships

Contact: Sallie Mae Fund website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Scholarships are available for minority and low-income students

Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation Scholarship

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Value: Determined by the Saccomanno Higher Education Foundation

Criteria:

  • Available to students who are residents of Mesa County, Colorado, or Carbon County, Utah.
  • Must demonstrate financial need.
  • Strength of sincerity in pursuing higher education to improve their lives and those of others must be evident.

 

San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. Electric Lineman Scholarship

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Value:  $4000

Criteria:

  • Must attend Western Colorado Community College full-time (at least 12 credits per semester).
  • Must be at least 18 years old.
  • Applicant or applicants parent(s) (or legal guardian(s)) must live within the San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative service area.
  • Must have and maintain a minimum GPA of 2.5.

Deadline:  February (first Thursday in February annually)

 

Scholarships for ALL Students regardless of Immigration Status

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Society of Petroleum Engineers Scholarship

Application

Criteria:

  • Must be a student enrolled, or soon to be enrolled, in curriculum related to the petroleum industry.
  • Must be an SPE member, if eligible
  • Must not graduate before December 31 of the application year.

Deadline: March 15

 

Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund

Contact: Talbots Women's Scholarship Fund website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Scholarships available to undergraduate full or part-time women.
  • Must have earned their high school diploma or GED at least 10 years ago, and who are now seeking a college degree and have at least two semesters left to complete their degree.

 

USA Funds Scholarships

Contact:  USA Funds website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Available to qualified full-time and half-time undergraduate and full-time graduate and professional students.
  • Must be enrolled or plan to enroll in coursework at an accredited two- or four-year college, university or vocational/technical school.

Deadline: February 15

 

James B. Warner Scholarship

Contact:  Rocky Mountain Section of American Water Works Association website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • The applicant must be a member (at least a student member) of AWWA. (Available at www.awwa.org).
  • Must be a student who will be at least a junior in the next fall term, pursuing a degree at an accredited college or university.
  • Fields of study applicable for the scholarship include, but are not limited to: water, water utility management, and water resources.
  • Funds may be used for tuition, books, or fees.

Deadline: June 15


Western Colorado Land Surveyors Scholarship

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Criteria:

  • Available to full time students entering or currently enrolled in a degree program in: Surveying, Remote Sensing, Geomatics, Cartography, Photogrammetry, Geodesy, or GIS.

Deadline: June 1 (for Fall semester) and December 1 (for Spring semester)

 

Western Rockies Federal Credit Union

Application:

  • Applications are available here, or may be picked up at:
    • Western Rockies Federal Credit Union
    • 2302 North Ave
    • Grand Junction, CO  81501

Criteria:

  • Must be a member of Western Rockies Federal Credit Union.
  • Minimum GPA of 2.0.
  • Must be accepted to and enrolled in a degree granting program of higher education located in Mesa, Garfield, Eagle and Pitkin Counties.

Deadline:  May 1

 

Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest

Contact:  Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity website for information and application.

Criteria:

  • This contest is designed to challenge college students to analyze the urgent ethical issues confronting them in today's complex world. Students are encouraged to write thought-provoking personal essays that raise questions, single out issues and are rational arguments for ethical action.
  • Must be a full-time undergraduate Junior or Senior registered at an accredited four-year college or university in the United States.

 

ICRI Rocky Mountain Chapter Scholarship Award

Contact:  International Concrete Repair Institute website   for information and application.

Criteria:

  • Preference given to students currently in a Construction Management degree program.
  • Must reside within Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, or New Mexico.
  • Must be a United States citizen and capable in the English language.
  • Intent to continue enrollment in the next fall semester.

Deadline:  April 1

CableTV.com

Contact: http://www.cabletv.com/scholarship

Value: $1000

Criteria:

  • All current and prospective Colorado Mesa U students are eligible to participate in our essay contest about TV’s impacts on global culture.

Deadline: June 30

 

Great Lakes STEM Scholarship

Value: $2500*

Contact: Great Lakes

Criteria:

  • Be enrolled full-time with a major in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) discipline at a public or private two- or four-year college, university, or vocational-technical school.
  • Have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.75.
  • Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
  • Demonstrate financial need.

Deadline: Through May 11, or until 20,000 applications have been received.

 

Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship

Value: (2) $10,000 and (4) 5,000

Criteria:

  • Undergraduate or graduate student with w declared major of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, or a related life-science field.
  • 3.0 GPA
  • U.S. resident

Deadline: July 21

Apply: Thermo Scientific Pierce Scholarship Website