Other Scholarship Resources
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
Contatc: 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. resedent.
- 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).
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.
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 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
Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education Foundation Scholarships
Contact: Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants website for information and application.
Value: $2,500
Criteria:
- Must be a legal or permanent U.S. resident and legally living and studying in the State of Colorado.
- Must be an accounting major and completed at least 6 semester hours/8 quarter hours of accounting courses.
- Must carry at least 6 semester hours/8 quarter hours per semester/quarter at an institution with an accredited accounting program.
- Minimum
GPA of 3.0.
- Applications are accepted twice yearly, for the fall
and spring semester.
Deadline: June 1.
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.
Delta Kappa Gamma - Alpha Mu Chapter Scholarship
Print Application
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
Print Application
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 (minimun of 12 credit hours per semester).
- Must be majoring in a course of studey 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.
Denver Mortar Board Alumni (Graduate Student)
Applications available in the CMU Financial Aid Office.
Criteria:
- Must be both a U.S. citizen and a legal resident
of the State of Colorado.
- Must be a graduate of an accredited college or university
in Colorado.
Edith Kennedy Wilson Scholarship
Contact: DAR National Society - Denver Chapter website for information and 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 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 Scholarships
Applications available in the Office of Financial Aid
Criteria:
- High school graduate of Mesa, Delta, Montrose or Ouray counties.
- Currently enrolled in a four year college or higher.
- Passed at least one semester of post-secondary education.
- Majoring in environmental studies or equivalent.
Deadline: June 10
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
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.
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.
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
Scholarships for ALL Students regardless of Immigration Status
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for scholarship listings and details)
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
Print Application
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 in the CMU Financial Aid Office, 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
ASCO Numatics Scholarship
Application : click here for information and apply
www.asconumatics.com/apply
Deadline: May 25
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.
