Our Opportunities

Welcome to the Western Colorado University scholarship opportunities homepage.

The general application for 2025-2026 scholarships open December 1, 2024 for all continuing and admitted students.

Applications completed before March 1, 2025, receive priority consideration, but we do consider applications submitted later for scholarships that are not awarded in the first round of consideration.

Although certain scholarships are designed to promote diversity, applicants will be considered without preference to race, sex, color, or national origin.
Having trouble or have questions? Contact scholarships@western.edu

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$500.00 Mountaineer Alumni Recommendation Scholarship
The Mountaineer Alumni Recommendation Scholarship is a one-time...
Deadline06/01/2025
Varies Wilderness Based Orientation Scholarship
Wilderness Based Orientation (WBO) is an opportunity for you to meet...
Deadline06/02/2025
Varies May Dye & Gerald Kearney Scholarship
The Kearney Scholarship has been established by a gift from the estate...
Deadline08/01/2025
Varies Information Security Scholarship Program
To be eligible, candidates must be full-time Western Colorado University...
Deadline09/01/2025
$1,000.00 Alumni Legacy Scholarship
The Alumni Legacy Scholarship is a one-time non-renewable scholarship...
Deadline12/30/2025
$6,300.00 Americorps Education Award
Up to 5 accepted MEM students who have finished AmeriCorps, are midway...
Varies Coverdell Assistantship
The fellowship aims to support Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) in...
Varies Dan Tredway Memorial Education Scholarship
Scholarship Eligibility: Must be a resident of Colorado, with...
$0.00 First Generation Success Award
Student must have completed 2 semesters at Western, must be First...
Varies Global Sustainability (GS) Track Fellowship
Each year the GS track selects multiple first-year students to receive...
Varies Gunnison Valley Economic Prosperity Fellowship
This fellowship provides support for individuals directly creating...
Varies Integrative and Public Lands Management (IPLM) Track Fellowship
Each year the IPLM selects multiple first-year students to receive...
Varies Mountaineer Completion Scholarship
Mountaineer Completion Scholarship is for Seniors who have need to...
Varies Outdoor Industry MBA Military Personnel Fellowship
Eligible individuals are active-duty military personnel, honorably...
Varies Outdoor Industry MBA Product Track Fellowship
Product Track fellows will conduct research, develop and/or implement a...
Varies Outdoor Industry MBA Scholarship
An Industry Fellowship involves a partnership between Western’s OIMBA...
Varies Outdoor Industry MBA Service Track Fellowship
Service Track fellows will conduct research, develop and/or implement a...
Varies Restoration Assistantship
Join Western Colorado University’s Clark Family School of Environment...
$5,000.00 SRC Built Environment Fellowship
The fellowship is intended to support students interested in making...
Varies Sustainable and Resilient Communities (SRC) Track Fellowship
Each year the SRC track selects multiple first-year students to receive...
Varies Brian Hirsh Award
Eligibility Must be a graduating Art Major with skills in sculpting,...
Ended
Varies Duane Vandenbusche History Scholarship
The Duane Vandenbusche History Scholarship has been established by Duane...
Ended
Varies Durfee Day International Student Scholarship
The Durfee Day International Student Scholarship has been established by...
Ended
Varies F.S. Haverly Academic Scholarship-Inactive
Ended
Varies GPCW Poetry Concentration Scholarship Fund
Ended
Varies GPCW Publishing Scholarship Fund
Ended
Varies Jim Richards '54 Team Scholarship
The jim Richards 1954 Football Scholarship has been established by...
Ended
Varies Josh Hotchkiss Linebacker Scholarship
The Josh Hotchkiss Linebacker Scholarship has been established by the...
Ended
Varies Saltzman Family Scholarship
The Saltzman Family Scholarship has been established by Meyer and Geri...
Ended
Varies Wilbourn Family Scholarship-INACTIVE
This scholarship is provided by Mary Virginia Miller and Samuel James...
Ended
$0.00 Chavez Fund for Professional Development
The Chavez Fund for Professional Development has been established by...
Ended
$400.00 Kelly B. Long Memorial Scholarship
Kelly Long’sparents, Ron and Irene Long, established this scholarship to...
Ended
$1,000.00 Dan Pappas Scholarship
The Dan Pappas Scholarship has been established by Dr. Jody Coleman to...
Ended
$6,000.00 Mari Sandoz Emerging Writer Scholarship
The Mari Sandoz Emerging Writer Scholarship has been established by the...
Ended
Varies Denver Association Petroleum Landmen Scholarship
The Denver Association of Petroleum Landmen Scholarship was established...
Ended
Varies Foundation Helping Hands
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Varies GPCW Nature Writing Scholarship Fund
Ended
Varies GPCW Screenwriting Scholarship Fund
Ended
Varies Houston Association of Petrolium Landmen Scholarship
Ended
Varies Roy Turner Student Fund
Ended
Varies WIT Community Church Scholarship
Ended
$1,000.00 Donald and Shirley Sager Memorial Scholarship
The Sager Basketball Scholarship has been established by Daniel Mark...
Ended
Varies Duane Vandenbusche Cross Country Scholarship
Ended
$0.00 Ralph Porter Athletic Scholarship
Established by Ralph E. Porter to assist selected athletes with the...
Ended
Varies Jean Ranson Vocal Music Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is provided by the family and friends as a memorial to...
Ended
Varies Holly Ehrlich Memorial Scholarship
The Holly Ehrlich Memorial Scholarship was established by Scott Ehrlich...
Ended
$3,500.00 Jeane D. Fair Scholarship
The Fair Scholarship in Modern Languages has been established by Dr....
Ended
$500.00 2SLGBTQIA+ Scholarship
The 2SLGBTQIA+ Scholarship has been established to provide scholarship...
Ended
$175.00 A.W. Lawrence Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship commemorates the service to Western Colorado University...
Ended
$5,000.00 Adair Scholarship
This scholarship is provided by Joan Adair Colorado Resident From a...
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