Our Opportunities

Welcome to the Western Colorado University scholarship opportunities homepage.

The general application for 2026-2027 scholarships open December 15, 2025 for all continuing and admitted students.

Applications completed before March 1, 2026, receive priority consideration, but applications submitted after March 1 will be considered 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 William Finholm Memorial Scholarship
Established by the parents of William A. “Billy” Finholm to support the...
Deadline04/01/2026
Varies Women's Basketball Power in Numbers Scholarship
The Power in Numbers Women’sBasketball Scholarship has been established...
Deadline04/01/2026
Varies Women's Swim and Dive Power in Numbers Scholarship
The Power in Numbers Women’sSwimming & Diving Scholarship was...
Deadline04/01/2026
Varies ADC - Earn to Learn Matching
Earn to Learn matching
Deadline05/31/2026
Varies ADC Community Foundation of the Gunnison Valley Scholarship
Deadline05/31/2026
$0.00 ADC Emergency and Ongoing Scholarships
Deadline05/31/2026
$500.00 Mountaineer Alumni Recommendation Scholarship
The Mountaineer Alumni Recommendation Scholarship is a one-time...
Deadline06/01/2026
Varies Wilderness Based Orientation Scholarship
Wilderness Based Orientation (WBO) is an opportunity for you to meet...
Deadline06/01/2026
$500.00 2SLGBTQIA+ Scholarship
The 2SLGBTQIA+ Scholarship has been established to provide scholarship...
Varies AAUW Zelda Rouillard Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is provided by Gunnison Branch of AAUW. Must be a...
$5,000.00 Adair Scholarship
This scholarship is provided by Joan Adair Colorado Resident From a...
Varies ADC - Earn to Learn Matching
Earn to Learn matching
$1,000.00 Alumni Legacy Scholarship
The Alumni Legacy Scholarship is a one-time non-renewable scholarship...
$1,500.00 Beware the Air Scholarship
The Beware the Air Scholarship has been established by an anonymous...
Varies Boettcher Scholarship
The Boettcher Foundation believes in the promise of Colorado and the...
Varies Dick and Donna Bratton Scholarship
The Dick and Donna Bratton Scholarship has been established by the...
$3,000.00 Dick Todd Memorial Arrupe Scholarship
Please talk to your school councilor to apply for this...
$500.00 Don Goodman Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship was created in 1989 by the Goodman family and friends...
$575.00 Gary Dolezal Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is intended for high school seniors to college seniors...
Varies Geiman Scholars Program Scholarship
The Geiman Scholars Program has been conceived and established by Mr....
Varies GPCW Nature Writing Scholarship Fund
Varies GPCW Publishing Scholarship Fund
Varies Gunnison Valley Economic Prosperity Fellowship
This fellowship provides support for individuals directly creating...
$5,000.00 Hagan-Vant Hull Scholarship
The Hagan-Vant Hull Scholarship has been established by Noelle and...
$6,000.00 Mari Sandoz Emerging Writer Scholarship
The Mari Sandoz Emerging Writer Scholarship has been established by the...
$1,000.00 Mariah Besecker Green Memorial Scholarship
The Mariah Besecker Green Memorial Scholarship has been established by...
Varies Martha Carr WIT Scholarship
Students from the Western Slope of Colorado who demonstrate financial...
Varies Mohab Scholarship
This scholarship is provided by the Mohab Foundation, which is a group...
Varies Mycology Scholarship
$4,000.00 Nancy Menan Foundation Scholars
The Western Colorado University Foundation, a nonprofit corporation...
Varies Outdoor Industry MBA Industry Fellowship
An Industry Fellowship involves a partnership between the Western OIMBA...
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 Service Track Fellowship
Service Track fellows will conduct research, develop and/or implement a...
$1,200.00 Paul & Mirta Coleman Memorial Scholarship
Coleman, Paul , Jr. Memorial Scholarship Fund ,Established by Mirta M....
Varies Phil and JoAnn Klingsmith Scholarship
This scholarship has been established by Phil, a local attorney and...
Varies Roy Payte Scholarship
Roy Payte and Bob Little were lifelong friends since their days together...
$5,000.00 SRC Built Environment Fellowship
The fellowship is intended to support students interested in making...
$0.00 SWCORC - Fellowship
$6,300.00 Americorps Education Award
Up to 5 accepted MEM students who have finished AmeriCorps, are midway...
Ended
Varies Coldharbour Institute Fellowship
One-two recipients of a Coldharbour Clark Fellowship, available to both...
Ended
Varies Conference Presentation Award
These funds support individual graduate students invited to present...
Ended
Varies Coverdell Assistantship
The fellowship aims to support Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCV) in...
Ended
Varies Fellowship Award for Veterans, Active-Duty Personnel and Military Retirees
Veterans who receive the fellowship will receive a one-time payment to...
Ended
$0.00 First Generation Success Award
Student must have completed 2 semesters at Western, must be First...
Ended
Varies Global Sustainability (GS) Track Fellowship
Each year the GS track selects multiple first-year students to receive...
Ended
Varies Integrative and Public Lands Management (IPLM) Track Fellowship
Each year the IPLM selects multiple first-year students to receive...
Ended
Varies Mountaineer Completion Scholarship
Mountaineer Completion Scholarship is for Seniors who have need to...
Ended
Varies Professional Development Travel Award
These funds support individual graduate students who wish to attend...
Ended
Varies Restoration Assistantship
Join Western Colorado University’s Clark Family School of Environment...
Ended