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Explore Opportunities

Our campus hosts many programs that provide support and funding to students interested in research, creative work, internships and more. Students will also find opportunities beyond the Boulder campus.

Present Your Work

The Professional and Academic Conference Endowment (PACE) provides funding for CU Boulder undergraduates to present, perform or exhibit听their research and creative work at conferences and exhibitions.

Publish Your Work

We invite you to explore the diverse selections of art and scholarship showcased in our campus journals鈥攁nd encourage students to submit work for future issues.

Apply for Top Scholarships

The Office of Top Scholarships听helps students听prepare听thoughtful applications to some of the most prestigious, nationally competitive scholarships offered.

With BuffsCreate, you can cultivate a digital identity that represents you and your ongoing goals. You might also create a portfolio of creative work, share project outcomes and more.

Refine Your Resume with MySkills

These听workshops are听designed to help you identify the skills you've built in your UROP, or other undergraduate research,听experience听and showcase them on your resume.

Join the community in UROP's LinkedIn group to expand your听network and听discover new opportunities while听advancing听your personal and professional听goals!

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) provides a wide range of resources curated for undergraduates engaged in research and creative activities.

Campus Student Publications

The Honors Journal is an interdisciplinary, student-run journal that presents a collection of works that reflect the talent, diligence, and creativity among undergraduate students at CU Boulder.

Meridian听seeks to foster a community of passionate people who encourage creativity in each other. We have been publishing the prose, poetry and听art of CU Boulder undergraduates since 1973.

Hindsight, formerly Journal 2020, is a student run creative nonfiction journal at CU Boulder, publishing undergraduate personal essays, new journalism, memoirs, portraits, artwork, and more.听

In an effort to bring awareness to the dramatic effects of climate change, HINDSIGHT presents CHANGING SKIES. Along with student writing and art from CU Boulder, we take submissions from beyond our literary and artistic postage stamp.听

Top Scholarships

Top Scholarships听helps you prepare thoughtful, compelling applications to some of the most prestigious听scholarships offered. As a student involved in research and creative work, you are well-positioned for these awards.

Benefits of Engagement

  • Engagement in your field (major)听shows your academic potential鈥攁nd highlights your enthusiasm and commitment.听
  • Building relationships with mentors provides recommendation letters from people who can speak to your talents, skills, character, creativity, etc.

Why Apply?

  • Engage in self-discovery
  • Assess what really matters to you
  • Develop or refine a plan for your future
  • Learn to write a personal statement
  • Gain interviewing skills and strategies


John Mateja, President, Goldwater Scholarship Foundation

Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering

By providing scholarships to college sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering, the Goldwater Foundation听helps听ensure that the U.S. produces听highly-qualified professionals in these critical fields.

Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Careers in Government and Public Service

The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation awards听scholarships to听students who plan to pursue careers in government or elsewhere in public service. Truman Scholars receive funding听for graduate or professional school, participate in leadership development activities, and more.

Udall Undergraduate Scholarship

Environment, Tribal Public Policy, or Native American Health Care

The Udall Foundation seeks sophomores and juniors who are committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.

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Fulbright U.S. Student Program

All Fields of Study

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program expands perspectives through academic and professional advancement and cross-cultural dialogue. In partnership with more than 140 countries worldwide, program participants pursue graduate study, conduct research, or teach English abroad.听

Marshall Scholarship

All Fields of Study

Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Up to fifty Scholars are selected each year to study at graduate level at an UK institution in any field of study.

Gates Cambridge Scholarship

All Fields of Study

The Gates Cambridge offers full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge.

Rhodes Scholarship

All Fields of Study

The Rhodes Scholarship supports graduate study at the University of Oxford in the U.K. Extraordinary intellectual distinction is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for election to a Rhodes Scholarship. Selection committees seek excellence in qualities of mind and in qualities of person.

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