Financial Aid: Scholarships - Aims Community College

Scholarships

Scholarships are a great way to help you pay for college. Several opportunities are available, including some at Aims Community College and others outside of the college.

Aims Foundation Scholarships*

The 2021-2022 Aims Foundation Scholarship Application is now closed.

Apply For Foundation Scholarship

Scholarships will be awarded between May and September. You will be notified via your Aims email in addition to a formal offer and acceptance form sent by mail to the address on file for you.

The Aims Foundation offers more than 80 scholarships, thanks to the generosity of our donors. You must currently attend (or plan on attending) Aims. The total value of Aims Foundation scholarships exceeds $100,000 each year.

*Please note: There will be very limited scholarship availability for any applications submitted after the March 1, 2021 deadline.

Aims Scholars Scholarship

This scholarship is automatically awarded to returning Aims students who have completed at least 15 undergraduate (college-level courses with a course number of 100 and above) credits with a 3.2 cumulative undergraduate GPA or better.

Awards are based on expected full-time enrollment. Recipients enrolling less than full-time will receive awards as indicated below:

Enrollment Status	Award Amount Per Semester
Full-Time - 12 or more credit hours	$900
Three-Quarter Time - 9 to 11.9 credit hours	$675
Half-Time - 6 to 8.9 credit hours	$450
Less than Half-Time - 1 to 5.9 credit hours	-0-

Please Note: Scholarship awarding will begin once all the prior semester grades have been turned in by faculty, therefore, awards may not be available the first day of the awarding semester.

Aims Opportunity Scholarship

21-22 Aims Opportunity Scholarship

This scholarship is available to new incoming freshmen (recent high school graduates one academic year or less) and new incoming transfer students who have a 3.0 cumulative GPA or better. If new transfer student, must demonstrate completion of at least 12 undergraduate (college level courses with a course number of 100 and above) credits. Credits must be approved and transferred to Aims prior to application submission.

Please Note: Fall/Spring scholarship application processing will begin once all the prior semester grades have been turned in by faculty; therefore, awards may not be available the first day of the awarding semester.

CTE Short Program Scholarship

21-22 CTE Short Program Scholarship

2021 CTE Short Program Scholarship for Summer

The CTE Short Program Scholarship is intended to provide funding assistance to students whose primary goal is to complete a short program certificate at Aims then step out into the workforce. This scholarship funds in-district or in-state tuition including, student/administrative/course fees for the classes required to complete the short program certificate at Aims. Submit completed applications to the Financial Aid office located in the College Center building on the Greeley campus.

Awards are based upon individual student eligibility and overall program funding. Funds cannot be used to pay outstanding balances owed to the institution.

Please Note: Scholarship application processing will begin once all the prior semester grades have been turned in by faculty, therefore, awards may not be available the first day of the awarding semester.

Bright Futures Grant

This workforce stipend is available for eligible applicants to help fund their education, for up to four years! weldcountybrightfutures.com

Opportunities Outside Aims

Planning and Scholarship Search Websites

Fastweb: A great way to get started and maintain a search profile
Scholarship Search by Sallie Mae: Create a profile and be automatically matched to more than 3 million opportunities
Hispanic Scholarship Fund: Opportunities for all students including DACA students