Scholarship Rules and Regulations

Eligibility

1. The Scholarships are open to any person age 21 or under who plans to continue education beyond high school at a college, vocational, trade or arts school, and who is, and has been for a full year prior to application, a resident of Coal Creek Canyon. This area includes but is not limited to the area along the Highway 72 corridor through Coal Creek Canyon to the intersection of Highway 72 and Highway 119. This area encompasses individuals who attend High School in the Boulder Valley School District or Jefferson County including but not limited to Nederland High School, Boulder High School, Fairview High School, Ralston Valley High School, or Golden High School.
2. Each Scholarship is conditioned upon the recipient's beginning further education by the beginning of the next enrollment.
3. No recipient may receive more than one CCCIA Scholarship.

Application Process

• Candidates must apply by submitting to the CCCIA a completed CCCIA Application Form (see below) together with their high school (and post-high school) transcript(s) by a date determined by the scholarship committee.

Selection Process

1. Finalists will be invited to interview with the Scholarship Committee. The Committee, composed of 3 to 7 individuals (not more than one per family), shall advise the board of their selection of scholarship winners. Committee members must pledge to be impartial judges and shall not include:
2. anyone who is an Applicant’s relative or close personal friend;
3. anyone whose children currently attend high school;
4. Committee members may include individuals who are not members of CCCIA if their inclusion would help to render a fair assessment of the Applicants. The Scholarship Committee will not give priority to CCCIA member families, nor to length of residency other than is necessary to qualify an Applicant.
5. Applicants will be judged for academic scholarship, extracurricular activities with particular emphasis on volunteer activities within Coal Creek Canyon and achievements, citizenship and character, and their personal goals letter and oral interview.

Disbursement Information

• The Scholarships shall be disbursed to the school that the recipient plans to attend, upon enrollment.
• Applications and attachments will remain confidential.

Application

Option 1: Fill out the online application 

Option 2: Mail the paper application to Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association Scholarship Committee, PO Box 7331, Golden, Colorado 80403.

Spring Deadline

• The 2024 Application Cycle is now closed. Stay tuned for 2025 dates.
• Applications are due in April.
• Interviews are held in May.