CAM STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS

Purpose
The College of Arts & Media has a scholarship opportunity for current CAM students planning to be enrolled for the Spring 2026 semester. Students who are currently enrolled in courses at CU Denver, who are first generation students, and pursuing an undergraduate degree with the College of Arts & Media are encouraged to apply.

Awards
$1,000

Application Open
October 15th , 2025 – November 1st, 2025

Requirements

• Cumulative GPA ≥ 2.8
• Undergraduate
• Must be enrolled in a CAM program
• Will be enrolled in classes for Spring 2026 semester

Purpose
The Deborah and Larry Melnick Scholarship benefits undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver. Preference will be given to students in a Fine Arts program. If selected for this award you may be required to submit a letter of appreciation to the donor.

Awards
$500 – $1,000

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• GPA ≥ 3.5
• Must be enrolled in a CAM program – Fine Arts program preferred
• Permanent residence must be in Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, & Wyoming.

Purpose
The CAM Scholarship Fund is intended to provide support to students in the College of Arts & Media (majors include Visual Arts, Music, or Film) at the University of Colorado Denver.

Awards
$1,000 – $2,000

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• Credit Hours Completed ≥ 12
• Cumulative GPA ≥ 3.5
• Undergraduate
• Must be enrolled in a CAM program
• First Generation College Student Preferred

Purpose
The LYNX Camp Alumni Scholarship fund is for students who attended the LYNX National Arts & Media Camps as high school students and are now incoming freshman CU Denver College of Arts & Media students.

Awards
Up to $1,250

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• Undergraduate
• Must be an Incoming Freshman
• Must be enrolled in a CAM program
• Must have attended a LYNX National Arts & Media Camp

Purpose
The Film & Television Scholarship Fund exists to provide scholarship support for students enrolled in the Film & Television Department in the College of Arts & Media at the University of Colorado Denver.

Awards
Up to $1,000

Application Open
December 1st—March 31st

Requirements

• Undergraduate
• Must be enrolled in the Film and Television Program
• GPA ≥ 3.0
• Completed ≥ 12 credit hours
• Must be enrolled full-time

Purpose
Joel Michael McCormick passed away in August 2003 due to complications from an operation to remove a brain tumor. At just 22 years old, Joel was an accomplished filmmaker, having established Pow Pow Productions with his family while still in high school. He produced Unknown, a ski film in 2000, and worked with a production company based in Vail, CO to produce free-skiing programs, Evolve and Signature Series, for SkiTV and Fox Sports. Friends and colleagues remembered Joel as the guy behind the scenes, trying to change skiingscheesyimage on network television. Joel was a full-time student at the University of Colorado Denver at the time of his passing. He is remembered fondly by family and friends, as well as his colleagues in the film and ski communities. The Joel Michael McCormick Memorial Scholarship honors Joels memory and supports students in the Film and Television Department at CU Denvers College of Arts & Media.

Awards
TBD

Application Open
December 1st–March 31st

Requirements

• Undergraduate
• Student must qualify for financial aid
• Must be an incoming freshman enrolling in the Film & Television program.
• HS GPA ≥ 3.5
• Full-time enrollment

Purpose
The Incoming Freshman Film Scholarship is intended to provide support to promising students in the Department of Film & Television within the College of Arts & Media.

Awards
$1,000

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• Undergraduate
• Must be an incoming freshman enrolling in the Film & Television program.

Purpose
The Tashiro Endowed A Cappella Scholarship is intended to provide scholarships to students enrolled as Music majors, who commit to sing in either Lark or 9th Street Singers for at least the full academic year they are awarded the scholarship.

Awards
Up to $1,000

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• Undergraduate
• Must be enrolled in a MEIS program
• Must be committed to sign in either Lark or 9th Street Signers for a full academic year

Purpose
The Mike Barney Memorial Scholarship Fund provides scholarships in the College of Arts & Media to students pursuing a BS in Music in the Recording Arts in memory of Mike Barney. The award will be $2,000 divided equally between fall and spring semesters. To be eligible to apply students must have completed a minimum of 60 credit hours and have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.

Awards
Minimum award of $1,000

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• Credit Hours Completed ≥ 60
• GPA ≥ 3.0
• Undergraduate
• Must be enrolled in a CAM Recording Arts program

Purpose
The Incoming Freshman Film Scholarship is intended to provide support to promising students in the Department of Film & Television within the College of Arts & Media.

Awards
$1,000

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• Undergraduate
• Must be an incoming freshman enrolling in the MEIS program.

Purpose
The Vocal Music Scholarship is intended to provide scholarships to students enrolled as Music majors, who commit to sing in either Lark or 9th Street Singers for at least the full academic year they are awarded the scholarship.

Awards
$1,200

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• GPA ≥ 3.0
• Undergraduate
• Must be enrolled in a MEIS program
• Must be committed to sign in either Lark or 9th Street Signers for a full academic year

Purpose
The Donna Bogard Scholarship in Voice is available to eligible students enrolled as Music majors with Voice as their principal instrument at the College of Arts & Media at University of Colorado

Awards
$1,200

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• GPA ≥ 3.0
• Undergraduate
• Must be enrolled in a CAM music program with Voice as the principal instrument

Purpose
The Incoming Freshman Music Scholarship is intended to provide support to promising students in the Department of Visual Arts within the College of Arts & Media.

Awards
$1,000

Application Open
December 1st – March 31st

Requirements

• Undergraduate
• Must be an incoming freshman enrolling in the Visual Arts program.

There are currently no open National Center for Media Forensics scholarship applications at this time. Please visit Financial Aid or Scholarship Universe to see all open applications.