Daniels Opportunity Scholarship Program

The Daniels Opportunity Scholarship Program seeks to provide funding for non-traditional students such as adults pursuing education later in life, GED recipients, returning military personnel, young people from the foster care system, students exiting juvenile justice programs, and those studying for their EMT or paramedic certificate.

The Daniels Fund distributes the scholarship funding in direct grants to colleges and universities, both two- and four-year, in Colorado, New Mexico Utah and Wyoming. The institutions recruit and select students and make the scholarship awards.

More than 700 students received DOS funding in 2010. More than 2,969 students have received DOS funding since the program was launched in 2003.

 Please note that the institutions themselves allocate the funding and the Daniels Fund is in no way involved in identifying specific students who will receive the scholarships.

The following colleges and universities are active current recipients of Daniels Opportunity Scholarships. Please contact them directly to apply for a scholarship.

Colorado
Adams State College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Transfer Students

Aims Community College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, EMT Training 

Arapahoe County Community College
Foster Care

Colorado Christian University
Adult Learner, Returning Military

Colorado Mountain College
Adult Learner, GED, Juvenile Justice, Foster Care, Returning Military, EMT Training

Colorado Northwestern Community College
Adult Learner

Colorado State University Fort Collins
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Returning Military

Colorado State University Pueblo
Transfer Students

Community College of Aurora
Juvenile Justice, Adults, Returning Military

Community College of Denver
GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice

Fort Lewis College
Adult Learner

Front Range Community College
GED Recipient, EMT Training, Adult Learner

Johnson & Wales University
GED Recipient, Other, Adult Learner, Foster Care, Returning Military

Lamar Community College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, EMT Training

Mesa State College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care

Metropolitan State College of Denver
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military

Morgan Community College
EMT Training, GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice

Naropa University 
Adult Learner, Other, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Northeastern Junior College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Returning Military

Otero Community College
Adult Learner

Pikes Peak Community College
Juvenile Justice, Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Returning Military, EMT Training

Pueblo Community College
Juvenile Justice, Foster Care

Red Rocks Community College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice, Foster Care, Returning Military, EMT Training

Regis University
Adult Learner, Returning Military, GED

University of Colorado at Boulder
Adult Learner

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
GED Recipient, Foster Care, Other, Returning Military, Adult Learners

University of Colorado - Denver
Returning Military

University of Colorado - Health Sciences Center
Adult Learner

University of Denver
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Other

University of Northern Colorado
GED Recipient

Western State College
Adult Learner, Foster Care, GED, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military

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New Mexico
Central New Mexico Community College
GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice, Adult Learner, Returning Military

Clovis Community College
GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military, EMT Training, Adult Learners

College of Santa Fe
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military

Eastern New Mexico University
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, EMT Training, Returning Military

Luna Community College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient

New Mexico State University - Grants
Adult Learners, GED

New Mexico State University - Las Cruces
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

Northern New Mexico College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient

San Juan College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military

Santa Fe Community College
GED recipients

University of New Mexico - Taos
GED Recipient, Transfer Students, Adult Learners

University of New Mexico - Los Alamos
Adult learners, GED, Returning Military, EMT

University of New Mexico - Valencia
Adult learners, GED, Returning Military, EMT

University of the Southwest
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care

Western New Mexico University
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice

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Utah
Brigham Young University
Adult Learner

College of Eastern Utah - San Juan Campus
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice

Dixie State College of Utah
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice, Foster Care, Returning Military and EMT/Paramedic

Salt Lake Community College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military, EMT Training

Snow College
GED Recipient, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military, EMT Training, Other

Southern Utah University
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Returning Military

University of Utah
Transfer Students, Adult Learner

Utah State University
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Other

Utah Valley State University
Adult Learner, Native American, GED Recipient

Weber State University
Native American, Transfer Students, Adult Learner, Returning Military, EMT Training

Westminster College
Adult Learner, GED Recipient, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military, EMT Training

 

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Wyoming
Community colleges throughout the state partner with the University of Wyoming in allocating the Daniels Opportunity Scholarships.

University of Wyoming
Transfer Students, Adult Learner, GED Recipients, Juvenile Justice, Foster Care, Returning Military

Northwest College
Adult Learner, GED Recipients, Foster Care, Juvenile Justice, Returning Military

Casper College
Adults, GED Recipients

Central Wyoming College
Adult Learner, GED Recipients

Eastern Wyoming College
Adult Learner

Laramie County Community College
Adult Learner, GED Recipients

Sheridan College
Adult Learner

Western Wyoming Community College
Adult Learner, GED Recipients

If you have any questions related to the Daniels Opportunity Scholarships, please feel free to contact Doug Elliott, Assistant Vice President, Grants Program, by e-mail at delliott@danielsfund.org or by phone at (303) 393-7220 or 877-791-4726 (toll free).