There are thousands of external awards available to students, and our office cannot promote every award to every student who may be qualified. Therefore, our office priorities opportunities that we feel are the best fits for CSU students. By prioritize, we mean that we recruit, advise, and in some cases, nominate students for awards. However, our office will review any application for an external award upon request.

For some external awards, an applicant must be nominated (or endorsed) by Colorado State University. For these awards, our office sets an internal campus deadline, and candidates must submit applications to our office by this date to be considered for an award. University committees then meet, review applications, and determine which candidates to nominate. Our staff advises candidates throughout this process.

There are also external awards that our office promotes that do not require a campus endorsement. Our office supports candidates for these awards and candidates are strongly encouraged but not required to work with our office to apply.