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Create places for big ideas

Ideas need opportunity to launch, grow and flourish. That’s why CU will develop institutes and centers that serve our society through research, treatment and artistic performance. By bringing together like-minded talent who share a passion for particular disciplines, CU will continue to specialize in a multitude of fields.

Did you know? During the Essential CU campaign, donors like you gave $203 million to create institutes, centers and programs that advance the mission of CU.

See how you and CU are creating places for big ideas that change the world.

Create places for big ideas
About Essential CU

About Essential CU

CU and its donors are essential to our economy, health, culture and social fabric. We solve our world’s most pressing challenges together. Thanks to generous donors like you, we are supporting CU’s academic, research and public service priorities across our four campuses.

Learn more at essential.cu.edu.

CU Anschutz

CU Anschutz Fund for Excellence

Science, Research & Innovation

To provide a flexible funding source to address CU Anschutz's most promising priorities in support of research, education and patient care.

CU Boulder

Financial Aid Endowment Fund - Need Based.

Scholarships & Student Success

To provide scholarship support for students with demonstrated financial need at the University of Colorado Boulder.

CU Denver

Chancellor's Innovation Fund

Scholarships & Student Success

To provide flexible support to address the campus's most promising priorities in enhancing student success and CU Denver's prominence as an institution of higher education.

UCCS

Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center Program Fund

Health & Wellness 
Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences

To provide support for programmatic expenses to include, but not limited to, equipment for centers of distinction, laboratories, research, and scholarships in the Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center at UCCS.