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Attract the brightest talent

Attract the brightest talent

CU accelerates innovation by convincing top researchers, physicians and faculty that there is no better place to unearth discovery and break the mold. The brightest minds seek CU because CU demands an entrepreneurial spirit and invests in new knowledge. The pursuit of endowed professorships and chairs is crucial to improving CU’s intellectual might because these leaders not only offer brilliant ideas. They also encourage the best PhD and graduate students to join their ranks.

Did you know? During the Essential CU campaign, donors like you gave more than $297 million to attract faculty chairs, professors and other talented minds across CU's four campuses.

See below how your generosity helps CU recruit and retain the best in industry and academia.

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Attract the brightest talent

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 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.

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.

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.

Bridge Forward Scholarship Endowment

To provide scholarship awards at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs for undergraduate students with an Expected Family Contribution up to 250% above Pell Grant eligibility or similar financial need program.

Scholarships & Student Success 
Office of Financial Aid