Welcome!

Norlin Scholars are an interdisciplinary academic neighborhood. As a Norlin Scholar you’ll engage your studies in a rare environment where you can converse across the disciplines with like-minded people. In fact, student-to-student interaction is one of the most important and enriching experiences available in the Norlin Scholar community.

The Norlin Scholarship is directed toward a wide variety of students who:

  • have a broad, synthetic view of education
  • are intellectually curious, active learners
  • apply their learning toward the betterment of society
  • embrace creativity and are open to discovery
  • welcome intellectual challenges
  • exhibit commitment to personal and professional growth
  • appreciate interdisciplinarity and collaborative problem-solving

You’ve established yourself as a student who’s serious about your education based on your prior academic and creative efforts. We now invite you to evolve as a scholar in a very different setting: that of a comprehensive research university.

As a Norlin Scholar you’ll:

  • engage your studies outside the classroom as much as within
  • explore your areas of interest from a number of different perspectives
  • collaborate with other scholars by applying your academic learning in practical ways

In other words, you’ll become a scholar-citizen!

Students can apply as high school seniors for a 4-year scholarship or as second year college students for a 2-year scholarship. Norlin applicants must apply to CU first, though you needn’t be an admitted student.

Benefits of being a Norlin Scholar include:

  • $4000 scholarship per academic year
  • additional funding for enrichment activities like research or study abroad
  • small, invigorating core and elective courses
  • research or creative projects with faculty
  • access to top scholarship advising and guidance
  • opportunities for professional training and development
  • a stimulating, interdisciplinary peer group