Financial Aid & Scholarships

Applying for Scholarships

By filling out a single application, you can be considered for a scholarship, whether funded through the CCD Foundation or CCD institutional funds. Some scholarships have their own specific qualifications, but all CCD scholarships require that you:

For Help with Your FAFSA, contact 303.352.TRIO.

For Help with Your CASFA, contact scholarships@ccd.edu

CCD Institutional Scholarships Deadline is April 16.

CCD Foundation Scholarships Deadline is May 15.

Apply For Scholarships

Any student who has never taken a class at CCD or at any Colorado Community College School System (CCCS) in any form, including but not limited to online, concurrent, and/or ASCENT or does not have a CCCS student email address @student.cccs.edu. Follow the instructions below.

  • If this is your first time and you have not created an account before, visit CCD's Scholarship Portal and click on the gray “Sign Up” button in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
  • Continue to Blackbaud ID (BBID) to sign up for an account. Select Continue with Email and Sign up with your email address. This must be the same personal email address that you used in your CCD admissions application. Select Continue.
  • A confirmation of your email is necessary to create an account. Click on send confirmation code. Review your email and enter confirmation code. This code needs to be accessed within 10 minutes.
  • Select confirm 
  • Enter your password (The password must contain at least 12 characters and three of the following: Lower case, Capital Letter, Number and Special Character: !,#,%, etc.)
  • Select confirm your password
  • Enter your first name, last name.
  • Select Sign Up.
  • Once you have confirmed your account, you can start accessing the Scholarship Portal.
  • After you confirm your account, use your Blackbaud ID to sign in to the Scholarship Portal to confirm that the Blackbaud ID is correct.
  • Complete the application and your essay, and upload any required documents.
  • Don’t worry if you do not finish all in one sitting, and you can click the “Save and Keep Editing” button to come back later.
  • Once you are finished, electronically sign the application, including today’s date, and click the “Finish and Submit” button.
  • Once your account has been created, the next time you log in, click on the orange Sign In button option. 
  • Please note: Once you receive a CCCS email you will no longer use your personal email. If you created a Blackbaud ID with your personal email, you will be required to update your email address to your @student.cccs.edu email. Sign in to Blackbaud ID ,
  • Click on the three dots on the Blackbaud ID section
  • Click on Edit BBID email address.
  • Enter your current password and add your @student.cccs.edu email.
  • Confirm the email address by entering it in the Confirm email address field.
  • Click the Send email button.
  • Enter the 6 digit code that was sent to the new email address to confirm your identity.
  • Click Confirm to complete the email change process. We highly recommend that you then sign out and clear the cache of your web browser and sign back in with the new email address.

Please note: Some students will have additional opportunities under the “Recommended Opportunities” tab. Here, you will see a list of additional scholarships. Click on the individual links to submit a separate application and any supplemental documents. If you don’t see any additional scholarships under “Recommended Opportunities,” you are already being considered for any CCD scholarship(s) you are eligible for.

Anyone who has a CCCS student email address @student.cccs.edu or has taken or signed up for a CCCS class in any form. Follow the instructions below.

Applying for CCD scholarships for the first time:

  • If this is your first time and you have not created an account before, visit CCD's Scholarship Portal and click on the gray “Sign Up” button in the upper right-hand corner of the page.
  • Continue to Blackbaud ID (BBID) to sign up for an account.  Select Continue with Email and Sign up with your @student.cccs.edu email address. Select Continue.
  • A confirmation of your email is necessary to create an account. Click on send confirmation code. Review your email and enter confirmation code. Select confirm. 
  • Enter your password (The password must contain at least 12 characters and three of the following: Lowercase letter, Capital Letter, Number and Special Character !, #, %, etc.)
  • Confirm your password.
  • Enter your first, last name and click on Sign Up.
  • After you confirm your account, use your Blackbaud ID to sign in to the Scholarship Portal to confirm that the Blackbaud ID is correct.
  • Complete the application and your essay, and upload any required documents.
  • Don’t worry if you do not finish all in one sitting, and you can click the “Save and Keep Editing” button to come back later.
  • Once you are finished, electronically sign the application, including today’s date, and click the “Finish and Submit” button.
  • Once your account has been created, the next time you log in, click on the orange "Sign In" button option. To access your account, please sign in using your @student.cccs.edu email address.

If you are renewing your CCD scholarship application or if you have already created an account, visit CCD's Scholarship Portal and click on the orange “Sign In” button in the upper right–hand corner of the page.

  • To access your account, sign in with your Blackbaud ID (BBID)
  • Click on Continue with Email
  • Enter your email address and password.
  • Click on send code to have a verification code sent to verify your account. 
  • A confirmation of your email is necessary to create an account. Click on send confirmation code. Review your email and enter confirmation code. 
  • You will be prompted to set up a multifactor authentication
  • Enter the code that has been sent either via SMS or mobile authenticator app.
  • After you confirm your account, use your Blackbaud ID to sign in to the Scholarship Portal to confirm that the Blackbaud ID is correct.

Blackbaud ID is identity management used that allows your data to be secured behind stronger authentication standards. All users will be associated with a Blackbaud ID (BBID) and requiring multi-factor authentication (MFA) to access the scholarship portal.

Beginning in January 2024, users logging into the Scholarship Portal will require a Blackbaud ID (BBID) account. This is a more secure login method and will further protect your personal information by providing enhanced password protection for your account. Blackbaud ID also allows you to enhance security with multi-factor authentication (MFA) through text messages or mobile authenticators. 

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) requires a user to successfully validate at least two of three factors to authenticate. Blackbaud ID (BBID) will require MFA using your password and a unique time-based one-time code, accessed on a secondary device such as text messages and mobile authenticators. We are proactively making this change, by enforcing industry standard security measures, to help safeguard your data. 

  1. Navigate to the Scholarship Portal and click Sign In. Confirm that you are on the correct tab.
  2. You will see a button that says "Continue with Blackbaud" instead of email and password fields. Click the "Continue with Blackbaud" button.
  3. If you do not yet have a Blackbaud ID (BBID), click the Sign Up link.
  4. Enter your Email address, Password, Confirm password, First Name, and Last Name.  Double-check that you have entered in your email and password correctly.  Then click the blue "Sign up" button.
  5. An email with a confirmation code will be sent to the account for verification.  Enter the confirmation code and click Next. Check your junk and spam for the confirmation email if you do not receive it within a few minutes.

If you forget your Blackbaud ID password, you must reset it online. On the login page, click Forgot Password?, enter your email address, and click Send.

  1. Enter your email address to have a 6-digit one time passcode sent to your email to reset your password make sure to click Send. Please note that the password reset code is only available for 10 minutes.
  2. Enter the 6-digit code that was sent to your email address and click Confirm.
  3. Enter a new password then confirm new password and click Submit

  1. Once you receive a CCCS email you will no longer use your personal email. If you created a Blackbaud ID with your personal email, you will be required to update your email address to your @student.cccs.edu email. Sign in to Blackbaud ID.
  2. Click on the three dots on the Blackbaud ID section.
  3. Click on Edit BBID email address.
  4. Enter your current password and add your @student.cccs.edu email.
  5. Confirm the email address by entering it in the Confirm email address field.
  6. Click the Send email button.
  7. Enter the 6 digit code that was sent to the new email address to confirm your identity.
  8. Click Confirm to complete the email change process. We highly recommend that you then sign out and clear the cache of your web browser and sign back in with the new email address.

The Migration of Blackbaud ID Authentication will improve reliability for Blackbaud ID and provide an easier, more intuitive sign-in experience. 

For Email/Password users who authenticate through Blackbaud's secure service, passwords are migrated automatically when users sign in. 

However, if users enabled multi-factor authentication (MFA), they are prompted to set up MFA again and must do so before their password can then be migrated.

Important: If you are having problems remembering your password, please click on trouble signing in to reset your password.

If you have any questions, please email us at scholarships@ccd.edu.

Keep In Mind

  • Some scholarships require additional documents, and receiving a scholarship may impact your financial aid.
  • Some CCD scholarship awards are prorated based on enrollment.
  • Your GPA is not the only way you can qualify for scholarships. There are many other areas, including race/ethnicity, veteran status, talent, financial need, academic major, and more. To receive a scholarship for each academic year, you must reapply each year. The deadline to apply for CCD scholarships is April 16. Please note that scholarships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.
  • How Many Scholarships Can I Receive? View this and other Frequently Asked Questions.