This scholarship was originally funded by the Urban Watersheds Research Institute and is awarded to an undergraduate student in the field of Civil Engineering or a closley related field in Colorado. Applicants must be registered to take at least 10 credit-hours of coursework per semester. Students must be in either their Sophomore or Junior year.

CASFM has $4,000 available to award to one student for the 2023–24 academic year. Finished application packages must be received by October 29, 2023.

Undergraduate Scholarship Application

The purpose of this scholarship is to promote interest in the CASFM organization and its goals among students and the engineering community. Applicants must be enrolled in an undergraduate program closely related to CASFM’s goals at a college or university in Colorado at the sophomore or junior level and be registered to take at least 10 credit hours of coursework per semester. Eligible programs of study include, but are not limited to: civil engineering, environmental engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, watershed management, floodplain management, stormwater management, stormwater quality, emergency response, meteorology, and climatology. The scholarship recipient will also have the option to attend the 2024 CASFM Conference held  September 30–October 3 in Beaver Creek. Registration and three nights’ lodging at the conference are included if the recipient commits to accepting the award at the CASFM annual lunch meeting at the conference.

Selection Process: Previous Undergraduate Scholarship recipients are not eligible. Three applicants will be short-listed based on this application and a short essay (up to 500 words; attach to application) describing their personal and career goals and how they relate to the goals of CASFM. Preference will be given to local applicants. Short-listed applicants will be notified by November 13, 2023. A panel will hold a short (approximately 20-minute) interview with short-listed applicants in mid-November. The successful candidate will be notified by December 1, 2023. Funds will be disbursed by check directly to the student.

Recipients

The 2022-2023 Undergraduate Scholarship recipient is Brooke Pennington. She is a junior studying Civil Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. After graduating in 2024, she hopes to continue her education and get a master’s degree in water resources. She is passionate about river restoration, recreation, and water quality and desires to apply engineering principles to protect and promote our river systems. At Mines, she is also on the Mines Women’s soccer team and always strives to give her best performance on the field as well as in the classroom.

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