The Colorado Restaurant Association Education Fund (CRAEF) offers three scholarship programs for students interested in foodservice or hospitality careers. 1) Prostart Scholarship awards graduating Colorado ProStart students 2) Undergraduate Scholarship is for those pursuing a bachelor’s degree, associate degree or certificate. 3) The International Culinary School at the Art Institute of Colorado Scholarship awards high school and college students pursuing a degree or certificate from the School of Culinary Arts at the Colorado Institute of Art.

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Colorado Tech University (CTU) in Colorado Springs, Colorado offers a co-op internship program for students in all of their graduate Masters programs. International students can work up to 40 hours per week in practical training jobs for which they are paid regular wages. All of the internship employment positions are with off-campus American based companies in the Colorado Springs and Denver areas.

OTIS AND MARGARET T. BARNES established two trusts that provide full tuition scholarships to Colorado College, the first to be used for awards in Chemistry (including Biochemistry), and the second for awards in Biology, Environmental Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology (including Neuroscience). The scholarships are renewable for four years as long as the recipient is making satisfactory progress toward a degree as defined by the department in which the scholarship is granted.