DSF Scholarship

Need additional support with your DSF Scholarship? Attend DSF Scholarship office hours every Thursday, 12:30-1:30 p.m. until May 1.

You must apply for the DSF Scholarship within one year of graduating high school. For example, the high school class of 2025 must apply by May 1, 2026 and receive their first DSF award by December 31, 2026.

To qualify for DSF, you must:

ATTEND

• a Denver Public Schools (DPS) high school for all of high school, or since you’ve moved to Colorado.

Graduate

from high school with a final cumulative GPA that meets DSF’s requirement for your college type:

4-Year College/University

• High School GPA at least 2.75 OR  get DSF’s approval for an exception

Community College

• High School GPA at least 2.5 OR get DSF’s approval for an exception

Technical College

• High School GPA at least 2.0

Enroll full-time

• at one of DSF’s 30 College Partners in Colorado.

Learn more about the full-time enrollment requirement 

Show Financial Need

• with a Student Aid Index (SAI) of 16,640* or less. DSF uses the SAI calculated by your college, which may be different from the SAI from your FAFSA or CASFA.
• Once you’ve had a qualifying SAI, you don’t need to have a qualifying SAI in future years.
• DSF considers appeals for an alternative demonstration of financial need in limited circumstances.
• 16,640 is 250% of the 2025-26 maximum SAI to qualify for a Pell Grant. The maximum SAI to qualify for a Pell grant may be adjusted each year by the federal government.

Complete 

• your college’s financial aid process by July 15.