Scholarship Timeline

Scholarship awards are made once a year. The application portal opens December 1-February 28 each year.

December 1
Application portal opens for application submissions for the upcoming scholastic year that begins the following fall. 

February 28
Application portal closes for application submissions.

March 1
Application review begins.

April 1
Award offers emailed to students. Students must accept offers and complete the acceptance tasks to include acceptance/decline of offer, a thank you letter, reception rsvp, and the board relation questionnaire.

May (first week)
Reception to honor scholarship recipients.

June 1
Recipient list sent to Financial Aid.

July 15
Financial Aid list finalized. (No changes made beyond this date to the disbursement schedule)

August
Funds are released for use 10 days before the start of classes.

Mid-Semester
Unused funds are pulled back from accounts and returned to the CTC Foundation scholarship accounts.

Scholarship Process

• Submit the application through the scholarship application portal. Changes may be made to the application up to the closing date.
   
• Applications are reviewed by a review committee and scored per the rubric for the scholarship type. Each application is reviewed by two different people. Applications are assigned an ID number for confidentiality and anonymity.
   
• Upon completion of the reviews, awards are made based on the scoring using the rubrics. Email offers are sent out containing a link to the acceptance page on the AwardSpring website. Acceptance or refusal of the offer is due to the office by April 15.
   
• Declined offers will be re-awarded to the next eligible recipient. Re-award offers will be emailed at that time.
   
• An award ceremony will be held the first week of May. Information regarding the event and RSVP opportunities will be included in the award acceptance process.
   
• Award lists for fall and spring of the coming academic year will be sent to the Financial Aid office on June 1. Any changes to the award schedule due to graduation need to be made prior to July 15th.
   
• The financial award list is finalized for the fall semester on July 15. No changes to the award schedule can be made after this date. 
   
• Ten days before the start of classes, funds will be released for use. Funds will apply according to the coding set in the scholarship charter. Funds are dedicated to pay tuition and book expenses at CTC and cannot be used outside of CTC.
   
• As long as financial aid and/or scholarships are over the amount of the expenses for the semester, payment is not needed at the time of registration. Any amount due over the amount of financial aid or scholarships is due at the time of registration.  Payments can be made through the Business office.
   
• Scholarship funds are available for use through the middle of the semester. The unused funds will be pulled back after the middle of the semester and returned to the scholarship account they came from. 

• Scholarships funds are to be used in the semester for which they were awarded.  Unused funds cannot be moved from one semester to the another. Funds cannot be used to purchase items for future classes outside of the semester of the allocation. 
   
• Funds used beyond mid-semester may be subject to review and repayment by the student.

• Failure to enroll in fall semester will result in loss of funding for the spring semester.

• Students not meeting the award requirements of a scholarship after the award has been made are no longer eligible for the scholarship. If information used to qualify a student for an award changes, funds will not be disbursed for the semester(s) following the ineligibility. Information used to qualify for a scholarship may include, but is not limited to degree plan, GPA, or employment/club affiliation.  Once a student is ineligible, the student must reapply for scholarships during the next application cycle.