CDL-Rockies Opportunities Scholarships

CDL-Rockies helps visionary innovators reduce the barriers that prevent their innovations from having a massive impact. Extraordinary, accomplished mentors and visionary innovators are selected and intentionally curated into teams, then situated into the program (Nurture, CDL, ScaleUp) that best suits their needs. Their innovations are stress-tested within each program’s framework, preparing founders to successfully commercialize. CDL-Rockies alumni companies have raised over $3 billion in capital, created over 2,700 jobs, and generated $8.7 billion in cumulative enterprise value since the site launched in 2017. To learn more about CDL-Rockies, visit our website.

2026 Key Details

  • Application Deadline: June 30, 2026 Midnight
  • Grade 12 students graduating from an Alberta, Saskatchewan, or Manitoba high school.
  • Annual scholarship of up to $2,500 each, awarded to two recipients as follows: $1,000 awarded for first-year post-secondary education; $1,500 for second-year students, provided the recipients have maintained an 80% grade average throughout their first year.

2026 Application

Name
Secondary / Alternative Contact Name (parent/sibling/guardian)

Each application must include the following attachments, with the files named as shown below:

Only the documents listed above will be presented to the Scholarship Review Committee. Any additional material will be discarded.

A unique essay of 500 – 750 words describing:

  • Your vision for the future and how you’ll use STEM to bring positive change to it
  • How this scholarship will help you, personally, academically, and professionally

Please Note: While various AI tools are nowadays freely available, we recommend minimal use of those tools for writing your essays

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Please title your essay as follows: Your full name, 2026 Scholarship Application Must name the essay attachment as follows: FirstName_LastName – Essay. Sample: Jane Doe – Essay

Up to 2 letters of recommendations:

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Must re-name the files as shown in these samples: Jane_Doe – Letter of Recommendation 1; Jane_Doe – Letter of Recommendation 2; etc.

Official high school transcript

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Must re-name the file as shown in this sample: Jane_Doe– Transcript

A notification letter of acceptance into a STEM-based program from a post-secondary institution

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Must re-name the file as shown in this sample: Jane Doe – Letter of Acceptance