Do you have a faculty or staff member who has made a positive impact on your time at CU? Nominate them for a Marinus Smith Award. Submit your nomination by March 16.

CU Boulder Transportation Services has finalized a contract with Via Mobility to provide late-night service on the Will Vill route. 

Starting immediately, Via buses will operate from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. every Thursday, Friday and Saturday when campus is open. The service will follow the Will Vill route and stops, with buses coming every 12–15 minutes. The last bus leaves Will Vill at 1 a.m. for the last loop through campus. 

Look out for the all-black Via buses and enjoy the same great service expected from the Buff Bus!

Save 10% on a spring 2025 semester pass to the Alienware Buffalo Esports and Gaming Lounge if you purchase before Feb. 8! Semester passes can only be purchased in person at the lounge.

Do you know someone that exemplifies leadership? Nominate them for the CU Involvement Awards! Each year the Center for Student Involvement and the Colorado Creed join together to recognize leadership and engagement across campus. We are seeking nominations of students, student organizations, faculty and staff who exemplify leadership and passion across the Boulder community.

Nominations are open Feb. 3–March 16.

Students are asked to please update their address and other contact information in Buff Portal. This is especially important if you're located outside of Colorado and/or you won't be on campus while taking classes.

Journey Leaders are students in New Student & Family Programs (NSFP) that help welcome our newest class of CU Buffs to campus. Journey leaders help facilitate all NSFP events, ensuring events run smoothly and assisting new students and their families in their adjustment to CU. As a Journey Leader, you will gain valuable leadership experience while meeting new people and getting involved on campus. 

Learn more and apply by Feb. 9.

Have an upcoming event? Book a Folsom Field premium space for event dates through Feb. 28; campus groups receive a 25% discount on the venue rental. Inquire at folsomfieldevents.com.

We offer grants to support undergraduate projects in all fields of study and professional practice. Students can apply for funding to help mentors and develop projects, and faculty can secure funding to support student teams.

Student grants

Students must be degree-seeking undergraduates at CU Boulder to apply for UROP funding and should not plan to graduate before the end of a proposed project's grant term—no exceptions. All student grants must be supervised by an eligible mentor.

Assistantships

These grants provide funding to students to partner with a faculty mentor to help on an existing project.

Individual grants

These grants allow students to take ownership of part or all of a project with an original proposal.

Faculty grants

Tenured/tenure-track research and teaching faculty, professional researchers and practitioners, and postdoctoral scholars at CU Boulder and Anschutz Medical Campus are eligible to mentor student grants and apply for faculty grants.

Team grants

These grants support research and creative projects involving two-plus CU Boulder undergraduates. They are intended to create compelling opportunities for students to step into exciting projects, develop skills, make connections and inspire inquiry.

Learn more and apply!

Our Mentor Award recognizes campus individuals supporting undergraduates on research and creative projects, regardless of UROP funding.

Tenured/tenure-track research faculty, teaching faculty, postdocs and graduate students at CU Boulder and Anschutz Medical Campus are eligible for UROP's Mentor Award. 

Students are invited to nominate their mentors regardless of program funding, and we welcome submissions from early-stage researchers and creative practitioners. Students are able to submit group nominations by including a list of additional contributors on the form.

Award recipients will have the option to award an assistantship to an eligible undergraduate of their choosing in the next academic year.

Nominate your mentor.

UROP relies on a large team of volunteers to help ensure that all applications receive fair and informed evaluations—and that projects conform to the highest ethical standards.

Tenured/tenure-track research faculty, contract instructors, postdocs and graduate students at CU Boulder are eligible to evaluate UROP proposals.

Join UROP's review board.

The Supporting Student Resiliency Professional Development Series provides CU faculty and staff with concrete skills to better support students. Sessions focus on areas critical to student retention and success, including: introduction to motivational interviewing, supporting survivors and supporting student mental health. 

Faculty and staff can attend any individual session; those attending all three will receive a non-degree certificate. Sign up.

The Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory is looking for people with delayed sleep-wake phase disorder or people with late bedtimes or healthy people with typical bedtimes.

The purpose of this study is to improve our understanding of mechanisms of delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (DSWPD). We are testing patients with DSWPD as well as healthy people without DSWPD. The study is 6.5 weeks long with six in-person visits at CU Boulder.

You may be eligible for this study if you:

• Are ages 16–30
• Have a diagnosis of delayed-sleep wake phase disorder or have late bedtime after 1 a.m., an inability to fall asleep and difficulty awakening when required for school/work
• Or are healthy with typical bedtimes and no sleep concerns

Study activities include:

• Health screening
• Monitor on separate occasions your sleep, mood, eating times for one or two weeks and blood sugar levels while living at home
• Live in the sleep laboratory on two separate occasions for 48–66 hours (approximately 4.75 days in total)
• Blood and saliva sampling and reaction time, mood and ability to think testing

Compensation is up to $1,725. Get study details and apply.

The purpose of this study is to examine how light exposure and meal timing influences circadian rhythms in healthy people ages 17–40. 

The study is seven weeks long with eight in-person visits at CU Boulder. Participants live in the sleep laboratory on two separate occasions for 7.7 days (15.4 days total).

Compensation is up to $4,093. Get more information and apply.

The BFA Excellence Awards specifically recognize outstanding work and a concerted effort to make advances in the academy. The chancellor provides financial support for these prestigious awards, and a ceremony in the spring recognizes the winners and features a keynote by the Hazel Barnes Awardee for that year.

The BFA will select up to three winners in each category. Each winner receives a $5,000 monetary prize, along with a commemorative engraved plaque and gift bag. 

The deadline to submit nominations is Friday, Jan. 31.