Butte College Foundation Scholarships

The scholarship application is closed.

The next round of scholarship applications will begin in February 2026.

You must have a Butte College student ID number and email address. 

Go to the Butte College Scholarship System and sign in with your Butte College student ID number and password. Only students who have been accepted to Butte College will have an account.

Complete a general application to apply to most of our scholarships. The answers you provide along with admissions and academic data will determine the scholarships for which you qualify. After all required answers are complete, you may submit your application.

Students who complete the general application through the Butte College scholarship system will be automatically considered for several scholarships based on qualifications. If you are eligible, then you'll also be notified of recommended scholarship opportunities for which you may qualify after providing additional information.

Yes, all students who meet the minimum criteria are encouraged to apply for scholarships.

Yes, scholarships are available for those who meet the criteria for DACA, Dreamers, TPS or have undocumented status.

TPS stands for temporary protected status and includes asylum-seekers and refugees.

Yes, you need to submit transcripts to apply. Attach a copy of your college transcripts (unofficial transcripts will be accepted and verified).

High school transcripts are also required if you have not completed 12 college units. Your Butte College Transcript can be downloaded from your MyBC portal, click Self Service,  click on Academics and then Unofficial Transcript.

Students who complete the general application through the Butte College scholarship system will be automatically considered for several scholarships based on qualifications such as academic merit and financial need.

Recommended Opportunities

Because of limitations with Academic Works, you will not see all the scholarships that you have been matched to. There may be some additional recommended opportunities to which you may apply. These are opportunities for which the system cannot determine whether you qualify without more information.

Students are encouraged to review recommended opportunities and determine those for which they are eligible based on things like club involvement, planned career field, or athletic teams. Only apply to opportunities which are recommended to you.

If you apply to opportunities that are not recommended, then you will not qualify.

Give yourself plenty of time. Don't miss your chance because you missed the deadline.

Essay Questions

Fully answer all parts of the question and provide as much detail about yourself as possible. It is better to write too much than too little, and generalities are less meaningful to readers than your specific goals, aspirations, challenges, and experiences.

Do not copy and paste one answer to another question. Reviewers will see that you have copied and pasted and will deduct points for this. Ask someone to proofread your essays and use spell-checking and grammar tools. 

Contact Center for Academic Success (CAS) for essay help— the scholarship office cannot do this for you.

Academic Works is third-party scholarship management system that Butte College uses to enhance and streamline the scholarship search and application process for all currently enrolled Butte College students.

Visit the Butte College scholarship system and sign in with your Butte College student ID number and password.

The Butte College scholarship system uses the term "opportunities" when referring to scholarships.

In some cases, individual scholarships require additional information that is not on the general application. Students are encouraged to review the suggested list of these recommended opportunities.

If you meet all of the eligibility requirements listed, then provide the additional information requested to receive consideration for those scholarships.

In addition to completing the required fields— indicated with an asterisk (*)— we encourage students to answer all the questions to maximize scholarship consideration. It is better to err on the side of too long an application than too short an application.

Students who submit an application will see a "submitted" status on their My Applications tab. Students who have an incomplete general application will be directed there after login until the application is complete. A student may continue to edit their application even after it is submitted.

You can continue to edit your application even after you have submitted it, up until the deadline.

Butte College is fortunate to have hundreds of scholarships available to help students achieve their academic goals.

When you complete the general application, you are automatically considered for several scholarships based on your general application answers as well as academic and admissions data. Recommended opportunities require additional information.

Yes, you can apply for both financial aid and scholarships. You may qualify for one and not the other, or you may qualify for both. Your financial aid may be affected by any scholarships you receive. If you receive financial aid, then consult with the Financial Aid Office for more information.

Scholarships may affect your financial aid awards. Consult with the Financial Aid Office if you have a question about a pending scholarship offer and its impact on your financial aid.

Yes, all students who meet the minimum criteria are encouraged to apply for scholarships.

Each scholarship has its own eligibility and selection criteria. Applicants who meet the eligibility criteria are considered by a scholarship review committee.

Scholarships are competitive, and more students apply each year than there are awards available. Not every student who applies will receive a scholarship, so it's important to make your application as strong as possible.

Students who are selected for a scholarship will be notified by email to their Butte College email account, usually in late June/July.

It takes several weeks (and sometimes more than a month) after the scholarship application deadline for scholarship reviewers to evaluate all the thousands of applications.

All applicants will be notified through their Butte College email account as to whether they have received a scholarship, usually in late June/early July.

Students who have been awarded a scholarship must accept their scholarship online through the Butte College scholarship system.

Students should follow the instructions as prompted to review the scholarship offer and click Accept under the appropriate scholarship. If the award notification was sent via email, students will need to respond to the email they accept the award. 

All scholarships require that a thank you letter is submitted before any funds are disbursed to a student.

This thank you letter will be sent to the donor who provided the scholarship, so you should take the time to make it meaningful. 

Typically, a respond date is included in the award offer. If a student misses that date, then their scholarship check will be delayed.

Generally, students who fail to accept their award by census, the student will lose their scholarship, and it will be awarded to another student.

Scholarships are awarded in the form of a check made payable to the student. The scholarship award notification will include information on how to receive your scholarship funds.

Please be aware that all scholarships require students to write a thank you letter and provide a photo. Students and their guests are invited to the Scholarship Awards Brunch where they will receive their award check. 

Go to the Butte College scholarship system and click on the "References and Reviewers" tab. Then click on "Trouble signing in?" and request a new password.

A password reset email will be sent to you.

The reference and reviewers sign in does not use Butte College Single Sign-On (SSO) for authentication.

If you have signed in before, then you most likely set up a password a year or more ago. We recommend clicking on "Trouble signing in?" to reset your password.

If you use the wrong password, then a bug in the software will redirect you to the student page.

Log out and then sign back in on the reference and reviewers tab, and if you don't remember your password, then click on "Trouble signing in?" to reset your password (it may not be the same as your Butte College password).

If you see a Butte College Single Sign-On (SSO) request, then you have landed on the student portal. Navigate back to the "references and reviewers" tab.

If you have a question not answered here, then send an email to foundation@butte.edu.

Be sure to include your ID number if you have questions specific to your application or account.