Our Opportunities

Welcome to the College of DuPage Scholarship Portal!

Our scholarship applications are now open. Our COD Foundation Scholarships for Spring 2026 applications will open September 1st. Other institutional scholarships will open at various times. To be up to date with when we open scholarships, fill out your general application now to be automatically notified of opportunities you are eligible for to apply once they are available.

Below you will find a listing of scholarships available to COD students with brief information about the scholarship criteria. In order to apply, you must be a registered, current or incoming COD student, with a user name and password from MyAccess.

  • Sign in using your COD log in credentials through the applicant/administrator side – prompted to Sign In With Institution.
  • Complete your General Application (a series of qualifying questions). We did some updates to help eliminate extra essay processes for scholarships. Please note this is only to start the application process, once you submit the general application you will get a “recommended” scholarship that you will need to look over and apply. This does not automatically generate an application to all scholarships, although it will be sufficient for most scholarships. This is just a preliminary questionnaire to determine certain scholarships you may be eligible to apply for. You must click on Apply Now to those you are interested in as some will require extra responses or references to be submitted.
  • Please note all scholarships are listed by the most recent application deadline to the oldest, and in alphabetical order. If you need to find one in specific, use keywords in the search bar to find it. Applications have a 11:59 pm deadline on the deadline date listed.
  • Note, if a scholarship action says NONE, these are auto-matches applications. You are automatically considered for these scholarships based on your general application responses/student data imported from your student account.


    Our timeframes are as followed:

  • Fall Semester Cycle: February 1 through April 15. Allow four weeks for review. Offers sent out by end of May.
  • Spring Semester Cycle: September 1 through November 1. Allow four weeks for review. Offers sent out by end of December.
    Please be sure to save often as the system will sign you out after minutes of inactivity. We do not accept any applications past the deadline or via email.
  • All notifications regarding scholarship applications are sent to your dupage.edu email address. Make sure you are checking your COD email regularly. Scholarships are for tuition, fees, and/or books/supplies only (unless otherwise noted). Applying for scholarships are NOT guaranteed to be automatically awarded, as they are competitive based on merit, academic achievement, financial need, essay responses, etc. Funds are gift aide.


    If you have any questions, please contact scholarships@cod.edu

Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$500 Mercedes Benz Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Mercedes Benz...
Ended
$1,000 Michael and Sandra Meyers Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Michael and Sandra...
Ended
$1,000 Michael Ries Alumni Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Michael Ries Alumni...
Ended
$1,000 Morrissey Dental Hygiene Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Morrissey Dental Hygiene...
Ended
$1,000 Naperville Woman's Club
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Naperville Woman’s Club...
Ended
$1,000 Nicholas Cacic Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Nicholas Cacic...
Ended
$500 Patriot Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Veterans Healthcare...
Ended
$2,000 Paul W. and Katherine T. Hedburn Impact Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Paul W. and Katherine T....
Ended
$1,250 Paul W. and Katherine T. Hedburn MAP Gap Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Paul W. and Katherine T....
Ended
$2,500 Paul W. and Katherine T. Hedburn Student Success and Retention Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025/spring 2026. PURPOSE: The Paul W. and...
Ended
$1,000 Paul W. and Katherine T. Hedburn Textbook and Supplies Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Paul W. and Katherine T....
Ended
$1,500 Robert L. Wagner Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: This scholarship honors the...
Ended
$500 Ron & Lois Nivling Scholarship for Liberal Arts Students Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Ron & Lois Nivling...
Ended
$1,250 Ruth Walbeck Memorial Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Ruth Walbeck Memorial...
Ended
Up to $8,000, based on financial need S-STEM Scholarship
The STEM Student Success Scholarship Program aims to support low-income...
Ended
$1,000 Salt Creek Family Dental Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Salt Creek Family Dental...
Ended
$500 Scalise Fashion Studies Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To support a Fashion Studies...
Ended
$750 Second Year Nursing Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Second Year Nursing...
Ended
$1,250 SEN-HWA Foundation Culinary Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To provide financial...
Ended
$1,250 SEN-HWA Foundation Scholarship for Student Success
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To provide financial...
Ended
$2,000 Shirley M. Jannusch Memorial Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: This scholarship is for...
Ended
$1,000 Student Life Leadership Award
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To support students...
Ended
$1,000 Susan and Dan Spooner Education Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To support student success...
Ended
$1,000 The Attard Family Endowed Scholarship For Veterans
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To support a Veteran student...
Ended
$1,500 The Betty Bradshaw Scholarship Fund of DuPage Foundation
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To provide financial...
Ended
$500 The Christopher Drop Welding Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Christopher Drop Welding...
Ended
$1,000 The Honorable Bonnie M. Wheaton Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Honorable Bonnie M....
Ended
$1,500 The Jerry Bradshaw Scholarship Fund of DuPage Foundation
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: To provide financial...
Ended
$500 The Second Chance Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: This annual scholarship...
Ended
$1,500 The Steven and Gayle Tyriver Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: This annual scholarship...
Ended
$2,000 The Theater Program Endowed Scholarship Fund
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The purpose of this...
Ended
$1,500 Tom Galloway Memorial Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Tom Galloway Memorial...
Ended
$500 Tony Laskowski and Pat Dziak Memorial Scholarship for Physical Therapist Assistant Students
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The purpose of this...
Ended
$400 Veterans Textbook Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Veterans Textbook...
Ended
$2,000 Vistex Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Vistex Scholarship Fund...
Ended
$1,000 Volunteers in Action Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Volunteers in Action...
Ended
$1,000 William "Bill" Carter Memorial Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: This scholarship was created...
Ended
$1,000 William W. Steele Memorial Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The William W. Steele...
Ended
$1,000 Budilovsky Literary Endowed Scholarship
This application is for Summer 2025. The Budilovsky Literary Endowed...
Ended
Varies COD Study Abroad Scholarship - Fall
The COD Study Abroad Scholarship promotes global understanding and...
Ended
$1,000 Tom Robertson Memorial Scholarship
This application is for Summer 2025. PURPOSE: Professor Tom Robertson...
Ended
$500 BTE Stage Management Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The BTE Stage Management...
Ended
$500 John Belushi/Second City Theatre Scholarship
The John Belushi/Second City Theatre Scholarship supports an acting or...
Ended
$500 John Belushi Choral Scholarship
The John Belushi Choral Scholarship supports a choral student at College...
Ended
$500 John Belushi Jazz/Band Scholarship
The John Belushi Jazz/Band Scholarship was created to support a band...
Ended
$500 John Belushi Orchestra Scholarship
The John Belushi Orchestra Scholarship was created to support an...
Ended
Varies Lori & Eric Swanson Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: The Fund intends to...
Ended
$1,000.00 RAST Annual Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025. PURPOSE: RAST Annual Scholarship is...
Ended
$1,000.00 NEUCO HVACR Scholarship
This application is for Fall 2025 Purpose: The NEUCO HVACR Scholarship...
Ended
Varies Sally N. Fairbank Legal Studies Textbook Scholarship
All applicants will be entered into a random drawing for a textbook...
Ended