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Scholarships & Awards

Each year, we award scholarships to deserving students for academic achievement, community involvement, and enthusiastic Collins spirit.

You may apply for a scholarship or award, or nominate a deserving Collinsite, by filling out the Collins Award Application Form. All awards are funded by alumni contributions and recipients are chosen by a committee of faculty and staff. Please note that eligibility to receive financial awards or scholarships may be limited if IU considers your financial need to have already been met.

Each application requires a short statement (250-500 words) describing why the applicant or nominee deserves this award.

All documents should be submitted to the Duty Office by March 23 (except for the Retention Award, which has a due date of September 23).

Retention Award

These awards are intended for current Collinsites who plan to return to Collins next year. There are four $1,000 awards and they are renewable as long as you are at Collins (so not all four are awarded to new recipients every year).

Freshman Award

This $300 award is intended to encourage incoming freshmen to Collins to engage in the community in multiple ways, by joining various existing student groups, by developing new initiatives, by the completion of a thoughtful Q project that builds community at Collins, and/or by taking on a position of student leadership.

Ernest and Eva Bernhardt-Kabisch Award (academic excellence)

This $300 award is for a current Collinsite who combines academic excellence with involvement in the Collins Community. Although not a GPA contest, the awards committee will look at the applicant’s/nominee’s transcript.

Patricia Templeton Patrick Award (diversity)

This $300 award is for a current Collinsite who has made a significant contribution to advancing diversity at Collins, IU, or the Bloomington community.

Elissa Bradley Award (Collins spirit)

This award, up to $1,000, is for a current Collinsite who has been especially active in promoting the mission of the Center as expressed in its core values: academics, community, diversity, sustainable living, and student empowerment.

Transfer Student Award

This $1,000 award is for an incoming Collinsite transferring to IU from another institute of higher learning. Application and recruitment is handled by the College of Arts and Sciences Office of Undergraduate Academic Affairs.

Service Award

This $300 award is for a current Collinsite who has made a significant service contribution to the Bloomington community.

Fill out our award application form

The Retention Award scholarship helped relieve some of my financial burden. It also gave me more incentive to be active within the Collins community because I wanted to give back. I became a Q-teacher, a co-chair of BOEP, and a Welcome Week leader for both my junior and senior years.
Nathan Abbott, Collins alumnus, Retention Award recipient

Collins Living-Learning Center

Scholarships & Awards