Swoop’s Student Leader Scholarship

Serving as a student leader adds substantially to the personal and professional development of students. Student who are engaged on campus are more likely to graduate, excel academically, and develop tangible experience and transferable skills that set students up for long term career success. While there are positives, there can also be challenges with being a student leader such as balancing academics, work, familial, and student leader responsibilities. This scholarship aims to support student leaders at the university by helping to relieve some of the fiscal burden of being a student, so recipients can have the capacity to continue serving as leaders on campus. This scholarship is to be awarded to Undergraduates students in the Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 semesters.

Criteria:
- Student must be a listed member or RSO Officer of a Recognized Student Organization (RSO) – Verification will be based off of Campus Connect Membership
- Lead an initiative or made a substantial contribution to their RSO or the University of Utah
- 3.0 cumulative GPA at time of submission
- Must be matriculated at the University of Utah.
- Must be registered as a full-time undergraduate student (12+ credit hours) or full-time Graduate (9+ credit hours) for Fall 2026 & Spring 2027 in order to be awarded.
- This is not a need-based scholarship.
- Failure to provide documentation, references, or answer both of the essay questions will automatically disqualify you.

This scholarship is offered through the Student Involvement and Leadership Department within Student Affairs. If any questions on this scholarship please contact the Director Cassie Zamora-Cathcart (cassie.zamora-cathcart@utah.edu).

Statement of Impact:
- We encourage that students submit a statement of impact within 3 months of receiving the award.
- Recipients are encouraged to participate in the SLI U giving day promotional video for that year
- Recipients are encourage to attend the RSO Awards Ceremony which is currently scheduled for April 6, 2026.