LINC FAQs

The Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program is an inclusive scholarship and academic enrichment program for traditionally underrepresented and/or first-generation college students in the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Learning, Inclusion, Networking, & Community (LINC) is a mini bridge program that consists of community buildling activities and academic workshop sessions. LINC is an engaging weekend retreat that will provide opporutnitiy for students to build community (meeting other new MASP students and connecting with MASP peer mentors) and to reflect on their time at CU so far. 

It is free for students to participate in LINC! The cost of room, meals, activities, and instruction are all included upon acceptance into LINC.

Students who successfully complete LINC will become eligible to receive a full MASP scholarship ($ 2000 per year) starting that semester. 

The application for LINC generally opens in late Fall semester of a given year. Please email masp@colorado.edu for more information.

LINC has a rolling application in the Fall semester, and closes in December. Please email masp@colorado.edu for more details.

You will typically be notified at the end of the Fall Semester ( 3rd week of December).

Yes. Upon completion of the program, each student receives a $250 participation stipend.

The stipend is issued as a check addressed to the student.

The stipend is issued as a check after completion of the program, within a few weeks of completion.

No. The stipend is issued as a check to be used at your discretion and can be used on anything of your choice.