Events
NHDC Academy
Do you know a student that loves going to museums and learning about the past? Consider the inaugural NHDC Summer Academy, July 21-25, 2025. Students age 12-17 years old are welcome to attend. Registration opens January 1, 2025!
Register here: CLOSED
Teacher Summer Institute II
Back by popular demand, NHDC will continue to hold a summer institute for new NHD teachers June 24-28, 2025. Tour museums, meet with historians, and learn the ropes of bringing the NHD curriculum to your classroom. Sign up begins January 1, 2025!
Teachers should be new to NHD and/or have less than 3 years of experience without advancing a student to the state contest.
Register here: CLOSED
Supply Grant
The 2024 supply grant looks a bit different this year. The state office is excited to get exhibit boards out to teachers across the state of Colorado. Focused on equity, the state office understands that the exhibit category is often cost prohibitive for students. Therefore, teachers who need exhibit boards will each receive 1 box (10 exhibit boards) per school anywhere in the state, first-come, first-serve availability. Please fill out this google form to sign up for a box of exhibits. We will have days established for teachers to pick up their exhibits from the State NHDC office in November and December.
Link: https://forms.gle/7hwmTVZNPPvZMkuG7
This event is now CLOSED, but will open in October 2025 with limited funding.
NHD for College Credit
High School students taking NHD can receive college credit with History 1400 (3 credits) through CU Succeed!
Educators-watch this VIDEO to learn how your students can earn college credit without you doing extra work!
Download the syllabus to see the course and schedule HERE!
For more information email us at nationalhistorydayincolorado@gmail.com!
Interested? Please attend the informational meeting on Thursday, October 2nd at 6pm. The deadline to register is September 20th! Sign up here.
Please note: The google form will open on August 15th, 2025 for entry into the 2025-2026 CU Succeed class!
NHDC College Credit Teacher Zoom
Are you a high school educator that enters projects at the Regional and State Contests? Do you want your students to receive college credit for their work in NHD?
Please join NHDC on Thursday, September 4th at 6pm to learn how all of your students can earn college credit through CU Succeed for completing a NHD project.
We will also go over the Capstone requirements for graduation and how NHD projects qualify under the current CO graduation requirements.
Join us for virtual meeting on September 4, 2024 at 6pm!
CLAS-NHDC Scholarship
NHDC & CU Denver Scholarship Application
In cooperation with The University of Colorado Denver and CU Denver's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, National History Day Colorado is pleased to offer an opportunity for all NHDC Juniors and Seniors to apply for a one-time scholarship of $1,500 during each contest year. This application will open in March 2025. This scholarship is for a student who will be attending CU Denver in the fall of 2025.
Eligibility Requirements:
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Colorado high school seniors who have competed in National History Day in Colorado as a senior in high school.
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Student planning to attend the University of Colorado Denver in the fall of 2025.
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The scholarship is not limited to winners of regional or state contests; students need only to have completed a project.
Supporting materials, in addition to the completed on-line application linked below:
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Academic Resume
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Academic Transcript
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1 Teacher Recommendation
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Typed essay (500 words or less) submitted to a university
Deadline:
All applications and supporting materials must be submitted electronically no later than 5:00 pm on April 10, 2026. The winner will be announced at the State Awards Ceremony on Saturday, April 25th. All of the information is located on the State ZFairs website, on the Student Tab.
Apply here: This event opens in April of 2026.
Questions? Contact Kelly Cvanciger at kelly.cvanciger@ucdenver.edu.