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AwardSpring is the spark that

ignites connections between

admins, students, and donors.

Our simple, intuitive platform is thoughtfully designed to support every person involved in the scholarship management process. Administrators, students, reviewers, and donors all save time and reduce administrative work with AwardSpring.

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Stress-Free Implementation

With our proven, milestone-driven SpringBoard process, we configure your site and train your team for a smooth and successful experience from day one. We take on a vast majority of the burden of transitioning from your existing process to using our platform - learn how by downloading the overview below.


With our proven, milestone-driven SpringBoard process, we configure your site and train your team for a smooth and successful experience from day one. We take on a vast majority of the burden of transitioning from your existing process to using our platform - learn how by downloading the overview below.


Seamless Integration

AwardSpring syncs with your Student Information System (SIS) to ensure that all student data and relevant information are accurate and current.


As an admin, you have complete control over how your students, reviewers and donors access the platform. You can create users directly in AwardSpring or leverage your organization's centralized user provisioning system to control access, usernames, and password rules. We support all of the commonly used Single Sign On (SSO) environments (Active Directory, SAML, CAS, and LDAP).

Support for Long Term Goals

AwardSpring excels at managing your scholarship cycle in less time and with less effort than manual methods. But that's not all it can do. Discover the ways we can help you drive long-term strategies to increase fund utilization, engage donors, increase fundraising, and more.


Built for Admins

Organized Communications

Collect and track thank-you letters, award acceptances, or RSVPs using our fully customizable follow-up questions. Communicate with applicants, reviewers, and donors in seconds without exiting the system - and wherever you are in the process. Messaging templates give you and applicants an efficient way to send requests, customize award letters, and express gratitude to donors.


Organized Communications

Collect and track thank-you letters, award acceptances, or RSVPs using our fully customizable follow-up questions. Communicate with applicants, reviewers, and donors in seconds without exiting the system - and wherever you are in the process. Messaging templates give you and applicants an efficient way to send requests, customize award letters, and express gratitude to donors.

Help When You Need It

Think of AwardSpring as an extension of your staff, always on hand to answer a question, assist with a task, or brainstorm a solution. You can also access a library of self-service resources including videos, step-by-step tutorials, and helpful guides for your applicants and reviewers. Learn more about our support.

Automatic Matching

Eliminate tedious work and missed opportunities. AwardSpring matches qualified applicants to scholarships with robust matching criteria that you customize, no matter how complicated your scholarship requirements.

Game Changing Reporting

Choose from a wide variety of ready-to-go reports - ranging from student criteria to scholarship data - or request custom reports to meet your specific needs. Isolate information that is fundamental for increasing enrollment and maintaining compliance, like non-enrolled applicant names or recipient GPAs. Leverage the data you collect through AwardSpring to improve all aspects of your scholarship management process.

Enhanced Donor Engagement

Use donor profiles to increase their engagement, highlight donor contributions, and drive advancement efforts.

Fully Customizable Application

Your universal application simplifies the student experience, increases application volume, and saves time for both administrators and students. Build your application to your specifications, including any combination of:


  • Essay responses
  • Transcripts, resumes & other documents
  • Confidential letters of recommendation
  • Multiple, single and short-answer responses
  • Conditional logic guides students through questions relevant to them

Creating & Managing Scholarships is a Breeze

You're in full control. Add, modify, and remove scholarships or their details at any time - even mid-cycle- with just a few clicks. Fine-tune scholarship qualifications and see your applicant pool change instantly, no support team or ticket ever required.

Students Love Us

We Make It Easy

As a scholarship administrator, you know how hard it is to get students to submit paper applications on time and fully complete. With AwardSpring, those days are behind you. We designed the student experience to be so fool-proof and simple, you can expect to double your application volume.


  • Document upload is a snap - no more missing transcripts.
  • Require letters of recommendation? Students can request them through the platform; you'll receive them as soon as they're written.
  • Our Budget Calculator documents a student's incoming and outgoing funds to establish cash flow and financial need.

As a scholarship administrator, you know how hard it is to get students to submit paper applications on time and fully complete. With AwardSpring, those days are behind you. We designed the student experience to be so fool-proof and simple, you can expect to double your application volume.


  • Document upload is a snap - no more missing transcripts.
  • Require letters of recommendation? Students can request them through the platform; you'll receive them as soon as they're written.
  • Our Budget Calculator documents a student's incoming and outgoing funds to establish cash flow and financial need.

Mobile Friendly For All

These days, everyone relies heavily on their mobile devices to get things done - especially students. Whether your users prefer working on a smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop, you can trust that they will all have a seamless and user-friendly experience when working within the AwardSpring platform.

A Single, Unified Application

We know that students are easily overwhelmed by the application process. That's why we made AwardSpring incredibly easy for students to use, with a focused experience that limits tasks, shows progress, and allows students to take breaks and seamlessly pick up where they left off. Students fill out just one application that automatically matches them to all available scholarships. Auto-save ensures not a single response is ever lost. At the end of the application process, students see every scholarship for which they're qualified - and only have to complete final tasks, like essay-writing, for those specific scholarships.

We know that students are easily overwhelmed by the application process. That's why we made AwardSpring incredibly easy for students to use, with a focused experience that limits tasks, shows progress, and allows students to take breaks and seamlessly pick up where they left off. Students fill out just one application that automatically matches them to all available scholarships. Auto-save ensures not a single response is ever lost. At the end of the application process, students see every scholarship for which they're qualified - and only have to complete final tasks, like essay-writing, for those specific scholarships.

Foolproof for Reviewers

Flexible Reviewer Assignments

Choose your assignment methodology - random, all, or manual - with a single click. If you have more than 50 applicants, or lots of reviewers, we recommend assigning reviewers randomly. Small review team? Choose “all” so that all reviewers will see all of the applications.



Choose your assignment methodology - random, all, or manual - with a single click. If you have more than 50 applicants, or lots of reviewers, we recommend assigning reviewers randomly. Small review team? Choose “all” so that all reviewers will see all of the applications.



Personalized Review Methods

Make your review process as efficient as possible. Review by scholarship, applicant, or a combination. Create as many teams of reviewers ("Review Groups") as you'd like, for as many or as few scholarships as you want, and all of the applicants for those scholarships will funnel to the same Review Group. Fine-tune your blinding settings for each Review Group to hide specific student application responses, protecting sensitive student information, eliminating bias, and speeding up reviews. Need advice? We're aways available to help you build the most logical and efficient review process for your unique program.

Streamlined Review Process

Built-in tools let you quickly establish clear rubrics, set deadlines, and alert reviewers of upcoming and overdue assignments. You and your reviewers can all work remotely on personal computers or tablets.

Simple, Adaptable Scorecards

Our online score cards are designed to be flexible, easy-to-use translations of your old paper rubric. Using simple labels eliminates scrolling for reviewers, which can save a surprising amount of time.

Awarding Made Easy

Automatic Matching

Eliminate tedious work and missed opportunities. AwardSpring matches qualified applicants to scholarships with robust matching criteria that you customize, no matter how complicated your scholarship requirements.


Eliminate tedious work and missed opportunities. AwardSpring matches qualified applicants to scholarships with robust matching criteria that you customize, no matter how complicated your scholarship requirements.


Future Cycles Made Easy

Copy any of your previous cycles - including all qualifications, application questions, and scholarships - to your current award cycle with just a few clicks. No support team or ticket is ever required, although we're always more than happy to help if you need it.

Insightful Awarding & Denying

AwardSpring’s Award & Deny screen gives you deep insights into your applicant pool without a lot of complication. Pre-filter your applicant list for secondary preferences, which can help you please donors or make tie-breaker decisions.

Faster Awarding

Filter and sort applicant data and reviewer scores to effortlessly choose the best candidates. Include donor preferences for evaluation on your endowed funds. Bulk awarding and automated notifications quickly alert applicants of scholarship decisions.

Publish When You're Ready

Determine your ideal award winners by changing your award structure and modifying award recipients as many times as necessary. Students won't be notified about your decisions until you publish, which is a distinct, fool-proof step in the process.

Manage Post-Award Tasks

Keep everything organized with a follow-up workflow for post-award tasks, like thank-you letters and RSVPs. A to-do list populates for both you and awarded students; students upload documents or messages and you can review and reply, all within the platform.

Ready to learn more? Check out our pricing information or request a demo with one of our representatives.
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