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Scholarships for Indigenous Students Name Type Amount Description Contact Information Deadline 1. Absentee Tribal Scholarship Up to Funds for one master’s degree Director of Education No Shawnee: $1500 or one doctoral degree, and Tresha Spoon Deadline Graduate can fund one graduate Email: [email protected] Scholarship admissions test. For members Phone: (405) 275-4030 x6242 Program of the Absentee Shawnee Absentee Shawnee Tribe tribe. 2025 S. Gordon Cooper Drive Shawnee, OK 74801 2. Adolf Van Pelt Scholarship Up to Undergraduate student must Executive Office June 1 Scholarship $750 be enrolled member of tribe 966 Hungerford Drive from continental U.S. tribes or Suite 30-A Alaska Native and must be Rockville, MD 20850 able to submit a copy of tribal Phone: 240-314-7155 enrollment. Student must also Fax: 240-314-7159 be enrolled full-time for both Email: [email protected] fall and spring semesters and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Finally, students must be attending an accredited institution and be seeking an associate degree or higher. 3. AISES A.T. Degree Based Up to Open to undergraduate and AISES National Headquarters May 1 Anderson Scholarship $2,000 graduate students pursuing 2305 Renard SE, Suite 200 Memorial degrees in mathematics, Albuquerque, NM 87106 Scholarship medical sciences, physical Telephone: (505) 765-1052 science, technology, science, Fax: (505) 765-5608 engineering or natural resources. 4. AISES Individual Scholarship $3,000 To assist undergraduate or AISES National Headquarters March 15 ExxonMobil or Specific Program(s) graduate students pursuing 2305 Renard SE, Suite 200 Geosciences Scholarship degrees in the geosciences, in Albuquerque, NM 87106 (Field Work) financing field work and Telephone: (505) 765-1052 Scholarship research. Scholarships are Fax: (505) 765-5608 Program intended to directly support geology mapping/geological field-based analysis, or geophysical fieldwork. 5. Allogan Slagle Scholarship Up to Undergraduate and graduate Executive Office June 1 Memorial $750 student must be from a non- 966 Hungerford Drive Scholarship federally recognized tribe Suite 30-A (students from state Rockville, MD 20850 recognized tribes may apply). Phone: 240-314-7155 Students must also be enrolled Fax: 240-314-7159 as full-time students for both Email: [email protected] fall and spring semesters and have a minimum 2.5 GPA. Students must be attending an accredited institution and be seeking an associate degree or higher. 6. American Need-Based Up to Applicants must be United American Chemistry Society Scholars March 1 Chemical Society Scholarship $5,000 States citizens, enrolled full- Program Scholars Program time at an accredited 1155 16th St. NW university, demonstrate Washington, DC 20036 financial need according to (202) 872-6250 FAFSA and maintain a GPA [email protected] of 3.0 higher and be pursuing a college degree in chemical sciences or chemical technology 7. American Indian Need-Based Around Native American and Alaskan American Indian College Fund Full Circle May 31 College Fund Full Scholarship $1,000 Native students who are Scholarship Program Circle Scholarship attending non-tribal public or 8333 Greenwood Blvd. Program private universities in the Denver, CO 80221 United States. applicants must (303) 426-8900 be U.S. citizens, enrolled full- [email protected] time in an accredited university, recognized as a member of a recognized tribe or descendant of an enrolled tribal member, and possess a minimum GPA of 2.0. 8. American Indian Scholarship Up to Students must be enrolled American Indian Education Foundation May 15 Education Fund $2,000 between 6-18 credit hours, Marie Keller Graduate Student minimum 2.5 GPA, enrolled in Long Term Solutions Program Manager Scholarship a tribe or have a parent who is 2401 Eglin St an enrolled member. Rapid City, South Dakota 57703 Tel.: 866-866-8642 [email protected] 9. American Indian Scholarship Up to Students must be enrolled in a American Indian Education Foundation April 4 Education Fund $2,000 tribe or have a parent who is Marie Keller Undergraduate an enrolled member and must Long Term Solutions Program Manager Student maintain a GPA of 2.0 or 2401 Eglin St Scholarship higher and submit grades each Rapid City, South Dakota 57703 semester. Tel.: 866-866-8642 [email protected] 10. American Indian Fellowship Varies United States federally 3701 San Mateo NE #200, June 1 Graduate Center recognized American Indian Albuquerque, NM 87110 AIGC Fellowship and Alaska Native community 505-881-4584 members (students) who are [email protected]. pursuing a graduate or professional level education. To be considered, applicants must be pursuing a master, doctorate or professional degree as a full-time student at an accredited graduate or professional school in the United States and be able to demonstrate financial need. 11. American Indian Individual Scholarship $1,000 a For students pursuing a career American Indian Nurse Scholarship Awards December Nurse Scholarship or Specific Program(s) semester in nursing or other related 55 Beacon St. 1 Awards Scholarship health care fields. Eligible Boston, MA 02108 candidates must be at least (617) 742-3190 one-fourth American Indian, a [email protected] high school graduate, expected to graduate in four years with a BSN degree and be recommended by a school official. 12. American Indian Individual Scholarship Up to For American Indian, Alaskan AISES Google Scholarship March 31 Science and or Specific Program(s) $10,000 Native and Native Hawaiian 2305 Renard SE Suite 200 Engineering Scholarship students interested in pursuing Albuquerque, NM 87106 Society (AISES) a degree in computer (505) 765-1052 Google engineering, computer science, [email protected] Scholarship or a related technology field. Required: 3.0 GPA minimum, full-time undergraduate or graduate at an accredited four- year university in the U.S., be a member of AISES and strong leadership qualities. 13. American Indian Scholarship Up to Applicant must be enrolled in American Indian Services May 1 Services $2,000 a university, college, junior Attn: Scholarship Dept. November Scholarships college or technical school, 31115 East Lion Lane, Suite 320 1 and have ¼ Northern-Native Cottonwood Heights, UT 84121 American Indian Blood. Undergraduate student with no more than 150 semester credits. Minimum GPA of 2.25 14. Burlington North Individual Scholarship $2,500 High school seniors who AISES National Headquarters May 1 Santa Fe (BNSF) or Specific Program(s) reside in one of the 13 states 2305 Renard SE, Suite 200 Foundation Scholarship serviced by the BNSF. Open Albuquerque, NM 87106 Scholarship to students pursuing degrees in Telephone: (505) 765-1052 business, mathematics, Fax: (505) 765-5608 natural/physical sciences, technology, engineering, education, medicine or health administration. 15. Caddo Nation Tribal Scholarship Up to The purpose of the Higher Education Coordinator July 15 Higher Education $2500 Education Program is to Vicky Boettger November Program provide scholarships to eligible Kiowa Tribal Complex 15 Caddo students who are P.O. Box G working toward an associate Carnegie, OK 73015 degree (except for the (580) 654-2220 Associate of Applied Science degree) or their first bachelor’s degree, from a regionally accredited institution (meets the procedures and criteria for accreditation by U.S. Secretary of Education). Participants who are in default of a student loan are not eligible for this program unless a payment agreement has been arranged. Previous account balances cannot be funded through this program. 16. Catching the Merit Based $500 - Recipients must be 1/4 or Email: [email protected] April 15 Dream Scholarship $5,000 more American Indian and Subject line: Scholarship Application and Scholarships enrolled members of a Request September tribe. Students must be Phone: (505)262-2351 15 attending, or planning on Mail To: Catching the Dream attending, a fully-accredited 8200 Mountain Road NE., Suite 103 college or university within the Albuquerque, NM 87110 U.S. on a full-time basis. Study must be at the college level and can range from bachelor’s degrees to postdoctoral study. Applicants must have excellent grades, high ACT or SAT scores, some work experience, a track record of leadership and a strong commitment to their Indian community. 17. Cherokee Nation Tribal Scholarship Up to The Cherokee Nation's https://scholarships.cherokee.org/ June 15 College $2,000 College Resource Program Resources: awards scholarships to selected Last name: Undergraduate Cherokee Nation citizens Scholarship pursuing their first bachelor’s A – D: degree at a college/university and reside within the Cherokee Karee Hanneman Nation jurisdictional or contiguous counties. Student [email protected] 918-453- must maintain a minimum 2.0 5000 ext.7054 GPA. E-K Savannah Adair [email protected] 918-453-5308 L-R Roger McClure [email protected] 918-453-5000 ext. 7386 S-Z Blaise Glory [email protected] 918-453-5000 ext. 7465 18. Chevron Individual Scholarship $5,000 For undergraduate or graduate AISES NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS May 1 Corporation or Specific Program(s) students. Must be pursuing a 2305 Renard SE, Suite 200 Scholarship Scholarship degree that is beneficial to Albuquerque, NM 87106 Chevron business. This may Telephone: (505) 765-1052 include STEM degrees, as well Fax: (505) 765-5608 as business-related studies. 19. Cheyenne and Tribal Federal Aid Need- Graduate and Undergraduate Cheyenne and Arapaho Higher Education June 1; Arapaho Higher Grant Based students must be enrolled Grants November Education Grants tribal members who have been P.O. Box 38 1 certified by the Concho Concho, OK 73022 Agency to be at least one- (405) 422-7653 fourth degree Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian. 20. Chickasaw Nation Tribal & Merit Based $500 All applicants must be Chickasaw Nation Governor’s Scholarship February 1 Governor’s Scholarship Chickasaw and have a valid 300 Rosedale Road Scholarship Chickasaw Nation citizenship Ada, OK 74820 card. For graduating high (580) 421-7711 school seniors with a [email protected] minimum GPA of 3.9.