SCHOLARSHIPS
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Undergraduate and Graduate Scholarship Applications
will be available on May 15, 2020! Applications are due by e-mail June 30, 2020 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time |
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Please see our Frequently Asked Questions to find answers to your questions!
All Current Scholarship Recipients Must Renew Every Fall and Spring Term to Receive Continued Funding!
Each scholarship recipient must renew their scholarship application at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters to continue to receive the scholarship into a new semester. If you are a current scholar renewing your application, you will need to provide an unofficial transcript from the newly completed semester and a class schedule for the new semester for Fall and Spring semesters around January and July respectively. You are responsible to provide any changes to your contact information with your renewal.
Scholarship Application Requirements
ALL APPLICANTS MUST:
All Current Scholarship Recipients Must Renew Every Fall and Spring Term to Receive Continued Funding!
Each scholarship recipient must renew their scholarship application at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters to continue to receive the scholarship into a new semester. If you are a current scholar renewing your application, you will need to provide an unofficial transcript from the newly completed semester and a class schedule for the new semester for Fall and Spring semesters around January and July respectively. You are responsible to provide any changes to your contact information with your renewal.
Scholarship Application Requirements
ALL APPLICANTS MUST:
- Be enrolled with his or her respective Tribe, either federally recognized or non-federally recognized Tribe, from the continental US or Alaska.
- Submit a copy of Tribal enrollment (there is no minimum blood quantum requirement for eligibility). This can be a copy of the student's Tribal I.D. card or a copy of an official letter from the Tribe. The student must be directly recognized as a citizen or member of his or her Tribal Nation.
- Be enrolled as full-time student.
- Have a minimum 2.5 out of 4.0 GPA.
- Submit a current class schedule and transcript.
- Attend an accredited institution and be seeking an Associate's Degree or higher (the Association does not fund certificate programs or seminaries).
- Fill out the Association's Application.
- Provide an essay described in the Application.
Disbursements
- Awards are mailed directly to the school and not to the student. It is assumed any funds received will be applied to the student's account, but the manner of disbursement is left to the policy and discretion of the school.
- If you receive an award, you will be notified prior to disbursement. Disbursements usually occur in January and August.
- Please note that we are not able to contact students who will not be receiving a scholarship.
- Students receiving awards are responsible for contacting our office with change of contact information. If we cannot contact you, your award may not be disbursed.
