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Scholarships, Fellowships, and Other Student Resources

AIS Scholarships

Nancy Benjamin Kwoh Undergraduate Scholarship in American Indian Studies

Amount: $5,000
Eligibility: American Indian Studies Undergraduate Majors
Funding Category: Scholarship Award

To apply for the scholarship, contact the AIS main office:
520-621-7108 or aisp@arizona.edu

Mimi's Travel Scholarship Fund

Amount: up to $1,000
Eligibility: UA American Indian Studies Students
Funding Category: Travel Fund

Mimi's Travel Scholarship Fund encourages and provides support for travel to Latin America for any of the following: to attend professional meetings, conferences, and symposia; to visit and carry out research in archives and museums; to meet with Latin American colleagues, researchers, and those in Native organizations, and to carry out research. This travel must be directly related to the student's educational development and work in AIS.

To apply for the scholarship, contact the AIS main office:
520-621-7108 or aisp@arizona.edu

 

Other Scholarships

AIEA Student Scholarship Awards

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: High School Students, Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, and more
Funding Category: Scholarship Award

https://www.azindianed.org/scholarship

American Indigenous Tourism Association Tourism & Hospitality Scholarship

Amount: $1,000 per Semester
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://americanindigenoustourism.org/tourism-hospitality-scholarship/

 

AIS Scholarship Library

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

Scholarship Library for Native Students

 

AISES Scholarship Library

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarships

https://aises.org/scholarships/ 

 

APF Queen-Nellie Evans Award

Amount: $4,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Financial Aid Award

https://ampsychfdn.org/funding/queen-nellie-evans/

 

American Indian College Fund Scholarships

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://collegefund.org/students/scholarships/

 

American Indian Education Foundation Scholarships

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Incoming College Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://nativepartnership.org/education/

 

American Indian Services Scholarships

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Incoming College Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://www.americanindianservices.org/scholarships

 

Arizona FASFA Help

Events and Resources to Help Navigate and Submit the FASFA Form

https://collegereadyaz.com/fafsa/ 

 

Arizona Native Scholars Grant

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Grant

Arizona Native Scholars Grant

 

Campus Sustainability Fund

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Grant Funding

https://sustainability.arizona.edu/projects/campus-sustainability-fund

 

C. Gloria Paul Memorial Scholarship

Amount: $1,200
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/421055

 

Chasing the Dream Scholarship

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Fundinng Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://catchingthedream.org/application-forms/ 

 

Cobell Undergraduate/ Graduate Scholarships

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarships, Fellowships

https://cobellscholar.org/ 

 

Dissertation Fieldwork Grant

Amount: up to $25,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Research Grant

https://wennergren.org/program/dissertation-fieldwork-grant/

 

Earl H. Carroll Scholarship

Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/421056

 

Education Forward Arizona-Native American Scholarship

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Program Scholarship

https://educationforwardarizona.org/innovate/attainment/scholarships/native-american-scholarship-program/ 

 

Graduate Access Fellowship or Tuition Scholarship Awards

Amount: Up to $4,000 (Masters), Up to $8,000 (Doctoral)
Eligibility: Incoming Graduate Students
Funding Category: Cash Award, Tuition Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/graduate-access-fellowship-or-tuition-scholarship-awards

 

Graduate College Emergency Financial Hardship Funds

Amount: Up to $2,500
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Cash Award, Tuition Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/graduate-college-emergency-financial-hardship-funds

 

Graduate College Funding Opportunities

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Awards, Travel Awards, Cash Awards, Assistantships

Graduate College Funding Opportunities

 

Harriett A. and George W. McGrath Undergraduate Scholarship

Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/420945

 

Indian Health Services Health Professionals Scholarship Program

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/

 

Innovation Circle Scholarship

Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/421042

 

Intertribal Timber Council Truman D. Picard Scholarship Program

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://www.itcnet.org/about_us/scholarships.html

 

John P. & Chloe A. McQueen Scholarship

Amount: $2,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/422704

 

Morris K. Udall Foundation Scholarship

Amount: $7,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Scholarship/Scholarship.aspx

 

Native American Advancement, Initiatives & Research

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Varies

https://naair.arizona.edu/native-students/student-funding

 

Native American Jumpstart         

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Scholarship

https://www.nativeamericanjumpstart.org/

 

Native American Student Affairs Scholarships

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Varies

https://nasa.arizona.edu/resources/scholarship-resources

 

Native Forward Scholarship Fund            

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Internship, Funding, Tuition Scholarships

https://www.nativeforward.org/

 

Lillian Fisher Innovative Circle Scholarship

Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/420939

 

One-Time Special Circumstance Funding

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Emergency Fund, Loan, Financial Aid Appeal, Balance Assistance

One Time Special Circumstance Funding

 

Peace Corps Coverdell Fellows Program

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Assistantship

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/peace-corps-coverdell-fellows-program

 

Phillips Fund for Native American Research

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Research Grant

https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/phillips-fund-native-american-research

 

Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://www.resf-pnw.org/

 

Resilience Graduate Research Awards Program

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Research Award

https://www.haury.arizona.edu/what-we-do/resilience-graduate-research-awards-program

 

The Helen Roberti Fund for Native American Students

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students, Incoming Graduate Students
Funding Category: Cash Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/roberti-fund-native-american-students

 

T.I. (Tim) McDaniel Endowed Scholarship

Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/422703

 

UA Segal Education Award Matching Program

Amount: up to $5,000
Eligibility: Incoming Graduate Students
Funding Category: Cash Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/ua-segal-education-award-matching-program

 

University of Arizona/ Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership (UA/SIGP)

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Cash Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/university-arizona-sloan-indigenous-graduate-partnership-uasigp

 

Western Regional Graduate Program (WRGP)

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Tuition Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/western-regional-graduate-program-wrgp

 

William Owen Nugent Undergraduate Scholarship

Amount: $1,000
Eligibility: Undergraduate Students
Funding Category: Scholarship

https://arizona.scholarshipuniverse.com/student/scholarship/421073

 

Travel Scholarships

GSPC Travel Grants

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Travel Grant

https://gpsc.arizona.edu/travel-grants

Herbert E. Carter Travel Award

Amount: $600
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Travel Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/herbert-e-carter-travel-award

Raphael and Jolene Gruener Research Travel Award

Amount: Varies
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Funding Category: Travel Award

https://grad.arizona.edu/funding/opportunities/raphael-and-jolene-gruener-research-travel-award

 

Fellowships and Internships

Environmental Health Sciences Research for Indigenous Student Engagement

The EHS-RISE program is an introductory summer research program designed to provide Native American freshmen, sophomores, and first-year transfer students with experience in scientific research while supporting their cultural identity.

GSP Doctoral Fellowship

The GSP Doctoral Fellowship brings Ph.D. candidates pursuing independent, self-directed research on economic and social problems affecting low-income Americans to complete the fellowship virtually.

GSP Evidence to Practice Internship

The GSP Undergraduate Internship invites rising undergraduate seniors to be part of multidisciplinary teams developing evaluation research on current social policy issues at our New York City office.

GSP Undergraduate Internship

The GSP Evidence-to-Practice Internship is open to master’s students with experience running, managing, or working on programs operated by public or nonprofit agencies or organizations serving underrepresented or underserved populations.

Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship and the Dr. Maria Teresa Velez - Marshall Dissertation Scholarship

Today the Marshall Foundation, continuing Louise’s legacy, seeks to enhance the lives of the citizens of Tucson and Pima County through its support of charitable and educational institutions. To that end, The University of Arizona Graduate College with assistance of the Louise Foucar Marshall Foundation offers the Marshall Foundation Dissertation Fellowship to help Arizona resident graduate students complete their doctoral dissertation.

McNickle Center Fellowships

Newberry fellowships give researchers the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking projects. Fellows advance scholarship in various fields, develop new interpretations, and expand our understanding of the past.

Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship

ACLS invites applications for Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowships, which provide a year of support for doctoral students preparing to embark on innovative dissertation research projects in the humanities and interpretive social sciences.

Mitchem Dissertation Fellowship Program

This fellowship provides graduate students with one year of financial support while completing their dissertation.

National Congress of American Indians Fellowship

NCAI offers fellowships to provide an opportunity for young leaders to serve on the front lines of legislative action and policy development.

National Native American Youth Initiative

The National Native American Youth Initiative (NNAYI) is an intense enrichment program funded by the Association of American Indian Physicians and the Front Line Indigenous Partnership program (FLIP) based at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) Department of Emergency Medicine and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

Native American Congressional Internship

This internship program provides students with the opportunity to gain practical experience with the federal legislative process.

Native American Political Leadership Program

The NAPLP is a national training and research institute created for students focused on building pathways to leadership at all levels of government and political organizing in the U.S. Our programs are provided at no cost to participants.

Presidential Management Fellowship

The PMF program is administered by the U.S. Office of personnel Management. The PMF program is an opportunity for advanced degree holders across all disciplines and segments of society.

Richard A. Harvill Graduate Fellowship

The mission of the Richard A. Harvill Endowment is to perpetuate knowledge of Dr. Harvill, who served as The University of Arizona's (U of A) president from 1951 to 1971, a period in which the University began its furious post-war enrollment growth, and the institution took its place among the leading research universities of the west.

Tech Launch AZ Student Entrepreneurial Fellowship

UA Tech Launch Arizona and the Graduate College collaborate to provide U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident degree-seeking graduate students (main campus only) to gain practical startup company and technology commercialization experience. 

The Russell J. and Dorothy S. Bilinski Fellowships

Bilinski Educational Foundation funds are used to provide financial support for top PhD students in one of the fields listed below as they complete and defend their dissertations.