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
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
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
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
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
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
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.