Amount: $5,000

This scholarship focuses on broadening the number of traditionally underrepresented groups in the management and operation ranks for the transportation, travel, and tourism industry. Applicants must be a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student at an accredited university and have a declared major or course of study relevant to the travel and tourism industry. Travel and tourism encompass a varying range of professions from accounting to hospitality management and everything in between. In other words, please apply rather than ruling oneself out because of a major.

Deadline: April

Amount: Up to $5,000

The American Chemical Society (ACS) Scholars Program offers renewable scholarships annually to qualified African American, Hispanic, or Native American students who are pursuing a college degree in chemical sciences or chemical technology. All applicants must be United States citizens, enrolled full-time at an accredited university, demonstrate financial need according to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, and maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Deadline: March 1st

Amount: Varies

If you are an American Indian student studying at a four-year college or university, junior college, trade tech/vocational college or university, or other accredited institution of higher learning in California, or a permanent resident of California and attending school out of state, check our criteria and feel free to apply.

Deadline: October

Amount: Varies

American Indian College Fund Full Circle Scholarships are granted to Native American and Alaska Native students who are attending non-tribal public or private universities in the United States. In order to receive the need-based scholarships, applicants must be U.S. citizens, enrolled full-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 or better.

Deadline: May 31st

Amount: Varies

Undergraduate students must be of American Indian or Alaska Native descent (student or one parent must be enrolled and have documentation) and be enrolled full-time in an accredited 2 or 4 year college/university or technical/vocational school. Graduate students must be of American Indian or Alaska Native descent and attending an accredited graduate school (online college is not applicable).

Deadline: April 4th

Amount: Varies

Pursuing a master’s or doctoral degree as a full-time student at an accredited U.S. graduate school; demonstrate financial need; and be an enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian Tribe or Alaska Native group, or be able to demonstrate ancestry of 1/4 degree Indian Blood.

Deadline: June 1st

Amount: Varies

The American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) helps students move forward in their educational journeys by providing a wide range of programs and scholarship opportunities. AISES scholarships help students acquire skills and training that will help them meet the unique stem needs of our communities. To apply, you must be an AISES member.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Varies

The mission of the American Indian Services is to assist Native Americans in developing their human and natural resources in order to help them make a contribution to society without detracting from the culture and background from which they have emerged through a variety of scholarship opportunities.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Varies

An underrepresented minority in the accounting profession (including but not limited to: African American; Hispanic or Latino; Native American; Pacific Islander; or Asian American); enrolled as a full-time undergraduate or a full-time graduate level student pursuing a degree in an “accounting-related” major.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: $5,000

Sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA), the Spectrum Scholarship is designed to encourage students from underrepresented groups of American Indians, Asians, African Americans, Hispanics, and Pacific Islanders to join the current workforce of librarians and other library leaders. Eligible candidates for the non-renewable scholarship must be a permanent resident of the United States or Canada, in attendance at an ALA-accredited graduate program for library studies, and able to maintain a minimum of two courses per semester.

Deadline: March 1st

Amount: $6,000 (two-year)

The AMS Minority Scholarships will award funding to minority students who have been traditionally underrepresented in the sciences, especially Hispanic, Native American, and African American students. Applicants must be U.S. citizens or hold permanent resident status. Minority students who will be entering their freshman year of college in the fall of 2019 are eligible to apply. Students must plan to pursue careers in the atmospheric or related oceanic and hydrologic sciences. Marine Biology is not eligible.

Deadline: February 8th

Amount: $2,000-$4,000

Women and minority (African American, Hispanic American, or Native American) students enrolled in an approved planning accreditation board (PAB) planning program who are citizens of the United States, intend to pursue careers as practicing planners in the public sector, and are able to demonstrate a genuine financial need are eligible. Division of the American Planning Association sponsor a variety of competitions, scholarships, fellowships, and grants for students enrolled in degree programs in planning or a closely related field. See website for more details.

Deadline: April 30th

Amount: Varies

Sponsored by CH2M, this scholarship encourages and supports outstanding female and/or minority masters’ students in pursuit of advanced training in the field of water supply and treatment. AWWA and its members recognize the importance of investing in students as the future of the water industry. AWWA supports students through discounted memberships and more than 17 scholarships, listed on the website.

Deadline: January 11th

Amount: Varies

AAIA provides scholarships to graduate (including PhD, Medicine & Law) and undergraduate students from federally recognized tribes and tribes that are not recognized by the federal government.

Deadline: See website for more information

Amount: $5,000

Are you a student who is passionate about water, the environment and solving the complex challenges before us? BC’s scholarships can help you reach the next step in your educational journey. Visit the website to learn about the scholarship opportunities.

Deadline: April 15th

Amount: Varies

Each year, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) provides supplemental financial assistance to eligible American Indian and Alaska Native scholars seeking a bachelor’s degree with its Higher Education Program. Eligible applicants must be a current member of a federally recognized American Indian tribe or a Native American descendant with at least one-fourth Indian blood. For graduate students who already have achieved a bachelor’s degree, there is also a similar grant program offered by the American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC).

Deadline: June 1st

Email: consultation@bia.gov

Amount: Varies

Undergraduate and graduate scholarships are available for California African-American, American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian American, Pacific Islander or Latino/Hispanic students expressing financial need to study nutrition, physical education or culinary arts in the state of California. Checks will be mailed to the educational institution and are to be used towards tuition and fees.

Deadline: January 1st, June 30th

Amount: Varies

Catching the Dream, formerly known as the Native American Scholarship Fund, makes grants to Native college students and works to improve Indian schools through a variety of scholarship programs.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: $5,000

Open to Native American, certified tribal members with plans to work on a reservation in the field of Education or Social Service. Must be an undergraduate junior or senior accepted to or already attending an accredited college/university, be carrying at least eight semester hours, and have a minimum 3.0 GPA. Must be US citizen and demonstrate financial need.

Deadline: June 15th

Amount: Varies

The CERT Scholarship Program was created to meet the unforeseen need to today’s American Indian college students. CERT Scholarships may be used for books, living expenses, clothing, or other similar needs to assist students in defraying the high costs of education. The award is a gift from the Council of Energy Resource Tribes and should not be counted toward any financial aid the student is currently receiving. A CERT scholarship is not based on financial need.

Deadline: September 15th and February 15th

Amount: Varies

These scholarships are awarded to help Native American students of any age, any tribe and in any state striving to get an education at the undergraduate or graduate levels. However, undergraduate students are given preference. All awards are judged based on financial need and academic achievement.

Deadline: February 15th

Amount: $3,000

In 2007 the ESA Foundation established a scholarship program to assist women and minority students who are pursuing degrees leading to careers in computer & video game arts.

Deadline: April 26th

Amount: Varies

The EPP/MSI Undergraduate Scholarship Program provides scholarships for two years of undergraduate study to rising junior undergraduate students majoring in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields that directly support NOAA’s mission. Participants conduct research at a NOAA facility during two paid summer internships.

Deadline: January 31st

Amount: Varies

This scholarship seeks low income, underrepresented, and first generation college prospects who are passionate about furthering their education as a means to help out their family, community and themselves.

Deadline: March 15th

Amount: Varies

The Gates Millennium Scholars is a scholarship program funded by a $1.6 billion grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For Native American students, this program is administered through the American Indian Graduate Center.

Deadline: January 13th

Amount: Varies

The Indian Health Service (IHS) offers three scholarships for American Indian and Alaska Native students in order to train health professionals to staff Indian health programs.

Deadline: March 28th

Amount: $500-$700

No restriction as to tribal affiliation or Indian blood quantum. The student must provide a tribal registration number and fulfill the other requirements. The scholarships are given for technical, vocational or college studies but not granted for studies beyond a bachelors degree.

Deadline: March 1st

Amount: Up to $2,500

The Truman D. Picard Scholarship Program is dedicated to the support of Native American students pursuing a higher education in Natural Resources.

Deadline: March 15th

Amount: $500-$1,000

This scholarship aims to provide annual scholarships to persons who are deaf or hard of hearing or whose primary caregivers are deaf or hard of hearing to attain their post-secondary education; preference for Native American applicants.

Deadline: March 15th

Amount: Varies

The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s scholarship programs are designed to encourage and support outstanding students who work hard and have financial need. They also offer scholarships for students transferring from a 2-year to a 4-year program.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Varies

The LAGRANT Foundation (TLF) will award 50 scholarships in 2019 in celebration of its 21st anniversary. Of the 50, 30 ethnic minority undergraduate students will receive scholarships of $2,500 each and 20 graduate students will receive scholarships of $3,750 each. Students must be attending four-year accredited institutions in the U.S. and majoring in the fields of advertising, marketing, or public relations.

Deadline: February 28th

Amount: $2,500

The scholarship is designed to encourage the entry of qualified persons into the library and automation field who plan to follow a career in that field; who demonstrate potential in, and a strong commitment to the sue of automated systems in libraries; and who are qualified members of a principal minority group.

Deadline: March 1st

Amount: $5,000

This scholarship is awarded annually to a high school senior from an ethnic minority who has been accepted into an ABET-accredited engineering program at a four-year college or university.

Deadline: March 1st

Amount: Varies

The Minnesota Indian Scholarship Program provides post-secondary financial assistance to eligible Minnesota resident students who are of one-fourth or more Indian ancestry and demonstrate financial need for an award.

Deadline: July 1st

Amount: Varies

NACME is responsible for more than $4 million in scholarships awarded annually to underrepresented minority (URM). The NACME Fellows Program was created to provide an opportunity for individuals and companies interested in establishing a named minority scholarship program in support of NACME’s mission to increase the representation of underrepresented minorities in engineering. This will be accomplished by ensuring that more engineering scholarships for minorities are available.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Varies

Applicants must be an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe and majoring in a business field. Students must be a junior, senior or graduate student and enrolled full-time at an accredited university

Deadline: TBA

Amount: Varies

National Medical Fellowships offers a number of scholarship programs that are awarded on the basis of need and merit to Native American and other underrepresented minority students.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Varies

This organization provides financial assistance, through competitive processes, to students and minority serving institutions that support the training of students and research in NOAA mission sciences.

Deadline: Varies

Award: $1,500

The American Indian Nurse Scholarship Award Program was started by the NSCDA in 1928 to give students of American Indian descent the opportunity to pursue careers in nursing. The students are expected to return to work among their people to help improve health care. Some students work on reservations, and others find employment in hospitals in areas largely populated by American Indians. Intended originally to benefit females only, the program has expanded to include males and the career goals now include not only nursing careers, but jobs in health care and health education, as well.

Deadline: June 1st, December 1st

Amount: $1,000

First Nations will award six scholarships annually to Native American college students majoring in agriculture and agriculture-related fields, including but not limited to: agribusiness management, agriscience technologies, agronomy, animal husbandry, aquaponics, fisheries and wildlife, food production and safety, food-related policy and legislation, horticulture, irrigation science, plant-based nutrition, and sustainable agriculture or food systems.

Deadline: TBA

Amount: $500 to $3,000

Any Native American graduating high school senior or college student pursuing a career in media is eligible. All student applicants must be current NAJA members in good standing. Annual memberships cost $10 for high school students and $20 for college students.

Deadline: TBA

Amount: Tuition, housing, transportation

The Native American Political Leadership Program at George Washington University is a full scholarship for Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian undergraduate and graduate students who want to take part in Semester in Washington Politics. Scholarship includes tuition and fees for 6 cred hours of undergraduate work, housing, books, transportation to and from Washington, and a stipend.

Deadline: November 1st and March 1st

Amount: $5,000

Native Vision gives scholarships to outstanding American Indian students with a commitment to education, athletics and leadership.

Deadline: TBA

Amount: Varies

The Newberry Library offers several long and short-term fellowships to American Indian graduate student scholars pursuing research at the Newberry in order to improve the quality of what is written about American Indians and indigenous peoples; educate teachers about American Indian and indigenous cultures, histories, and literatures; and assist American Indian tribal and indigenous historians in their research.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Varies

Scholarships for graduate school can help students pay for college and supplement their income as they pursue a graduate-level academic or professional degree. Even with a variety of options to help reduce the cost of their degree, including fellowships, teaching assistantships, and stipends, graduate students face stiff competition to obtain these awards and often continue struggling to pay living expenses once they receive financial assistance. Graduate scholarships are designed to meet the unique needs of this student group as they strive to obtain their degree in the years ahead.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Varies

While PhD Scholarships are often more difficult to come by than undergraduate or graduate opportunities, they play a crucial role in helping doctoral students earn an advanced degree. Some schools offer stipends, pay living expenses, and promise work opportunities to PhD candidates. However, the average doctoral student needs support by way of scholarships and grants to help pay for college.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: $5,000-$10,000

The Native American Scholarships Fund is an endowment established to foster a sense of shared purpose and positive interaction between archaeologists and Native Americans. Scholarships are open to all Native peoples from anywhere in the Americas, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Indigenous Pacific Islanders.

Deadline: December 17

Amount: Varies

SAIGE offers a number of different scholarships for American Indian or Alaska Native government employees and students for professional development, annual training, or continuing education.

Deadline: Varies

Amount: Up to $7,000

The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to American Indian and Alaska Native college sophomores and juniors for leadership, public service, and commitment to issues related to American Indian nations or to the environment.

Deadline: March 7th