Private Scholarships
Opportunities with May 2023 Deadlines
UG - Undergraduate Student (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, Senior)
GR - Graduate Student (Masters or Professional Degree)
HS - Graduating High School Students
Note: For more information, follow-up questions, and to check on the status of your application with any of the opportunities listed below, please reach out to the funding organization/company directly.Applicants must provide an 800-1000 word essay on one of two topics provided on the website. Click to apply.
The Cobell Scholarship is a non-renewable competitive scholarship that provides one-year of scholarship support to enrolled members of US Federally-recognized tribes with strong academic records who can demonstrate financial need while pursuing Vocational Certification, Associates, Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees. Applicants will write a short essay each year.
Funding consideration will be given to any fully qualified student whose online application is complete and required documents are submitted by the stated deadlines.
The Cobell Scholarship may provide funds for Summer to:
- Individuals that received Cobell Scholarship funds for the regular Academic Year and are attending full-time summer courses.
- Individuals attending summer school, full-time, because they are unable to attend the regular academic year.
- Individuals enrolled in cohort-type programs that require full-time summer enrollment
- Individuals requiring summer enrollment to complete a program, full-time (or part-time if graduating at the end of the summer term)
- Individuals engaged in an internship for credit to complete a program
AISES has partnered with Apple to offer the Apple Pathways Academy to exceptional Indigenous college sophomore students studying in a STEM field. Click to apply.
AISES is pleased to offer a scholarship program in partnership with Environmental Science Associates (ESA) for the 2023-2024 academic year. Undergraduate Indigenous students pursuing a STEM or planning degree in the states of Washington, Oregon, California or Florida are welcome and encouraged to apply. Awards are $2,000 for the academic year.Click to apply.
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. 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 (AAIA does not fund certificate programs or seminaries). Click to apply.