Private Scholarships

Opportunities with May 2025 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 access website.

The Parnall Law Office is proud to offer the 2025 Scholarship Program which is designed to help interested high school (upon graduation from high school) students in New Mexico to attend an institution of higher education, while also bringing to attention to the dangers of distracted driving. $5000 in prizes will be awarded to the top 3 applicants. Click to access website.

The New Mexico Gas Company, Inc. (NMGC) Native American Scholarship Program (NASP) provides financial assistance that will support post-secondary education among Native American students. NMGC’s scholarship opportunities are afforded to Native American students residing in New Mexico who have demonstrated a desire to engage in their future through continuing education. Click to access website.

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

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Applicants must submit a 600-800 word essay describing a challenge and how you overcame it, along with contact information. Click to access website.

Applicants must submit a creative entry (video, poem, infographic, essay, art, song, etc) on a community service project that have positively impacted the community; and write a 300 word essay nominating a teacher who has inspired your creativity. Click to apply.

Anyone who will be a full-time student (enrolled in at least 12 credit hours) at a college or university in the United States between the dates of August 1, 2023 and July 31, 2024 is encouraged to apply. This usually includes everyone from current high-school seniors to college juniors. Click to apply.
Applicants must submit a 3-8 minute video; students grade 11 and below should focus the film on climate, energy, food, transportation, watse, water or wildlife/ecosystems; students grade 12 and above must focus the film on the environment and motivate viewers to change their behavior. Click to apply.
The American Indian College Fund was established in 1989 to provide scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native students attending tribal colleges, and to fund and create awareness about the community-based accredited tribal colleges and universities that offer students access to knowledge and skills alongside Native culture, language, and values. 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.

Complete application; 150 words or less "What is your primary goal for going to school?" Click to apply.
Complete application; 140 characters or less statement on how you plan to use the scholarship money. Click to apply.