Native American scholarships: How to find and apply

AIANTA is proud to offer the Tourism & Hospitality Scholarship, which provides American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students with financial assistance towards a degree or certificate in hospitality, tourism, recreation, culinary arts or related fields. Applicants must be a high school senior or a student accepted into an accredited higher education institution at the time of application. A minimum GPA of 2.5 is recommended, although all current or future undergraduate and gradua...

PlaceWorks has established a scholarship program to assist current undergraduate and graduate students in California who are pursuing a degree in Planning, Urban Design and/or Architecture, Environmental Planning, or Landscape Architecture. Applicants must be a member of one or more historically underrepresented groups, including but not limited to, American Indian or Alaska Native, Arab or Middle Eastern, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, veterans, disabled individuals, or first-generation college students. PlaceWorks employees and their children are not eligible. Awards are not renewable, but students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. One online recommendation form must be submitted on the student's behalf no later than May 1, 2025. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The A.T. Anderson Scholarship will be awarded to undergraduate and graduate students in any STEM field. The AISES A.T. Anderson Scholarship program supports students pursuing a degree in a STEM field who are of American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, First Nation, and other indigenous peoples of North American heritage. Applicants must be a current AISES member. Two letters of recommendation are required. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The SUNY Haudenosaunee Scholar Awards are open to students with strong potential as environmental leaders. Students are selected based on their high school or college academic records, leadership potential, and recommendations from teachers and community members. Applicants must be a certified citizen of one of the historic Haudenosaunee nations (Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, or Tuscarora) and have continuously resided on a listed Haudenosaunee nation territory for a minimum of twelve (12) months immediately prior to enrollment at SUNY-ESF. The award may be renewed for up to five years of undergraduate study. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Ken Inouye Memorial Scholarship is awarded to a college journalist of color and is aimed at increasing ethnic diversity in newsrooms. Ken Inouye was a 22-year-old cameraman for the International News Service, covering the Korean War, when he was killed aboard an Army aircraft. Students from Los Angeles, Orange and Ventura counties who have completed at least their freshman year of college, as well as graduate students from those same counties, are eligible to apply for all scholarships. Students enrolled in college in another state who have graduated high school in Los Angeles, Orange or Ventura counties may also apply. Applicants must submit proof of enrollment or acceptance in a journalism program at a two-year or four-year college or university. Students completing pre-journalism programs must provide proof they have been admitted to a journalism program. Students must have completed at least their freshman year in college and have at least one semester to complete in a journalism program after the award of the scholarship. Graduate students in journalism programs are eligible. Applicants must submit a resume that should contain a record of their school and/or professional journalism experience. This should also include journalism honors and awards, and scholarships or achievements in any field. Applicants must also submit their work samples with their application online via email, scanning, attaching and/or providing links to their work samples in acceptable formats. For Text submissions, at least three samples of the applicant's best published work must be provided. For broadcast, multimedia and photo submissions, five samples of published work are required. Applicants are also required to provide a letter of recommendation from one of their journalism professors or instructors. The instructor can email a letter directly to SPJLA. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

Established in 1996, NativeVision awards four college scholarships annually to outstanding Native American youth entering their first year of college with a commitment to education, athletics, and leadership. Applicants must be high school seniors. Candidates must provide proof of tribal membership, or denote why proof is not applicable; demonstrate a sustained involvement in tribal community and an applied concern for Indigenous issues and initiatives; demonstrate involvement in extracurricular, athletic activities, and/or additional learned skills (languages, computer skills, software or programs fluent in, etc.); and be admitted to an accredited community college or four-year undergraduate program for fall 2024. Two recommendation forms including written statements from recommenders (who is a family member) must be submitted. Please visit the scholarship's website or contact Marlena Hammen, Administrative Program Coordinator for more information.

LPA, Inc. has established the LPA Diversity in Design Scholarship to champion the design professions among students from underrepresented demographics. We believe diversity and inclusion are essential to innovation, belonging, and representation. To that end, we aim to foster a culture where students feel that anything is possible regardless of their starting point. Applicants must be high school seniors in states California and Texas. They must have been accepted in an undergraduate study at an accredited NAAB, LAAB, ABET, CIDA, NASAD, four or five-year college or university for the entire upcoming academic year. Applicants must be pursuing a degree in one of the following majors associated with the building and design industry: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Interior Architecture/Design, Architectural Engineering, Structural Engineering, Building Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related degree. They must also be a student who has overcome significant challenges in their academic pursuit and/or belong to a group historically underrecognized or marginalized within the building and design industry. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Awards are renewable for up to three years or until a bachelor's degree or for four years or until a Bachelor of Architecture (BARCH) degree is earned, whichever occurs first. Awards may be renewed for the fourth year for a bona fide five-year undergraduate program upon sponsor review. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

The Association on American Indian Affairs, Inc. provides scholarships to undergraduate and graduate Native students who are citizens of their Native Nation, whether or not their Nation is recognized by the federal government. The Elizabeth and Sherman Asche Memorial Scholarship is funded by an endowment. Applicants must be enrolled with their respective Tribe, either federally recognized or non-federally recognized Native Nation, from the continental US or Alaska. They must submit a copy of their Native Nation enrollment. This can be a copy of the student's Native Nation I.D. card or a copy of an official letter from the Nation. There is no minimum blood quantum requirement for eligibility. Applicants must be directly recognized as a citizen or member of their Tribal Nation. Applicants must be seeking an Associate's degree or higher to qualify. The Association does not fund certificate programs. An allowance is made for applicants obtaining an Associate's degree or higher at a technical school. Additionally, the Association does not fund seminary or theology students. If the applicant is obtaining a non-religious degree such as nursing, at a religious based institution, they would qualify. Please visit the scholarship's website for more information.

Rizing Tide will annually award the Crest scholarship to students who are pursuing a physical therapy degree and who come from an underrepresented racial and/or ethnic background (self-identifying as BIPOC). Applicants must be a student entering their first or second year of a DPT program (with their second year beginning no sooner than June 1, 2023); or be an active first-year student; or be a student entering a PTA-to-DPT bridge program. They must have been accepted into a CAPTE-accredited ...