Native American Scholarships

92 scholarships

Advancing Indigenous People in STEM (AISES) ExxonMobil Scholarship — $2,500 — Deadline: May 31
AISES and ExxonMobil American Indian College Fund (AICF) Full Circle Scholarships — $2,500 — Deadline: May 31
American Indian College Fund American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) Scholarship — $2,000 — Deadline: April 4
American Indian Education Fund (AIEF) American Indian Library Association (AILA) Scholarship — $1,000 — Deadline: June 1
American Indian Library Association (AILA) American Indian Library Association (AILA) Scholarships — $1,000 — Deadline: June 1
American Indian Library Association Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) Scholarships — $1,500 — Deadline: July 31
Association of American Indian Physicians Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Higher Education Program — $2,000 — Deadline: June 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring), April 1 (Summer)
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Higher Education Scholarship — $3,000 — Deadline: July 1
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Higher Education Scholarship — $3,000 — Deadline: July 1
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Gates Millennium Scholars Program (Final Cohort - Legacy Information) — $Full Cost of Attendance — Deadline: Varies (program no longer accepting new applicants, but previous scholars continue to receive funding)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Haskell Indian Nations University Scholarships — $1,000 — Deadline: Rolling
Haskell Indian Nations University Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) Scholarship — $2,000 — Deadline: November 30 (Spring), June 30 (Fall)
Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF) Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Education Department Scholarships — $2,000 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly)
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Scholarship — $7,000 — Deadline: March 1
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation Muscogee (Creek) Nation Higher Education Program — $1,500 — Deadline: June 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring), April 1 (Summer)
Muscogee (Creek) Nation Native American Law Students Association (NALSA) Scholarships — $1,000 — Deadline: Varies by chapter
Native American Law Students Association (various chapters) Native American Studies Scholarship - University of California, Berkeley — $2,000 — Deadline: April 1
University of California, Berkeley, Native American Student Development (NASD) Native American Timber Scholarship Program — $2,000 — Deadline: January 15
Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS) Native Forward Scholars Fund (formerly American Indian Graduate Center) General Scholarship — $5,000 — Deadline: May 1
Native Forward Scholars Fund Oglala Sioux Tribe Higher Education Program — $2,000 — Deadline: July 1
Oglala Sioux Tribe Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Higher Education Scholarship — $2,000 — Deadline: June 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring), April 1 (Summer)
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Higher Education Scholarship — $3,000 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly)
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians Snoqualmie Tribe Higher Education Scholarship — $2,000 — Deadline: August 1 (Fall), December 1 (Winter), April 1 (Spring), June 1 (Summer)
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Scholarships for American Indian Women — $1,500 — Deadline: February 15 (Freshmen/Sophomores) / May 1 (Juniors/Seniors/Graduates)
Society of Women Engineers Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Higher Education Scholarship — $2,000 — Deadline: July 1
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Udall Foundation Native American Congressional Internship Program — $4,000 — Deadline: January 31
Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) Tribal Scholars Program — $2,000 — Deadline: May 31
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc. American Indian Business Leaders (AIBL) Scholarship Program — $1,000 — Deadline: June 30
American Indian Business Leaders (AIBL) Native American Alumni Association of Dartmouth (NAAAD) Scholarship — $1,000 — Deadline: March 1
Native American Alumni Association of Dartmouth (NAAAD) National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Native Arts and Cultures Fellowships — $10,000 — Deadline: Varies (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
National Museum of the American Indian Native Vision Scholarship Program — $5,000 — Deadline: February 28
Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Native American Political Leadership Program (NAPLP) Scholarship — $10,000 — Deadline: February 1
George Washington University, Native American Political Leadership Program South Dakota Indian Scholarship Program — $2,000 — Deadline: May 1
South Dakota Department of Education Native American Student Services (NASS) Scholarships - Arizona State University — $1,500 — Deadline: March 1
Arizona State University The Fund for Theological Education (FTE) Native American Fellowship — $25,000 — Deadline: November 1
The Fund for Theological Education Ho-Chunk Nation Higher Education Scholarship — $2,500 — Deadline: July 1
Ho-Chunk Nation Harvard University Native American Program (HUNAP) Fellowships — $5,000 — Deadline: Varies by program
Harvard University Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority (MTGA) Scholarship Program — $2,500 — Deadline: Varies
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority Stanford University Native American Cultural Center (NACC) Scholarships — $1,000 — Deadline: Varies
Stanford University Native American Cultural Center Scholarships - Yale University — $1,000 — Deadline: March 1
Yale University Native American Education Program (NAEP) Scholarship - University of Arizona — $2,000 — Deadline: February 15
University of Arizona Native American Finance Officers Association (NAFOA) Scholarships — $10,000 — Deadline: March 15
Native American Finance Officers Association Princeton University Native American & Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Program Grants — $1,000 — Deadline: Varies by grant
Princeton University University of New Mexico (UNM) Native American Scholarship Fund — $1,000 — Deadline: March 1
University of New Mexico National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) Native Arts and Cultures Internships — $6,000 — Deadline: February 1
Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Oklahoma Native American Tuition Waiver (Many Institutions) — $2,000 — Deadline: Rolling (based on admission)
Oklahoma State System of Higher Education / Individual Universities Oregon Native American Higher Education Grant — $2,500 — Deadline: February 1
Oregon Office of Student Access and Completion (OSAC) Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians Higher Education Scholarship — $5,000 — Deadline: June 30
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Scholarship Program — $5,000 — Deadline: June 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring), April 1 (Summer)
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) Washington State Native American Endowed Scholarship — $1,000 — Deadline: March 1
Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) United Auburn Indian Community (UAIC) Tribal Member Higher Education Scholarship — $6,000 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly)
United Auburn Indian Community Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Higher Education Program — $4,000 — Deadline: July 1
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians Native American United Methodist Scholarships — $1,000 — Deadline: March 1 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
United Methodist Church - General Board of Higher Education and Ministry Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Higher Education Scholarship — $4,000 — Deadline: Varies (often quarterly)
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Higher Education Scholarship — $1,000 — Deadline: July 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring), May 1 (Summer)
Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina Native American Bar Association (NABA) Scholarship Program — $2,500 — Deadline: June 15
Native American Bar Association (NABA) Navajo Nation Scholarship & Financial Assistance Program (NNSFAP) — $2,500 — Deadline: June 25 (Fall), November 25 (Spring), April 25 (Summer)
Navajo Nation National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Scholarship Fund — $2,500 — Deadline: September 15
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Scholarships — $2,500 — Deadline: September 15
National Congress of American Indians National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) Scholarships — $1,000 — Deadline: July 15
National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Scholarships — $1,500 — Deadline: August 31
National Indian Education Association (NIEA) Osage Nation Higher Education Scholarship — $3,000 — Deadline: June 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring), April 1 (Summer)
Osage Nation Native American & Indigenous Studies (NAIS) Scholarship - University of Oklahoma — $1,000 — Deadline: March 1
University of Oklahoma Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians Scholarship Program — $4,000 — Deadline: June 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring), April 1 (Summer)
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians Puyallup Tribe of Indians Education Department Scholarships — $3,000 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly/annually)
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Native American Scholarships — $3,000 — Deadline: December 15 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Society for American Archaeology San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Scholarship Program — $5,000 — Deadline: June 1 (Fall), November 1 (Spring)
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Higher Education Scholarship — $2,500 — Deadline: July 1
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Seminole Tribe of Florida Higher Education Scholarship Program — $5,000 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly)
Seminole Tribe of Florida Catching the Dream (CTD) Scholarship — $4,000 — Deadline: March 15 (Summer/Fall), September 15 (Spring)
Catching the Dream Chickasaw Nation Higher Education Program — $3,000 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly)
Chickasaw Nation Cobell Scholarship Program — $10,000 — Deadline: March 31 (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Indigenous Education, Inc. Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund (FEEA) Native American Scholarship — $1,000 — Deadline: March 25
Federal Employee Education & Assistance Fund California Native American Indian Heritage Commission Scholarship — $1,000 — Deadline: March 1
California Native American Indian Heritage Commission American Indian Nurse Scholarship Program — $1,000 — Deadline: January 15
National Society of Colonial Dames of America Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Scholarship - The College of New Jersey — $5,000 — Deadline: February 1
The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) STEM Scholarship — $5,000 — Deadline: May 1
American Indian Graduate Center American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Student of the Year Scholarship — $1,000 — Deadline: Varies (institutional nomination)
American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) Scholarships — $2,000 — Deadline: Varies by program component
Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program (ANSEP) Bacone College Native American Scholarships — $1,000 — Deadline: Rolling
Bacone College Catching the Dream (CTD) Scholarship Program — $4,000 — Deadline: March 15
Catching the Dream (formerly Native American Scholarship Fund) Cherokee Nation College Resources & Scholarship Programs — $2,500 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly)
Cherokee Nation Cherokee Nation Scholarships (Higher Education) — $2,000 — Deadline: April 1 (Fall), October 1 (Spring)
Cherokee Nation Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Higher Education Scholarship — $5,000 — Deadline: Varies (quarterly)
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) American Indian Scholarship — $4,000 — Deadline: January 31
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) First Nations Graduate Health Fellowship — $10,000 — Deadline: November 1
First Nations Development Institute Gates Millennium Scholars Program (Final Cohort 2016, but similar programs now exist) — $Varies (full ride) — Deadline: N/A (Historical) (2026 - check for 2027 updates)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Historically) Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) Scholarship Program — $1,500 — Deadline: April 15
Association on American Indian Affairs Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) Scholarships — $1,500 — Deadline: April 15
Association on American Indian Affairs (AAIA) Chief Manuelito Scholarship Program — $7,000 — Deadline: June 25
Navajo Nation Department of Diné Education Chief Manuelito Scholarship Program - Navajo Nation — $7,000 — Deadline: June 25
Navajo Nation Scholarship & Financial Aid Program American Indian Graduate Center (AIGC) Fellowships and Scholarships — $5,000 — Deadline: May 1
American Indian Graduate Center