Indigenous Scholarship/Fellowship Resources/Postdocs/PhD Programs

• Your Tribe might have scholarships, check with them!

• Ask your college or university if they have scholarships too!

• National Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students

• Climate Change and Science: Tribal Resilience Opportunities for Indigenous Youth and Young Professionals 

  1. Caleb Scholars Program (Alaska) https://www.calebscholars.org/

  2. Alaska Native Science and Engineering Society: https://www.ansep.net/

  3. Arctic Resilient Communities Youth Fellowship (ARCYF): https://arcyf.org/

  4. Arctic Youth Ambassadors: https://www.arcticyouthambassadors.org/

  5. Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress (NYCALC)

  6.  Indian Youth Service Corps (IYSC)  

  7. Civilian Climate Corps (CCC) program is organized by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

• Center for Native American Youth https://www.cnay.org/

  1. Brave Heart Fellows

  2. Champions for Change

  3. Remembering our Sisters Fellowship

• Compilations of funding opportunities

  1. Tons of funding opportunities http://thecirifoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/ERHB-2021-2022-1.pdf

  2. Native Indian Education Association listing of scholarships https://www.niea.org/scholarship-opportunities  

  3. Bureau of Indian Education scholarship packet  https://www.bie.edu/sites/default/files/documents/BIE%20Higher%20Education%20Grant%20Program-Scholarship%20Information%20Packet.pdf

  4. TEDNA’s Indigenous College Guide to Somewhere (released Feb 2024)

• Ecology/Environment

  1. Climate Internships, Scholarships and Fellowships

  2. Washington Sea Grant Keystone Fellowship Program

• Federal

  1. Pathways Program

  2. Recent Graduates Program

  3. Presidential Managements Fellows Program

• General

  1. American Indian Graduate Center     https://www.aigcs.org/

  2. American Indian College Fund https://collegefund.org/students/scholarships/

  3. American Indian Education Fund http://www.nativepartnership.org/site/PageServer?pagename=aief_home%20

  4. Association on American Indian Affairs https://www.indian-affairs.org/scholarships.html

  5. American Indian Services: https://www.americanindianservices.org/ 

  6. Cobell Scholarships  https://cobellscholar.org/

  7. Native Forward Scholarship Finder https://www.nativeforward.org/scholarship-finder/ (Native Forward also offers their own undergraduate and graduate scholarships)

  8. Native American Tuition Waiver at Fort Lewis College in Colorado

  9. Colleges That Offer Tuition Waivers and Scholarships for Native American Students

• Graduate and Postdoc 

  1. Mellon Foundation Native American Scholars Initiative (NASI) Postdoctoral Career Pathways Fellowship 

  2. Listing of graduate school funding opportunities https://research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-opportunities/graduate/

  3. Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Center (RISE) at the University of Michigan Indigenous Research Grants Program (funding to graduate student, post-doctoral, faculty, and non-academic researchers)

  4. Native Children's Research Exchange: https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/research-and-practice/centers-programs/caianh/training/ncre-scholars-program

  5. Montana State University in partnership with the National Institutes of Health and hosts at Arizona State University, Promoting Indigenous Research Leadership (PIRL)

  6. Johns Hopkins University Mixed Methods training

  7. National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Health Disparities Research Institute

  8. Society for Prevention Research Early Career Prevention Science Mentoring Program

  9. University of Washington LUNA Program-interdisciplinary training opportunity in Indigenous health and health disparities research.

  10. University of Washington INSPIRE Program- An Indigenous Substance Use and Addictions Prevention Interdisciplinary Research Education program

• Hawaii (Native Hawaiians)

  1. Alaka'ina Scholarship | Chaminade University of Honolulu

  2. Alaka'ina Foundation Electronics Technology Scholarship

  3. Alakaʻina Foundation UH Engineering Scholarship

  4. Alaka'ina Foundation UH Community College Scholarship

  5. Pauahi Foundation: 200+ Scholarship Opportunities

• Health

  1. Supplemental student support program for Native American and Alaska Native students pursuing their nursing degree at Montana State University https://www.montana.edu/coop/

  2. Health Policy Research Scholars is a national leadership program for #doctoral students in any  discipline starting their 2nd year of study and want to apply their research to  build healthier and more equitable communities. https://healthpolicyresearch-scholars.org/

  3. John Hopkins Medical Training: https://caih.jhu.edu/training

  4. Indian Health Services Scholarship Program https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/index.cfm 

  5. Morris K. Udall and John S. McCain III Native American Graduate Fellowship in Tribal Policy https://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/Fellowship/Fellowship.aspx 

  6. Lighting Up Native Aspirations (LUNA) for health research careers

  7. NCAI Native Graduate Fellowship https://www.ncai.org/get-involved/internships-fellowships/native-graduate-health-fellowship 

• Law

  1. Pre-Law Summer Institute for American Indians and Alaska Natives https://www.ailc-inc.org/plsi/ 

  2. Berkeley Law Native American Opportunity Plan and Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition, practically free law degree for Indigenous Peoples who are CA residents

• Political

  1. Native American Political Leadership Program (George Washington University): https://cipp.cps.gwu.edu/naplp-program

  2. Udall Undergraduate Scholarship https://www.udall.gov/ourprograms/scholarship/scholarship.aspx

Not Indigenous Specific Funding for dissertation/postdoc (thanks to @BlkDiaspoRican and @BlkGrlBrilliant):

• Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD) Dissertation Completion Fellowship (also offers postdocs) Ann Plato (dissertation) Fellowship at Trinity College. This is the same application as the CFD.

• Gaius Charles Bolin Fellowship at Williams College. 2 year fellowship (dissertation+postdoc)

• Center for Engaged Scholarship Fellowship. 1 year of dissertation funding ($30K) for folks doing research in the social sciences

• Mellon/ACLS dissertation innovation fellowship

• Luce/ACLS dissertation fellowship in American art for those who study the history of art or visual culture of the US

• Ford Dissertation Fellowship

• Library Company of Philadelphia’s Program in African American History Mellon Scholar Dissertation Fellowship

• Library Company of Philly has two other diss fellowships: Albert M. Greenfield Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (any subject relevant to collections) & Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES) Dissertation Fellowship (early American economy/society)

• McNeil Center for Early American Studies (UPenn) diss fellowship

• American Association of University Women dissertation fellowship

• Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship at Kenyon College. $36K, teach 1 class/semester in your general subject area

•  PEO scholar award, which is for PhD candidates who are women

• NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant

• 2017-18 Postdoc List

PhD Programs

• Indigenous Studies-University of Alaska Fairbanks  (US)

• Indigenous Health-University of North Dakota (US)

• Indigenous Studies-University of Alberta (Canada)

• Indigenous Studies-Trent University (Canada)

• Native American Studies-University of California Davis  (US)

• American Indian Studies-University of Arizona  (US)

• Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies-University of Oregon  (US)

• Native American and Indigenous Studies-University of California San Diego
  
  

• Other Indigenous Studies Programs all levels

• More Native Studies Programs all levels

JD Programs

• Hawaiʻi Online JD Flex

• Indigenous Peoples Law Oklahoma

  • JD

  • M.L.S. in Indigenous Peoples Law 

  • LL.M. in Indigenous Peoples Law