American Indian Advisory Council Scholarships
American Indian Alumni recognize the uniqueness of the responsibilities of American Indian students and their financial needs. A group of community-minded American Indian alumni created the AIAC's permanent American Indian Alumni Scholarship Fund in 1994 to assist American Indian students who have unmet financial need.
The fund is governed and administered by the Scholarship Advisory Council, which is made up of at-large representatives from both reservation and urban Indian communities, American Indian governments, and Urban Indian Centers that are currently sending students to the university on a voluntary basis. These advisory council members are elected by AIAC members, serve on a two-year basis, and review their commitment annually.
Fundraising events are held by the AIAC to establish a permanent endowment fund capable of making annual awards. The scholarships, awarded at a maximum of $500 each semester, are available to those undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who best demonstrate unmet financial need; intention or evidence of enrollment; and evidence of membership in, or descendence of, any U.S., state, or federally recognized American Indian community.
The AIAC currently awards up to twenty undergraduate scholarships, as well up to ten graduate or professional scholarships.
In order to be eligible for the American Indian Alumni Council scholarship, you must fill out the Federal Application for Student Financial Aid (FAFSA), which can be obtained online.
After submitting your FAFSA form, please contact the UW Financial Aid office at 608.262.3060 to see if the American Indian Alumni Council scholarship is still available for that academic year.
To donate to the Matching Dollar scholarship fund, click here.
The fund is governed and administered by the Scholarship Advisory Council, which is made up of at-large representatives from both reservation and urban Indian communities, American Indian governments, and Urban Indian Centers that are currently sending students to the university on a voluntary basis. These advisory council members are elected by AIAC members, serve on a two-year basis, and review their commitment annually.
Fundraising events are held by the AIAC to establish a permanent endowment fund capable of making annual awards. The scholarships, awarded at a maximum of $500 each semester, are available to those undergraduate, graduate, and professional students who best demonstrate unmet financial need; intention or evidence of enrollment; and evidence of membership in, or descendence of, any U.S., state, or federally recognized American Indian community.
The AIAC currently awards up to twenty undergraduate scholarships, as well up to ten graduate or professional scholarships.
In order to be eligible for the American Indian Alumni Council scholarship, you must fill out the Federal Application for Student Financial Aid (FAFSA), which can be obtained online.
After submitting your FAFSA form, please contact the UW Financial Aid office at 608.262.3060 to see if the American Indian Alumni Council scholarship is still available for that academic year.
To donate to the Matching Dollar scholarship fund, click here.
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