AIGC has fellowships, scholarships, loans and academic team for students
The American Indian Graduate Cen
ter, Inc. has fellowships, scholarships and
Ioans for service available to American
Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) under
graduate and graduate students.
Each year, the AIGC fellowship
program provides $1,200,000 in fellow
ships to more than 350 AI/AN graduate
or professional degree-seeking students
who meet all eligibility criteria.
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Education
federally funds the fellowship program.
The fellowship amount is typically
between $ 1,000 and $5,000 per academic
year (not including summer) and varies
from year to year, depending on the avail
ability of funds and unmet financial need.
AIGC administers the following
private fellowships to graduate students:
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Elizabeth Furbur Fellowship: Gradu
ate fellowship for women studying
the creative fine arts, visual works,
crafts, music, performing, dance,
literacy, creative writing and poetry
Dr. George Blue Spruce Fellowship: Dr.
Blue Spruce created the fellowship as
a step toward increasing the very low
number of American Indian dentists.
Gerald Peet Fellowship: Priority to
medical students or those in health-
related fields
Grace Wall Barreda Memorial Fel
lowship: Graduate fellowship for
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students seeking advanced degrees in
environmental studies or public health
Jeanette Elmer Scholarship-Graduate
Fellowship: This fund is designated
to provide scholarships to students
who have completed their bachelor’s
degree and are enrolled in a graduate
or professional degree program at an
accredited institution and who are
members of Wisconsin, New Mexico
or Arizona Tribes.
Katrin Lamon Fund: For American
Indian graduate students majoring in
literature, journalism and communi
cations or a related field
Ruth Muskrat Bronson Scholarship
Fund: Priority to nursing or health-
related fields if the nursing pool is
nonexistent; one or two graduate
students per year
BIE-Loan for Service (Graduate)
AIGC administers a grant from the
Bureau of Indian Education to provide
financial assistance in the form of loans to
eligible AI/AN students seeking graduate
and professional degrees.
The goal is to promote opportuni
ties for careers with Tribal governments,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of
Indian Education and Bureau of Indian
Affairs-funded organizations on and off
reservations; or organizations and other
agencies with significant American Indian
populations. Loans are paid back at the
rate of one year (12 months) of service
for one year of funding.
proof of enrollment in a United States
federally recognized AI/AN Tribe.
Loan for Service Program
Wells Fargo American Indian
Scholarship - graduate
and undergraduate
Wells Fargo’s goal is to build per
sonal and lasting relationships with the
students who will become future leaders
in economic development in Indian com
munities and Wells Fargo leaders in the
banking and financial service industry.
Accenture American Indian
Scholarship - graduate and
undergraduate
This fund seeks high-achieving
student leaders for this non-need-based
scholarship for AI/AN students seeking
degrees and careers in various engineer
ing, computer science, operations man
agement, finance, marketing and other
business-oriented fields.
Scholarship recipients are eligible for
summer internships with Accenture, as
first-year graduate students or junior-year
undergraduate students.
Applicants will be evaluated on aca
demic excellence, demonstrated leader
ship, commitment to preserving American
Indian culture and communities, and
AIGC has interest-free educational
loans for graduate students for the aca
demic year 2011-2012. The Loan for
Service Program is a Bureau of Indian
Education-funded financial aid oppor
tunity administered by AIGC for AI/
AN graduate and professional degree
students.
Part or all of the loan repayment
may be cancelled if the recipient accepts
employment with the BI A/BIE or a Tribe.
All Native American High School
Academic Team
The AIGC All Native American High
School Academic Team (ANAHSAT)
honors 10 AI/AN high school seniors
each year. Students who have outstand
ing academic achievements; leadership
in school, civic and extracurricular activi
ties; and motivation to serve and succeed
should apply.
Members of the ANAHSAT will
receive a $250 honorarium and be fea
tured in American Indian Graduate maga
zine and Indian Country Today.
For more information on any of the
above, visit aigc.com.
UO offers business scholarship through insurance agents, brokers group
The Independent Insurance Agents
& Brokers of Oregon, a statewide non
profit association, offers the W.A. “Pete”
Brooks Scholarship award. The award
was established to honor the longtime
insurance industry professional who later
left a considerable bequest to the fund in
his will.
Scholarship monies awarded will be
made available in equal installments for
the fall, winter and spring terms of the
academic year 2011/2012. The recipi
ent must be a student in the College of
Business or an undergrad pursuing a
pre-business major at the University of
Oregon for the respective terms to be
eligible for the applicable installment.
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This scholarship must be used during
the year for which it is awarded. Recipi
ents can re-apply the following year for
further scholarship assistance.
Experience in or knowledge of the
insurance industry is not required. The
maximum award per recipient is $2,500
and will be determined following the
receipt of all applications
Applications must be postmarked by
April 15. Applicants will be notified by the
end of June with the scholarship results.
Please contact Jeanne Coe, director
of Student Services, Lundquist College of
Business, at 541-346-3257 or via e-mail
atjcoe@uoregon.edu with any questions.
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forth his/her vocational or profes
sional goal and relate how past, pres
ent and future activities make the
accomplishment of this goal prob
able. The letter must be signed.
Transcript of high school grades or
current college grades transcript.
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