Internships
Graduate Students
In the 2015-16 academic year,
eight graduate students will be
funded at $1,000 each to help with
expenses.
If you are in graduate school or
plan to attend this coming year:
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Fill out and send in the regular
Higher Education application.
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Send proof of the American
Indian Graduation Center
application.
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Include a one-page paper on
your graduate degree program
and your plans after completion.
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Applications are due on April 1.
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Awards will be made spring or
fall term.
If you have questions, please
call 541-444-8290 or 800-922-1399,
ext. 290.
UO offers in-state
tuition to Siletz Tribal
students regardless
of state of residency
The University of Oregon contin-
ues to offer in-state tuition benefits to
enrolled Siletz Tribal members regard-
less of their current state of residency.
The Residency by Aboriginal
Right Program was first offered in
2001 to 44 Tribes that have aboriginal
territories within the state of Oregon
that pre-date 1850. Out-of-state
students will pay in-state tuition, a
$20,000 savings each academic year.
“All high school graduates should
go to college. It’s not a choice. It’s
a requirement. Our ancestors sac-
rificed and survived so that we
would have the choices we have
today,” said Jason Younker, UO
assistant vice president, advisor to
the president for government-to-
government relations and a member of
the Coquille Indian Tribe. “We should
honor their sacrifices.”
UO offers bachelor’s and gradu-
ate degrees through 272 academic
programs. As a member of the Asso-
ciation of American Universities, it
is one of only 36 public universities
committed to scientific exploration
and interdisciplinary research.
One hundred sixty-two American
Indians from across the nation are
enrolled at UO, including 27 from
Oregon Tribes.
The Many Nations Longhouse
opened in 2005 and is home for the
Native American Student Association,
the Native American Law Students
Association and the American Indian
Science and Engineering Society.
The UO Mother’s Day Pow-Wow
is one of the largest Tribal celebra-
tions in Oregon.
For more information about UO,
visit uoregon.edu.
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Congressman Earl Blumenauer
3 rd Congressional District
Portland District Office
Deadline: Ongoing
Congressman Earl Blumenauer’s
district includes most of Multnomah
County and the northern half of Clacka-
mas County. His district office in Portland
has three primary responsibilities: district
field and communications outreach, con-
stituent casework and district scheduling
for the congressman.
Currently enrolled students are eli-
gible to apply for an internship in the dis-
trict. To apply, please submit a cover letter
and résumé via email to Katie.Gargan@
mail.house.gov.
In the body of your email message,
please indicate what dates you will be
available, how many hours a week you
would like to work and whether you
will seek academic credit. If you are not
seeking college credit for the internship,
a short letter in writing from your educa-
tional institution detailing the academic
benefit of this program is required.
For more information, visit blume-
nauer.house.gov or contact Katie Gargan
at 503-231-2300.
OHSU CURE and Equity
Summer Internship Program
Deadline: Jan. 25
The eight-week research internships
are scheduled for June 13-Aug. 5. High
school students and undergraduate students
from diverse backgrounds and interests in
health and sciences are encouraged to apply.
In partnership with OHSU’s Knight
Cancer Institute, the Ted R. Lilley Con-
tinuing Umbrella of Research Education
(CURE) High School Internship Program
provides an opportunity for Oregon high
school students to gain hands-on lab expe-
rience and exposure to scientific research.
The Equity Summer Research Intern-
ship Program is open to currently enrolled
undergraduate students (pursing their first
bachelor’s degree) with an interest in the bio-
medical sciences, M.D. program, physician
assistant, nursing, public health or dentistry.
If you have any questions, contact
cdi@ohsu.edu.
NAPIRE (Native American
and Pacific Islander Research
Experience) in Costa Rica
Deadline: Feb. 15
The NAPIRE program introduces
undergraduate students to scientific
research by making them responsible for
completing a research project. Students
are supported to this end by giving them
their basic living needs (travel, room and
board), guidance by a research mentor,
home mentor and OTS staff, a small
budget for supplies, and a venue for pre-
senting the research results, the NAPIRE
Symposium. All this takes place in Costa
Rica in the beautifully conserved biologi-
cal stations of OTS.
Incoming freshmen and graduating
seniors are not eligible. Students must
be AMP students at LSAMP institutions.
LSAMP is the Louis Stokes Alliance for
Minority Participation, a National Science
Foundation program that was designed to
foster achievement by minority students
seeking careers in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.
Anne Ray Internship
Deadline: March 1
The School for Advanced Research,
Indian Arts Research Center (IARC)
offers two nine-month internships (Sept.
1 – May 31) to individuals who are recent
college graduates, current graduate stu-
dents or junior museum professionals
interested in furthering their professional
museum experience and enhancing their
intellectual capacity for contributing to
the expanding field of museum studies.
During the internships, the Anne Ray
Resident Scholar provides mentorship and
academic support to the interns.
One internship is open to an indig-
enous individual from the U.S. or Canada
and one internship is open to any U.S. or
Canadian citizen meeting the application
requirements.
WSU Undergraduate Research
Opportunity
Data-intensive research in the
environmental sciences
Deadline: March 15
Healthy ecosystems are fundamen-
tally important for human well-being.
However, anthropogenic processes, such
as urbanization, deforestation, and the
over-exploitation of natural resources have
led to widespread changes. The availabil-
ity of “big data” – volumes of data not
readily handled by the usual data tools
and practices – and rapid development of
data-intensive research offers environmen-
tal researchers greatly expanded ways to
understand and study the world.
Participants must be currently reg-
istered at a two- or four-year college and
cannot have received a bachelor’s degree
prior to July 2015. Women, members of
demographic groups traditionally under-
represented in environmental fields and
students from community colleges or
institutions that do not offer research
opportunities for undergraduates are par-
ticularly encouraged to apply.
Students at all levels of their under-
graduate work are sought for this program,
and may come from any major as long
as they are interested in environmental
research.
Other Opportunities
College Horizons
Deadline: Feb. 3
College Horizons is a non-profit
organization that supports the higher
education of American Indian students
by providing college and graduate admis-
sions workshops to American Indian,
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian stu-
dents/participants from across the nation.
Two programs are offered in the sum-
mer: College Horizons is a pre-college
program for American Indian high school
sophomores and juniors. Graduate Horizons
services college students and graduates.
Each summer, College Horizons
students work with college counselors
and college admissions officers in a five-
day “crash course.” The individualized
program helps students select colleges
suitable for them to apply to, get admit-
ted to and receive adequate financial aid.
Students research their top 10 schools;
complete college essays, résumés, the
Common Application and the preliminary
FAFSA; and receive interviewing skills,
test-taking strategies (ACT and SAT);
and financial aid/scholarship information.
January 2016
Native American Political
Leadership Program
Summer 2016 Semester
Priority Deadline – Feb. 15, 2016
Final Deadline – March 1, 2016
The Native American Political Leader-
ship Program (NAPLP) is a full scholarship
for American Indian, Alaska Native, and
Native Hawaiian students who want to take
part in Semester in Washington Politics.
It is open to undergraduate and gradu-
ate students, including those who have
completed their undergraduate degree but
have not yet enrolled in a graduate program.
Students from all Tribes and from
every part of the U.S. are welcome to apply.
the American Fisheries Society (AFS).
Selected students, known as Hutton
Scholars, are matched and mentored by a
fisheries professional to enjoy a hands-on
fisheries science experience in a marine
and/or freshwater setting.
Hutton Scholars who successfully
complete the program receive a $4,000
scholarship as well as valuable work expe-
rience in an exciting and rewarding field.
Holland & Knight Charitable
Foundation, Inc. – Young Native
Writers Essay Contest
Deadline: April 15, 2016
Hutton Junior Fisheries
Biology Program
Deadline: Feb. 27
Students are asked to write about one
or more of the cultural images, symbols
or art forms that have been historically
developed by their community (American
Indian, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian)
to communicate a particular message or
value or serve a specific purpose.
The Hutton Junior Fisheries Biology
Program is a paid summer internship
and mentoring program for high schools
juniors and seniors that is sponsored by
Essays should be 1,200 words or less.
Awards include a $2,500 college scholar-
ship and participation in Washington,
D.C., Scholars’ Week.
There is no application fee for those
applying for the NAPLP scholarship.
