STUDENT RESOURCES

Silas Hunt Scholarship

Annual award up to $5000 or $8000 per year
Renewable for 4 years (5 years for Architecture students) with 30 hours per year and 3.00 GPA
Awarded to students from underrepresented communities who have demonstrated outstanding academic leadership qualities and potential. Members of underrepresented communities include but are not limited to: students from underrepresented ethnic or minority groups, students with interest in a field that does not typically attract members of their ethnicity or gender, students who reside in an underrepresented county in Arkansas, and first-generation college students.

Margaret J. Hoffman Scholarship

One-year, non-renewable award for students of federally recognized tribes indigenous to the U.S. The criteria for this scholarship are as follows:

· Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA

· Tribal membership card

· Letter of support from a community leader or faculty member

Udall Scholarship Program

This highly competitive Scholarship Program identifies future leaders in environmental, Tribal public policy, and health care fields. Students participate in their schools’ internal competitions before receiving consideration from the Udall Foundation.

Benefits include Access to the Udall Alumni Network, Scholar Orientation, Up to $7,000 for eligible academic expenses

Eligibility

· College sophomore or junior

· If selected, students must attend the Scholar Orientation

· Interest in either Tribal Public Policy, Native American Health Care, or the Environment

Waiver of Non-Resident Tuition for Native Americans (Board Policy 520.1)

Native American people in other states belonging to tribes that formerly lived in Arkansas before relocation, and whose names are on the rolls in tribal headquarters, shall be classified as in-state students of Arkansas for tuition and fee purposes, on all campuses of the University of Arkansas. Tribes so identified include the Caddo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, Delaware, Kickapoo, Osage, Peoria, Quapaw, Shawnee, and Tunica.

Students should send a copy of their tribal membership card or Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood to the Office of Admissions, 232 Silas H. Hunt Hall, 1 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701.

Mason McWatters Memorial Scholarship

Awarded to students from federally recognized tribes indigenous to the U.S., including, but not limited to, membership in the Quapaw Tribe. The criteria for this scholarship are as follows:

· Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA

· Tribal membership card

Tribal Agriculture Fellowship

TAF was designed to aid Native students in achieving their educational goals leading to careers in agriculture. The fellowship program provides a generous benefits package that can include up to four years of fellowship status, with funding to earn agricultural-related degrees or technical certifications. Eligibility

· Rising and current technical, undergraduate, and graduate students

· Provide proof of Tribal enrollment or community connectedness

· Upon selection for TAF, provide acceptance/enrollment information for selected academic or certificate program

Razorback Bridge Scholarship

Annual award up to $3500 per year
Renewable for 4 years (5 years for Architecture students) with 30 hours per year and 3.00 GPA
Awarded to students from underrepresented communities who have demonstrated outstanding academic leadership qualities and potential. Members of underrepresented communities include but are not limited to: students from underrepresented ethnic or minority groups, students with interest in a field that does not typically attract members of their ethnicity or gender, students who reside in an underrepresented county in Arkansas, and first-generation college students.
Students selected as Razorback Bridge Scholars will also participate in a peer and faculty mentoring program and are required to live on campus. Razorback Bridge Scholars will have opportunities to get involved in leadership activities on campus.

Native Forward Scholars Fund

Native Forward Scholars Fund offers over 30 scholarships and fellowships that fund undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree-seeking students.

Mid-year scholarships and professional development opportunities are also available.

American Indian College Fund

The American Indian College Fund provides many forms of direct student support to scholars and college-going Native students.

They also have a limited database of additional scholarships offered by other organizations.

Students who self-identify as Native American/Alaskan Native are automatically enrolled into the Native American Student Network, which is an email newsletter updating students of relevant programming and resources. The goal of this network is to support RSO’s in being the primary source of information for students and create equal access for all indigenous students University resources and programming. Each year the NSN conducts a student survey to measure how our efforts are improving the student experience and garner feedback from students.

NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION

NASA is registered student organization that seeks to create a space for Native student to feel a sense of belonging and community on the UARK campus. Our goal as an organization is to raise awareness of past and contemporary Indigenous issues. We also welcome non-Native members who are interested in culture and want to learn more.

AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE &ENGINEERING SOCIETY

Aises is a RSO meant to nurture the building of Native community by bridging science and technology with traditional native values.

Contact us at:

aises@uark.edu