American Indian Graduate Center Fellowship

Deadline: June 1, 2013

Length: 1 year

Comments: The AIGC Fellowship program provides approximately $1,200,000 in fellowships to over 400 American Indian and Alaska Native graduate and professional students each year.  Graduate fellowships are monetary awards made to American Indian and Alaska Native graduate or professional degree-seeking students, who meet all eligibility criteria.  The fellowship amount is typically between $1000 and $5000 per academic year (not including summer), and varies from year to year, depending on the number of qualified applicants, the availability of funds and unmet financial need.

To be considered, applicants must be:

• Pursuing a post-baccalaureate graduate or professional degree as a full time student at an accredited institution in the U.S.;
• Able to demonstrate financial need through submission of the AIGC Financial Need Form (FNF), and;
• An enrolled member of a federally recognized American Indian or Alaska Native group, or provide documentation of descent (possess one-fourth degree verifiable federally recognized Indian blood) as verified through submission of a Tribal Eligibility Certificate (TEC). 

URL: http://www.aigcs.org/ScholarshipsGraduate_Fellowships.aspx