Scholarships and financial aid

As a member of one of Oregon’s nine tribes, you are eligible for scholarships that are uniquely designed for Native students. These opportunities and other financial aid benefits are a great way to help you pay for college as you invest in your future.

Scholarship opportunities

Full scholarships are available for members of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians. In addition, these Oregon State scholarships – administered through the Benton Community Foundation – are available to all Native students:

• William Harris Gill Education Fund
• Kilbuck Family Native American Scholarship
• David W. Schacht Native American Scholarship
• Helen J. & Harold Gilman Smith Scholarship
• Margaret Dowell-Gravat, M.D. Scholarship

Additional scholarship links and resources

There is funding available for Native American tribal members nationwide.

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES): You must be an AISES member
• American Indian Education Fund
• American Indian Graduate Center
• Indigenous Education, Inc. – Cobell Scholarship
• Intertribal Timber Council
• Oregon Student Access & Completion
• Udall Foundation

Questions?

Please send scholarship-related questions to Marleigh Perez via email.

You can also find information about federal and state financial aid at Oregon State.