Scholarship Listings

Financial Aid Resources for Students from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta

YKHC Health Care Professional Education Loan Forgiveness Program

Contact: Career Pathways Manager at the YK Area Health Education Centerr
Phone: (907) 543-6986

Funds students who are accepted or enrolled into an accredited program in a health care field and who are members of one of the 58 villages served by YKHC. Recipients must commit to employment with YKHC after completion of their program.

Association of Village Council Presidents, Inc.

Contact: varies depending on what village you are from
Phone: 1 (800) 478-3521
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Applicant must be an enrolled member in one of AVCP Inc.'s federally recognized tribes.

Calista Scholarship Fund

Contact: Rose Kairaiuak
Phone: 1 (800) 277-5516
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June 30th is the deadline for applications each year. Funding is not limited to any specific field of study. Recipients must be an Alaska Native shareholder or a lineal descendant of an Alaska Native shareholder with ties to the Calista region.

Kuskokwim Native Association

Contact: Diana Lehman
Phone: 1 (800) 478-5875

Funds students whose parents' come from the following villages: Aniak, Chuathbaluk, Crooked Creek, Georgetown, Lime River, Lower Kalskag, Upper Kalskag, Red Devil, Russian Mission, Sleetmute, Stony River.

Kuskokwim Educational Foundation

Contact: Maver Carey
Phone: (800) 478-2171 or (907) 243-2944 ext. 106

Funds students from villages along the Kuskokwim River from Lower Kalskag to Stony River. KEF has the Mary Morgan-Wolf Memorial Scholarship program for students entering into a health-related field.

Orutsaramuit Native Council

Contact: Connie Sankwich
Phone: 543-2608

Funds students enrolled to the Calista Corporation and residing in Bethel.

Louis Bunyan Memorial Scholarship — Coastal Villages Region Fund

CVRF
711 H St. Suite 200
Anchorage AK 99501
Phone: 1 (888) 795-5151
Website

For residents of CVRF communities: Chefornak, Chevak, Eek, Goodnews Bay, Hooper Bay, Kipnuk, Kongiganak, Kwigillingok, Mekoryuk, Napakiak, Napaskiak, Newtok, Nightmute, Oscarville, Platinum, Quinhagak, Scammon Bay, Toksook Bay, Tuntutuliak, Tununak; Due dates: May 31 for fall semester; October 31 for winter/ spring

Yukon Delta Fisheries Development Association

Attn: Scholarship Committee
C/O Douglas Redfox
Box 210
Emmonak AK 99581
Fax: 1 (877) 985-6695 or (907) 949-1203

Preference will be given to students whose application materials demonstrate a cultural and historical relationship as well as a subsistence and or commercial fishing relationship to the areas of Alakanuk, Emmonak, Kotlik, Sheldon Pt., Mt. Village or Grayling. Due date: March 1 to the University of Alaska campus (Anchorage, Fairbanks or Southeast)


Statewide or National Financial Aid Resources

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Awards

Contact: Evangelyn Dotomain
Phone: 1 (800) 684-8361
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ANTHC offers several $5,000 Education & Development awards to undergraduate college students Note: The deadline for this year has already passed: February 7, 2003.

Indian Health Service Scholarship Program

Contact: Evangelyn Dotomain at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Phone: 1 (800) 684-8361
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Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program provides financial assistance for American Indian and Alaska Native students only to enroll in courses that will prepare them for acceptance into health professions schools. February 28, 2003 is the deadline for applications.

USA Funds Access to Education Scholarship Program

Phone: 1 (800) 537-4180
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USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships offer financial support to students with economic need. Up to 50 percent of awards are targeted to members of ethnic minority groups or individuals with physical disabilities. March 15 is the deadline for applications each year.

University of Alaska Foundation Scholarships

Phone: (907) 474-7687
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University of Alaska Anchorage Scholarships

Phone: (907) 786-1586
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University of Alaska Fairbanks Scholarships

Phone: (907) 474-7256
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University of Alaska Southeast Scholarships

Phone: (907) 465-6255
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