Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS) Scholarship

The CNAIS Graduate Scholarship is provided through the Center of Native American and Indigenous Studies. Recipients of the CNAIS Graduate Scholarship are awarded for one-year and the scholarship is a one-time scholarship.

To be considered for this scholarship, you must:

  • A graduate student at CU Boulder.
  • Demonstrates a commitment to Native American and Indigenous studies, communities, or issues through academic work, service, or leadership.
  • Engaged in research, scholarship or creative work related to Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Preference will be given to students engaged in interdisciplinary work related to Native American and Indigenous Studies.

How to Apply
To apply for consideration, you must:

This scholarship is open to qualified CU Boulder applicants and does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, creed, religion, veteran status, marital status, political affiliation, political philosophy, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression in accordance with state, federal, and Regent law.

Award
Varies
Schools, Colleges, Departments
Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS)
Deadline
03/15/2026
Supplemental Questions
  1. Describe how your current, past and future coursework engages with CNAIS’s focus on native and indigenous topics. Ideally, comment on your awareness of, connection to, or grounding in the discipline of Native and Indigenous Studies per se.
  2. Explain how and to what extent your coursework, research, and future goals and plans have the potential to provide positive benefits to native and indigenous communities, either through direct engagement with those communities, or through secondary benefits provided through government, business, industry, NGOs, or other similar institutions.