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Washington Semester American Indian Program Washington Internship for
Native Students (WINS)
The Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS) offers students of sovereign American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian (AI/AN/NH) nations the opportunity to build leadership skills while living, studying, and interning in Washington, DC. Developed in response to the White House Initiative on American Indians and Alaska Natives, this enriching program offers qualified students full scholarships funded by American University and sponsoring organizations. Participating students will gain professional work experience through interning at a federal agency or private firm, take courses focusing on Native American public policy concerns, and enjoy engaging social and cultural extra-curricular activities. Students enrolled in a college or university as a sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate student in good academic standing are eligible to participate in the WINS program. Sophomores must have completed the equivalent of three (3) semesters of full-time study to be eligible to participate in the program.
Visit www.american.edu/wins for more details.
Deadline: February 1, 2010 *Applications after the priority deadline are encouraged. Many internship sponsors review qualified applications February through May.
Amount: Scholarship covering the cost of tuition, travel to and from Washington DC, lodging, a meal plan, and the cost of scheduled social and cultural activities.

Get Ur Good On
Good Grants support youth-led service initiatives on Global Youth Service Day, April 23-25, 2010. Global Youth Service Day is an annual campaign that celebrates and gets young people around the world to improve their communities through volunteering and community service. Get Ur Good On Grants are available to young people around the world. YSA will award 100 grants to support projects addressing important community needs such as saving the environment, poverty, and education. Find out more.
Deadline: February 22
Amount: $500

College Horizons Summer Programs
Current 10th and 11th grade American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students are encouraged to apply for the College Horizons 2010 Summer Programs. College Horizons is a pre-college program where 90 students work with 60 college admissions officers, college counselors, essay specialists, and other educators in a five day "crash course" on the college application process. The eligibility information and application materials are available on-line for download and the College Horizons website also has short films of recent summer programs: www.collegehorizons.org. This summer, College Horizons will offer three programs and will partner with and be hosted by the:

Deadline: February 1, 2010 (1st round), Feb. 26 (2nd round). Applications might be accepted until May 1 if space is available.
Cost: $200.00 and airfare to the site. Significant financial aid opportunities are available (for tuition and airfare) to students who qualify.

WEOKIE Foundation Scholarships
Each year, The WEOKIE Credit Union Foundation offers graduating high school seniors attending schools in Oklahoma, Canadian, Cleveland, Grady, Lincoln, Logan, McClain and Pottawatomie counties the opportunity to apply for several attractive scholarships. The 2010 scholarships are now available. Please download and complete the application and include it with your essay. The application and essay must be postmarked by February 26. Winners will be contacted before the end of March, 2010. Click here for essay instructions and the scholarship application.
Deadline: February 26, 2010
Amount: $1,500

Heinz Ketchup Creativity Contest™
Through the Heinz Ketchup Creativity™ Contest, students from schools across the U.S. in grades K-1 through 12 are invited to show their creativity for a chance to have their artwork appear on millions of Heinz® Ketchup packets! For the first time in Ketchup Creativity history, one of the top 12 winners will be chosen as the grand prize winner and his or her artwork will appear on approximately 2.5 million Heinz® Ketchup bottles, in addition to the single-serve packets. To top it off, that student will receive a $5,700 cash prize for the distinction as Heinz's first Ketchup Creativity bottle artist and grand prize winner. Download a contest kit.
Deadline: February 26, 2010
Amount: $5,700 for Grand Prize Winner

Do Something
Since 1996, DoSomething.org has honored the nation’s best young world-changers, 25 and under. Do Something Award nominees and winners represent the pivotal "do-ers" in their field, cause, or issue. The five nominees will be rewarded with a community grant, participation in a live VH1 TV show, media coverage and continued support from DoSomething.org. Click here for more information.
Deadline: March 1, 2010
Amount: Five Nominees: $10,000 community grant;
One Grand Prize Winner: $100,000 community grant

American Indian Leadership Program
The Penn State College of Education received a four-year grant totaling $960,000 to offer new graduate fellowships to American Indian and Alaska Native students who are interested in becoming school principals. The grant’s purpose is to prepare American Indian and Alaska Natives, to become effective principals in schools that have a high number of American Indian students. Applications are now being accepted for the 2010-11 academic year. The fellowships include a monthly stipend of $1,675 as well as allowances for dependency support, tuition, textbooks, relocation and health insurance. Click here to find out more.
Deadline: March 1, 2010

13th Annual Patty Iron Cloud National Native American Youth Initiative
The Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP) is now accepting applications for the 13th Annual Patty Iron Cloud National Native American Youth Initiative, which will be held on the George Washington University campus in Washington D.C., June 19 - 27, 2010. American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) high school students, ages 16-18, who have an interest in the health field and/or biomedical research are encouraged to apply. Selected high school students will receive a scholarship that covers their airfare, lodging, and most meals during the NNAYI program. NNAYI's curriculum is strategically designed to prepare high school students for admission to college and professional schools, as well as for careers in health and biomedical research. AAIP is also recruiting adults, ages 21 and older, to serve as role models and chaperones to AI/AN high school students during the NNAYI program. Selected individuals will arrive in Washington D.C., on Friday, June 18, 2010 for training and to prepare for high school students arrival. AAIP will cover airfare, lodging, and meals. A stipend will be provided upon completion of the program. For more information and to access the on-line applications, visit the AAIP student website.
Counselor Application Deadline March 5, 2010
Student Application Deadline: April 16, 2010

Indian Health Service Scholarships
American Indian and Alaska Native students are invited to apply for pre-graduate scholarships from the Indian Health Service. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who can document that they meet Tribal membership requirements and are enrolled in courses leading to a bachelor’s degree in specific pre-professional areas as needed by Indian Health programs. Click here for more information.
Deadline: March 28, 2010

QuestBridge College Prep Scholarship
The College Prep Scholarship provides more than 1,000 awards that equip outstanding low-income high school juniors with the knowledge necessary to compete for admission to top-ranked colleges. Selected students will receive one or more of the following awards:

Learn more.
Deadline: March 29, 2010

Free Tuition at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts is offered to students from low-income households. Beginning in the Fall of 2004, Harvard no longer expects families with incomes less than $40,000 to contribute to the cost of attending the university. Additionally, reduced tuition costs are available for students from families with incomes between $40,000 and $60,000. To further encourage students from low-income families to apply, the University will waive application fees, pay for travel to visit the campus, and provide for books, winter clothing, medical, and other extraordinary expenses. Harvard uses a “need-blind” admissions process, considering students for admission without regard to their financial status. Students are chosen on the basis of their outstanding academic, extracurricular, and personal qualities and on their promise for high levels of achievement during college and beyond. For more information, visit the Harvard University website at www.harvard.edu

Executive Women International Scholarship Program
The EWI Scholarship Program (EWISP) is an annual, competition-based program which awards more than $200,000 in college scholarship money to qualifying high school juniors each year. Students are nominated by their schools to participate in the scholarship competition. Judges select winning students based on their scholastic achievement, leadership qualities, good citizenship and extra-curricular activities. High school students first apply for EWISP and then compete at the local Chapter level where award levels vary. Chapter-level winners are submitted to the National level for a chance to win one of six scholarships. Find your local Chapter.
Deadline: Varies by Chapter
Amount: $2,000 and $10,000