The master’s fellowship supports TCU faculty accepted to or enrolled in a master’s degree program with a two-year award to complete their coursework and requirements for graduation. The College Fund established this fellowship program to increase and retain the number of faculty with master’s degrees at 35 accredited tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).
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Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships
The doctoral dissertation fellowship supports TCU faculty in the final stage of their doctoral program with a one-year award to complete their dissertation and requirements for graduation. The College Fund established these fellowships to increase and retain the number of faculty with doctoral degrees at 35 accredited tribal colleges and universities (TCUs).
Strategic Plan
Strategic Plan 2022-2026Jump to InitiativeStudent SuccessTCU Capacity-BuildingSustainabilityPublic AwarenessCommunity and Cultural EngagementVision We provide scholarships, programming to improve American Indian and Alaska Native student access to higher education,...
The American Indian College Fund Announces 2022-23 Student Ambassadors
The American Indian College Fund selected and trained 11 new student ambassadors for its 2022-23 cohort. Now in its eighth year, the College Fund Student Ambassador Program gives Indigenous students the leadership and communications skills to create greater visibility of Native Americans and an understanding of the importance of their diverse cultures.
SIPI Engages a Virtual Dialogue to Improve Early Childhood Teacher Education Programming
SIPI Engages a Virtual Dialogue to Improve Indigenous Early Childhood Teacher Education Programming
The Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute utilized its Ihduwiyayapi grant to consult community and Indigenous thought leaders to improve the Indigenous Early Childhood Education program curriculum and develop a virtual dialogue series of 4 guest lectures featuring Indigenous scholars and teachers.
American Indian College Fund Faculty Fellowships Develop Teaching and Research Expertise at Tribal Colleges and Universities
The American Indian College Fund’s faculty fellowship programs are creating greater education expertise in Indian Country, while building the academic and intellectual capacity of the 35 tribal colleges and universities it supports. In 2021-22 the College Fund awarded more than $366,150 to 22 faculty members.
College Fund Statement on Student Loan Forgiveness
The College Fund is pleased that President Biden has announced that individuals making under $125,000 a year may cancel $20,000 of their student loan debt. Affordable access to higher education for Indigenous students was lacking up until the 1960s and creating those pathways to higher education was the intention of the founders of the tribal college movement.
American Indian College Fund’s Ihduwiyayapi Advancing Indigenous Early Childhood Education (IECE) Builds Community of Practice for Indigenous Educators
American Indian College Fund’s Ihduwiyayapi Advancing Indigenous Early Childhood Education (IECE) Builds Community of Practice for Indigenous Educators
Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+
The American Indian College Fund is honored to host a space for Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ relatives, including a Virtual Knowledge-Sharing Series which is scheduled to launch in October 2022. The sessions will be focused on diversity in Indian Country and at TCUs with a focus on Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ relatives.
Save the Date! Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Guided Discussion for TCUs August 26 10 a.m.-Noon MDT
The American Indian College Fund, in collaboration with Alfred Walking Bull of Walking Bull Storytelling + Culture, will host a Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Guided Discussion on August 26th from 10:00 a.m. – Noon MDT. This free session is open to all Tribal College and University (TCU) administration, faculty and staff, students, and families and will provide an overview of the current landscape of Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ concerns. A question-and-answer session allowing participants to ask anything will be included.
