NAFWS is dedicated to disseminating information to Native youth and early professionals that is directly related to natural resources and the STEM fields.
Educational Resources
If you have an opportunity and/or resources related to natural resources for Native youth (ages 5 – 25) and/or early professionals (1 – 5 years into career) and would like to share on our website. Please submit the form below, we will do our best to post and update frequently.
Scholarships & Funding
- Terra Preta do Indio Tribal Faculty Fellowship Program
- This Faculty Fellowship program seeks to strengthen tribal college and university research capacity, and introduce TCU faculty and staff to USDA programs and services. (excerpt from https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/conservation-basics/conservation-by-state/montana/news/usda-announces-2024-tribal-scholarship-and?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery)
- Deadline: December 1, 2023
- USDA 1994 Tribal Scholars Program
- The USDA 1994 Tribal Scholars Program provides full tuition, fees, books, a housing stipend, and paid workforce training to any interested and eligible student pursuing degrees in agriculture, food, natural resource sciences, or related academic disciplines at a tribal college or university. New this year, the tuition coverage can follow the student from a two-year associate program at a tribal college or university (TCU) to a four-year bachelor’s degree program (at a TCU or another land-grant institution). When the student has completed the scholarship requirements, including a paid internship, USDA may convert the student to a permanent USDA employee without further competition. Eligible applicants include graduating high school seniors, full-time students currently enrolled at a 1994 land-grant tribal college or university, or recent TCU associate degree graduates. For FY 2024, 27 scholarship slots are available at: Agriculture Research Service, Farm Service Agency, Farm Production and Conservation, Forest Service, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- Deadline: December 1, 2023
- ITC Research Scholarship Announcement
- The ITC Research Scholarship is designed to support tribally relevant, natural resource-based research being conducted by Native American scholars enrolled in a graduate program.
- Deadline: December 1, 2023
- American Indian College Fund
- AICF invests in Native students and Tribal college education to transform lives and communities. The College Fund and its supporters uphold the promise and importance of educational success for Native people and all of our futures. (excerpt from collegefund.org)
- Native Forward Scholars Fund
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- NFSF provides scholarships and support to services to undergraduate, graduates and professionals.
- Cobell Scholarship
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- Cobell Scholarships offers are merit-based following a lengthy application and referral process. Cobell Scholarship awards are disbursed according to US Federal Student Aid standards and the policies of the individual colleges and universities. The Cobell Scholarship is annual, non-renewable, and available to any post-secondary (after high school) student who is: an enrolled member of a US Federally-recognized Tribe, enrolled in or plans to enroll in full-time study and is degree-seeking while attending any nationally, regionally and industry accredited non-profit, public and private, institution. (excerpt from cobellscholasr.org)
Programs
- The Wildlife Society: Native Student Professional Development Program
- This year’s participants will travel to TWS’ Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD (Oct 19th-23rd, 2024) to engage in one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals in North America. Individuals who are selected to attend this year’s conference as part of the program will receive:
- Complimentary registration
- Travel grants
- Mentorship at the conference
- One-year memberships in TWS & the Native Peoples’ Wildlife Management Working Group
- Exclusive educational sessions for program participants
- Access to all conference networking events and more
Applicants must meet the following eligibility standards:
- Member of a Native American, First Nations, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous Tribe, or identify as Native Alaskan or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in a relevant academic discipline such as wildlife biology or ecology
- Display a record of academic excellence and a strong interest in pursuing a career in wildlife management or conservation
- This year’s participants will travel to TWS’ Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD (Oct 19th-23rd, 2024) to engage in one of the largest gatherings of wildlife professionals in North America. Individuals who are selected to attend this year’s conference as part of the program will receive:
- Bureau of Indian Affairs Pathways Program
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- For inquiries and more info, please email [email protected]The BIA Pathways Internship Program connects Native American and Alaska Native students to paid internships with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Tribal Nations across the United States. (Excerpt from BIA.gov)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Directorate Fellows Program
DFP is a Direct Hire Authority Program that includes an 11-week Fellowship project for current students at the rising senior undergraduate or graduate school level. Upon successful completion of the Fellowship program, along with degree, participants may be directly hired or appointed to full-time, permanent positions without competition.- For inquiries on the 2023 DFP, email [email protected]
- Student Conservation Association: High School Conservation Crews
High schoolers aged 16 – 19 years old, community crews available in multiple cities across the US
- Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress (NYCALC)
The mission of the Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress (NYCALC) is to develop future conservation leaders with the skills, knowledge, and tools to address environmental change and conservation challenges to better serve their schools and home communities.
- National Conservation Leadership Institute
The Institute is designed to be a meta-program into which graduates of various internal organizational leadership programs could pursue expanding their leadership capacity. But the Institute is by no measure only a training program; it is a unique comprehensive learning experience designed to challenge assumptions, teach skills, facilitate networking, and strengthen confidence, preparing extraordinary leadership for the future.
- Alaska Native Science & Engineering Program
Is to effect a systemic change in the hiring patterns of Indigenous Americans in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by increasing the number of individuals on a career path to leadership within STEM fields.
Professional & Youth Organizations
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American Indian Science & Engineering Society
The AISES mission is to increase substantially the representation of American Indian and Alaskan Natives in engineering, science and other related technology disciplines. - SACNAS
The SACNAS mission is to celebrate and cultivate diversity in STEM Education and Fields. -
Center for Native American Youth
The Center for Native American Youth is dedicated to improving the health, safety and overall well-being of Native American youth through communication, policy development and advocacy. - United National Indian Tribal Youth (UNITY)
UNITY’s Mission is to foster the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of American Indian, Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native youth, and to help build a strong, unified, and self-reliant Native America through greater youth involvement. - Environmental Career
- The Environmental Career Center provides employers and job seekers with comprehensive career, and staffing services in the environmental, sustainability, natural resources, energy, and green jobs sectors.
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Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education
As a professional organization for environmental educators, the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) facilitates communication, cooperation, collaboration, and coordination among the varied environmental education programs in the state.
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In Recognition of Their Support
The Native American Fish and Wildlife Society would like to thank those organizations that provided us with support over the years. With them we grew an effective national communications network for the exchange of information and management techniques related to self-determined tribal fish and wildlife management.
