Eligibility

Eligibility Focus

AEF's eligibility requirements focus on an applicant's ancestral and geographic ties to the Northern Alaskan Inupiat People of the Arctic Slope Region.

Requirements

• You must be a member of at least one of the eligible classes of recipients:
  1. A Northern Alaska Inupiat Native of at least ¼ blood quantum currently residing in the Arctic Slope Region
  2. An original 1971 shareholder of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
  3. A direct lineal descendant of an original 1971 shareholder of the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
• You must NOT be a spouse, ancestor, lineal descendant (by blood or adoption) or the spouse of a lineal descendant of any member of the Arctic Education Foundation Board of Directors
• You must have a high school diploma (or GED)
• You must be at least 17 years old
• You must be a United States citizen and a United States resident
• You must be accepted as a Post-secondary education student for either:
  1. an undergraduate, graduateor professional degree through an accredited U.S. college or university; or
  2. for technical or vocational training through a qualified U.S. vocational or technical institution or program (including qualified training programs sponsored by industry standard manufacturing firms such as Novell or Microsoft)

Further Opportunities

Arctic Education Foundation encourages applicants to apply for multiple scholarships. The U.S. Department of Education offers a variety of student financial aid programs, most notably the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) scholarship. For more information please visit www.fafsa.ed.gov.