Minnesota Indian Scholarship Program provides postsecondary financial assistance to eligible Minnesota resident students who are of one-fourth or more Indian ancestry and demonstrate financial need for an award.

Who is Eligible?

Scholarships are available to eligible Indian undergraduate students enrolled at least ¾ time and graduate students enrolled at least half time.

In order to qualify for this scholarship, you must be:

• One-fourth or more American Indian ancestry
• A Minnesota resident
• Enrolled in an accredited college, university or vocational school in Minnesota
• Qualify for either a Pell or State Grant

How Much Money Can You Get?

The award amount is based on need up to $4,000 per year for undergraduate students and up to $6,000 for graduate students.

Students are eligible to receive scholarship funding for a maximum of ten years, five years for undergraduate study and an additional five years for graduate-level study. Undergraduate students seeking less than a four-year degree can receive a maximum of three years of scholarship funding in order to preserve two years of eligibility to complete a four-year degree. Students may receive the scholarship for only one degree per undergraduate educational level and one terminal degree.

What Is the Application Process?

Interested students should complete the Minnesota Indian Scholarship application below. They should also complete the FAFSA and an application for tribal education funds.

Apply Online Now:

MISP Online Student Application

Download 2010-2011 Indian Scholarship Application

Download 2009-2010 Indian Scholarship Application

Students are encouraged to contact the school financial aid administrator at their campus and their tribal education program (see list below). The priority deadline is July 1. Information and application forms also are available from:

Minnesota Indian Scholarship Program
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55108
Tel: (651) 642-0567 or (800) 657-3866
Fax: (651) 642-0675

Lara Gerhardson, Outreach Liaison
Tel: (218) 755-2270
E-mail: misp.lara@hotmail.com

Tribal Education Programs

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe

Fond du Lac Tribal Center
1720 Big Lake Road
Cloquet, MN 55720
Tel: (218) 879-4593 x2633 or (800) 365-1613

Grand Portage Reservation
P.O. Box 428
Grand Portage, MN 55605
Tel: (218) 475-2812

Leech Lake Scholarship Office
115 6th Street Northwest, Suite E
Cass Lake, MN 56633
Tel: (218) 335-8523 or (866) 638-7738

Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Scholarship Office
43408 Oodena Drive
Onamia, MN 56359
Tel: (320) 495-3702 or (866) 916-5282 x32

Bois Forte Reservation
P.O. Box 16
Nett Lake, MN 55772
Tel: (218) 757-3261 or (800) 221-8129

White Earth Tribal Council
P.O. Box 418
White Earth, MN 56591
Tel: (218) 983-3285 or (800) 950-3248

Minnesota Sioux Tribe

Lower Sioux Community
P.O. Box 308
Morton, MN 56270
Tel: (507) 697-6185

Prairie Island Indian Community
5636 Sturgeon Lake Road
Welch, MN 55089
Tel: (651) 385-4132

Shakopee Sioux Community
2330 Sioux Trail NW
Prior Lake, MN 55372
Tel: (952) 445-8900

Upper Sioux Community
P.O. Box 147
Granite Falls, MN 56241
Tel: (320) 564-2360

Red Lake Tribe

New Beginnings
P.O. Box 416
Redby, MN 56670
Tel: (218) 679-3350

Map of Tribal Scholarship Contacts