February 8, 2022
American Indian Endowed Scholarship (AIES) Application
What is the American Indian Endowed Scholarship (AIES) program?
AIES provides educational scholarships on a competitive basis to outstanding students with close social and cultural ties to an American Indian tribe or community in Washington State. Recipients are selected using criteria based on academic merit and a commitment to serve the American Indian community in Washington. Scholarship awards come from the interest earnings of an endowment established from funds appropriated by the Washington State Legislature in 1990, with matching contributions from private individuals, organizations, and tribes.
Who is eligible to apply?
Applications are available now to apply for the 2022-2023 American Indian Endowed Scholarship (AIES) awards. Please forward this announcement to anyone who may be interested in this scholarship.
Applicants must:
• Have close social and cultural ties to an American Indian tribe, or an American Indian community, in Washington State.
• Intend to use their education to benefit other American Indians in Washington. • Have demonstrated financial need (as determined by the college financial aid office). • Meet Washington State residency requirements for state financial aid. (https://wsac.wa.gov/student-residency)
• Be enrolled as a full-time student at an eligible Washington college or university by fall term of the award year, and for every term in which the student receives the scholarship. • Not be pursuing a degree in theology. • Have received fewer than five years of this scholarship in total.
The Washington Student Achievement Council (WSAC) will accept signed and completed applications that are postmarked by March 1, 2022. Applications must be accompanied with all required attachments.
To download the application and instruction materials, go to https://wsac.wa.gov/american-indian-endowed scholarship, and click “How do I apply?” (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader software version 11.0 or newer).
There is a priority for upper-division and graduate-level students, however, all qualified applicants are considered. IMPORTANT: Late or incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the selection committee.
A selection committee composed of representatives from the American Indian community in-state will review and score the applications. The number and value of scholarships awarded are based on the interest earnings available from the endowment. Scholarships generally range from $500 to $2,000 each for the academic year. Finalists are announced in the spring.
Mail the signed application, with required attachments, postmarked by March 1, 2022, to:
American Indian Endowed Scholarship Program
Washington Student Achievement Council
PO Box 43430, Olympia, WA 98504-3430 (use PO Box if mailing US Postal Service delivery) 917 Lakeridge Way SW, Olympia, WA 98502 (use street address if via UPS or FedEx delivery) Please feel free to call
