The Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) announced that applications are now being accepted for the Oregon Tribal Student Grant for 2022-23.
The new state financial aid program is supported by the Oregon Legislature’s 2022 historic investment in equitable college access and success for tribal students.
The Oregon Tribal Student Grant is expected to pay for most or all public college-related expenses — including tuition, housing, books, and other costs not covered by other grants — for eligible students who are enrolled members of Oregon’s nine federally recognized Tribes.
It can be applied toward undergraduate or graduate study at Oregon public colleges and universities as well as eligible private non-profit institutions, where award amounts can go up to the public institution maximum level, in the upcoming 2022-23 school year. The HECC Office of Student Access and Completion will administer the grant and encourages tribal students to apply by the priority application deadline of August 1, 2022.
Gov. Kate Brown proposed this program in the 2022 Legislative Session, in consultation with Oregon Tribal government leadership, and working closely with HECC, to address longstanding educational equity gaps by removing financial barriers to college for Oregon tribal students.
With the Oregon Legislature’s approval of program funding for the 2022-23 academic year, the grant is now available to enrolled members of:
- Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
- Burns Paiute Tribe
- Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
- Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
- Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
- Coquille Indian Tribe
- Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
- Klamath Tribes
Tribal partners, schools, universities, communities, and families are encouraged to learn more and help share news on the grant with potential applicants, by viewing and sharing the website and informational documents available here.
