Education & Career

We encourage students to be aware of scholarship periods and finish their applications well ahead of the deadline.

There are three scholarship application periods:

• Summer: April 1 – April 30
• School Year (Fall and Spring): June 1 – June 30
• Spring: November 1 – December 3*

*The Spring 2026 deadline will fall on December 3, 2025 at noon Alaska time.

Scholarships are due at 12 PM Noon Alaska Time on the day of the deadline. If the deadline falls on a weekend, the applications are due the Friday before.

• Honors – $5,500 (3.5 to 4.0 GPA)
• Exceptional – $4,500 (3.0 to 3.49 GPA)
• Achievement – $3,500 (2.5 to 2.99 GPA)
• Merit – $3,000 (2.0 to 2.49 GPA)
• Working – Award is based on GPA (Working full-time and taking 9 credits or more)
• Part-Time – $2,500 (GPA 2.0+, taking less than 12 credits)
• Graduate – $7,500 (GPA 3.0+, taking 6 credits or more)
• Special Honors – $12,500 (GPA 3.0+, must apply during Fall term) – See Guidelines
• High School Advanced College Credits – $200/per credit

These amounts are for a school year, typically spanning from the Fall to the Spring term.

Vocational – Up to $6,000 per year.
Career Development – Up to $5,500 per year.

Award amounts are effective as of April 1, 2024.

The Vocational Scholarship is for students pursuing training in administrative fields, construction, culinary arts, mechanics, heavy equipment operations and other related disciplines. Applicants must be enrolled full-time in a program lasting longer than 12 weeks. If the student is going to continue their training beyond the full year, they will need to reapply again the following year.

The Career Development Scholarship is for job-related continuing education. This award is intended for programs lasting less than 12 weeks. Some examples include Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDL), HAZWOPER training, Bar exams, and attendance at professional conferences.

Vocational and Career Development scholarships are offered all year long. Apply online anytime.

It is our goal to help train our younger generations to become Aleut leaders. To that end, we connect our Aleut interns with organizations to provide our future leaders with valuable work experience, career exploration and mentorship.

Interested in becoming an intern? Eligible Aleut shareholders and registered descendants are high school students, recent high school graduates, or recent post-secondary graduates (must be at least 16 years old). We will advertise internship opportunities on the Aleut careers page and our social medias as they become available, as well as on our Facebook. If you would like to become an internship host organization, please reach out.

To encourage our youth to attend and excel at school, we conduct $100 cash prize drawings for students who maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or above and for students with outstanding attendance (present 90% of the school year).

Funding is limited and available for voting shareholders of The Aleut Corporation (Aleut) and registered descendants of a voting Aleut shareholder. Drawings are conducted for each category twice a year following the end of the winter and spring semesters (usually in early February and July) . Three winners are randomly selected to receive $100 cash cards for each category, including one youth who resides in the Aleut Region, one youth who resides in Alaska outside of the Aleut Region, and one who resides outside of Alaska. The youth may not win more than one award per semester.

Cash for Good Grades Policy

To apply, please send a copy of the report card for the immediately preceding semester to The Aleut Foundation via email at [email protected].

Report card must clear show the following:

• Student’s name
• Time period being reported on
• Student’s grades
• Student’s attendance report
• Name and contract information of the student’s school

The Youth Advance Scholarship is provided to help younger students (between 3 years old and up to 12th Grade) participate in athletic, scholastic, or artistic activities. Applications are accepted and reviewed throughout the year until the budget is expended. Funding is limited and available for voting shareholders of The Aleut Corporation (Aleut) and registered descendants of a voting Aleut shareholder. Funding for the Youth Advance Scholarship Program will be evaluated on an annual basis. An applicant may apply multiple times in a year to receive a maximum of $500.00 total per award year.

Youth Advance Scholarship Guidelines

To get started, please log-in and access the Iqyax Form, which contains this program and several others.