Osiyo! Welcome to the Cherokee Nation Scholarship Program!

Please complete the online application to apply for scholarship funding for the upcoming academic year by uploading required documents saved in a PDF format. Applications will be processed in order of receipt. Applications received after posted deadlines will not be processed.

Note: You will need to complete this application process in a single setting. If you stop before completing the process, you will need to begin again.

Click here to see list of required documents that must be saved individually in a PDF format to attach to this application.

Click here to see Higher Education Service Area Map

Residency restrictions:

• Cherokee Promise(Continuing Students Only): must reside within the Cherokee Nation Service Area (inside the red borders)
• Undergraduate (Not eligible for Federal Pell), Graduate and Valedictorian/Salutatorian: must reside within the Cherokee Nation Service Area or contiguous counties (inside the red or the light blue highlighted counties).
• Undergraduate (Pell eligible): must reside within the United States.
• Concurrent Enrollment: Must reside within the Cherokee Nation Service Area or contiguous counties (inside the red or light blue highlighted counties)

The scholarships are intended to supplement educational needs for those pursuing a degree from an accredited post-secondary institution and shall be contingent on the availability of funding.

Please allow 8 weeks for processing.

Wado,

Cherokee Nation College Resource Center