The Udall Foundation seeks future leaders across a wide spectrum of environmental fields, including policy, engineering, science, education, urban planning and renewal, business, health, justice, and economics.
- 60 scholarships per year of up to $7000 and 50 honorable mentions
- 4 day Scholar Orientation in Tucson, Arizona in August
- Access to a network through the Udall Alumni listserv
Eligibility
- 2nd or 3rd year student
- Must fall into one of these three categories:
- Students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to the environment; or
- Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to tribal public policy; or
- Native American and Alaska Native students who have demonstrated commitment to careers related to Native health care.
- 3.0 and up
- U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or permanent resident
Nomination
- U.Va. can nominate up to 8 candidates
- E-mail Andrus Ashoo (aga3j@virginia.edu) to access the electronic application with the following information:
- Permanent address (Determined by two of the following: Home address for school registration; place of registration to vote; family's primary residence)
- Address where you would like notification to be sent in April
- Phone number
- U.Va. email address
- Field of study (Environment, Health Care, or Tribal Public Policy)
- Year in college (Sophomore or Junior)
- Nationality (U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or Permanent Resident)
- Once U.Va. submits the applications to the Udall Foundation, they are read by geographical region. On average, readers award three scholarships per region.
- Nominees should hear from the Udall Foundation in early April.
Application
requirements
- Completed electronic application
- 3 reference letters: Your references must email Andrus Ashoo their letters by February 10. These are the accepted file types: Word, PDF, GIF, or JPEG format up to 4 MB
- Unofficial transcript from U.Va. and official transcript(s) from any other colleges/universities attended.
Please see the
following websites for more specific information: