The purpose of the O. Erik Nielson Gay & Lesbian Scholarship is to offer financial assistance for tuition and other educational expenses to gay & lesbian students who are formally admitted into a degree-seeking program at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Qualifications:
- Applicant must be a University of Alaska Anchorage gay or lesbian student.
- Applicant should demonstrate motivation, academic and leadership potential.
- Applicants must be in good academic standing with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for undergraduate and 3.0 for graduate.
- Applicant must be formally admitted into an undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and/or vocational degree-seeking program at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Applicant must be enrolled at least half-time (six (6) credits for undergraduate or five (5) credits for graduate) at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Applicant may be a new or continuing student at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
- Applicant may be a U.S. citizen, non-U.S. citizen, Alaska resident, or out-of-state resident.
- Preference will be given to full-time applicants.
- Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate contributions to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Allied (GLBTA) community.
To apply for this scholarship please make sure you meet all of the qualifications above, and then login to secured area of UAOnline to complete the electronic scholarship application.
*To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must submit the information below to supplement the electronic scholarship application
- Applicants must submit an essay in the text box below (500 words max) demonstrating their contributions to the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans gender, and Allied (GLBTA) community.
