Nevada Gold Mines GOLD Mining Scholarship

Eligibility

• Be an enrolled member of one of the eligible Western Shoshone, Goshute, or Paiute tribes or bands listed by the program; or meet the program's non-enrolled descendant, service-area residency, and parental-enrollment alternative.
• Provide evidence of eligible tribal enrollment or qualifying descent, residency, and parental enrollment.
• Qualify for and receive the full-time Newe Numa Scholarship Foundation award.
• Be an undergraduate sophomore, junior, or senior, or an MSc or PhD student.
• Maintain at least a 2.5 GPA.
• Pursue one of the provider's eligible engineering, science, geology, technology, safety, HR, finance, supply-chain, mineral-processing, or conservation fields.
• Be willing to work paid summer internships at Nevada Gold Mines after funded semesters except the semester before graduation.
• Pursue the declared degree full-time and provide curriculum verification.

Requirements

• Complete the Newe Numa application; funded NNSF applicants are screened automatically for GOLD eligibility.
• Submit the academic, enrollment, and tribal documentation required for NNSF.
• Provide curriculum verification when requested.
• Complete the required paid summer internships if awarded.

How to Apply

1. 1Apply for the full-time Newe Numa program.
2. 2Choose and document an eligible mining-connected major.
3. 3Qualified NNSF recipients are automatically screened without another application.
4. 4If selected, maintain eligibility and complete the summer internship obligation.