Colville Tribe
FINANCIAL AID FUNDING
The CTEAP-HE Grant Application is available for students planning to attend college
Fall 2024 through Summer 2025.
To apply: Click the application link below in orange.
2024-25 Online Application Available Now!
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For new students click "sign up" in the top right of the web page, use your email and create a password. You should receive a confirmation email in a moment -- go to your e-mail inbox, click the link, and you'll be ready to complete the application. (Be sure to check your junk mailbox if you do not see the link in your inbox).
For returning students, click "sign in" and use your current login information. If you do not remember your password then please click 'trouble signing in' to reset your password and follow the steps. If you attempt too many times your account will be locked for 24 hours. Higher Education staff is not able to unfreeze; you’ll have to wait for the time to reset and then follow the ‘trouble signing in’ instructions.
Please contact Brandy Katich at 509-634-2776 or Kayce Palmer-Ankney at 509-634-2778 if you have any questions or concerns.
All students must complete a FAFSA application and submit it to their educational institution.
CTEAP-HE Brochure PDF
*DEADLINE DATES*
1st term: Fall - August 1st
2nd term: Winter/Spring- December 1st
3rd term: Spring- February 1st
4th term: Summer- May 1st
Summer term is outside of the typical academic year; students who need to attend summer term have additional application steps to complete.
Submit a written request for summer term funding by the summer term deadline.
Complete an Attachment I: Financial Aid form with the institution for Summer Term ONLY costs.
Provide a transcript for the last term of the academic year.
Optional: This aids significantly in the approval/disapproval of the request. Support documentation from a program advisor or instructor explaining the importance of the summer courses intended for enrollment or a course degree plan that dictates the course mapping and term offerings for the enrolled degree program.
Summer term funding is never a guarantee in our funding cycle. Preference is given to Graduate students, seniors, and those who need to take a course only offered in the summer to graduate or another reason along with those same explanations.
Supplemental Documents
ACADEMIC WORKS SCHOLARSHIPS
Colville Tribal Educational Assistance Program (CTEAP)
Requires an annual application each academic year.
Typically available online by June 1st
Deadlines for each term as outlined above
Open To Colville Tribal Members
Students must strive to maintain a 2.0 GPA
Higher Education (HE)
Is a co-application; upon submitting the online general application you are applying for both CTEAP and Higher Education funding. Grant awards for each student will be processed from both Tribal (CTEAP) and Federal (Higher Education) funding sources each academic year.
CECELIA SOMDAY SCHOLARSHIP
The Cecelia Somday Education Fund originated from Ms. Cecelia Somday in the beginning, then was supported by familial donations, and then the Colville Tribe continued to fund the scholarship with tribal dollars. Scholarships, contingent upon funding, are awarded to enrolled Colville Tribal members each year. This scholarship can be applied for more than once. Primary eligibility: applicants must be an enrolled Colville Tribal member and have achieved a 3.0 grade point average for each of your last three quarters or last two semesters of school (high school or college). Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation with the application. Incomplete and/or late applications will be deemed ineligible.
The application opens on January 1st, 2025 and ends April 1st, 2025-students must complete the 2024-25 Online Application to apply.
+ Who Can Apply?
Any enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes with a minimum 3.0 grade point average in the past three terms of high school or college can apply for the scholarship.
+ How Are Recipients Chosen?
We are looking for a well rounded student leader with strong involvement in school and community activities with above average grades. The applicant should have a desire to have a positive future impact in the Colville tribes.
An education committee made up of representatives of the four reservation districts, Inchelium, Keller, Omak, and Nespelem, a teacher/education guidance counselor, and a student representative will select qualified candidates.
+ How Do You Apply?
Submit the following:
- for the 2025-2026 school year- complete the 2024-2025 online application-follow link at top of page)
- TWO Cecelia Somday Education Fund References (completed within the online applicaiton).
- Current high school or college transcript. Note: The Education staff is not responsible for attaching transcripts for current students. Please upload in the spring to include your most current transcript.
Annual applications are required. The deadline date is April 1st. For questions, contact the Higher Education Office at 509-634-2779.
