College of Engineering, Forestry, and Natural Sciences

• Biological Sciences
• Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Engineering (Civil, Environmental, Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Construction Management)
• School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability
• School of Forestry
• Mathematics and Statistics 
• Physics and Astronomy 

Office of Student Financial Aid

The Financial Aid Office awards loans, grants, and scholarships. Loans and grants are awarded based on your financial need as determined by your FAFSA submission. 

Graduate College

Scholarships are awarded by the Graduate College to students accepted in a master’s or doctoral program at NAU. The college also has information on travel grants and graduate assistantships for currently enrolled graduate students.

Center for International Education

The Center for International Education offers a limited number of scholarships to foreign students attending NAU.

NAU Foundation scholarships

The deadline for applications is February15. For more information on foundation scholarships, please contact the foundation.

There are many external professional organizations that regularly offer scholarships to aspiring engineers, mathematicians, and scientists. Organizations that regularly award scholarships to NAU students include:

• American Floodplain Management Association 
• Structural Engineers Association of Arizona 
• Society of Women Engineers 
• Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials 
• Advancing Women in Transportation 
• Arizona Hydrological Society 
• American Public Works Association 
• Retail Contractors Association 

See a list of hiring businesses by profession.

Organizations that support minority students

• American Indian Science and Engineering Society 
• American Indian Graduate Center 
• Gates Millennium Scholars 
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund 
• National Society of Black Engineers 

Student organizations at NAU

Learn about clubs and organizations you can join.