Indigenous Peoples Education Fund The Indigenous Peoples Education Fund Foundation was founded to provide grants to support the education of enrolled members of any US state or federallyrecognized Native American tribe. The Foundation shall provide scholarships and other educational support to college graduate and postgraduate students teachers and schools. The Foundation will consider applicants in any field of study but may prioritize those students who are pursuing a field of study related to science technology engineering and mathematics STEM medicine or law including teachers in those fields for undergraduate graduate and professional programs at an accredited institution of higher learning andor may support schools andor precollege STEM education and school support. Our grant criteria includes the following College and University Scholarship Applicants An applicant for enrollment in a degree program in an institution that is a notforprofit college or university accredited by an accrediting body that is recognized by the US Department of Education must demonstrate satisfactory completion of secondary high school education at the local Tribal level.