WNAR Indigenous Student Travel Award

WNAR offers multiple travel awards for Indigenous students from within the WNAR region to attend our annual conference. Awards up to $1,000 are available for conference travel and lodging related expenses. Eligible students include Indigenous peoples of North America and the Pacific Islands. To apply for the 2027 WNAR/IMS Annual Meeting (Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, June 13–16, 2027), please send a letter to jedi@wnar.org by May 1, 2027, outlining your connection to Indigenous peoples and why you are looking forward to attending the WNAR annual meeting.

Past Awardees

2026

Congratulations to the Kalispel Tribe of Indians for a 2026 WNAR Indigenous Student Travel Award! They brought several of their middle and high schoolers to participate in the 2026 WNAR Expanding Opportunities Workshop.

2025

Congratulations to Mikaela Nishida for a 2025 WNAR Indigenous Student Travel Award! Mikaela Nishida is a Ph.D. student of Statistics at the University of California Irvine, and she is Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian).

2024

Congratulations to Kyle Conniff who is our first awardee of the WNAR Indigenous Student Travel Award! Kyle Conniff is a Ph.D. candidate of Statistics at the University of California Irvine, and he is a member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

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