Nominate Applicants

Number of nominations. You may nominate up to six candidates for the 2009 competition. We encourage you to nominate students for all or any of the categories: environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care. Nominees in both the tribal public policy and Native American health care categories must be Native American or Alaska Native and provide appropriate documentation.

Nomination Materials. It is the nominee's responsibility to provide the faculty representative with:

  1. A completed, signed Udall Scholarship Application;
  2. An 800-word essay;
  3. A current official college transcript and transcripts for other colleges attended;
  4. Three letters of recommendation.

The application must be submitted on forms from the Foundation's website or on photocopies of these forms. Recreated forms and attachments of additional information will not be accepted.

Submission of nominations. Institutional Nomination through our online registration system is required for each candidate. Faculty representatives must register each nominee online at http://facultyreps.udall.gov. On line registration opens February 1, 2009, and closes March 1 at 12 a.m. Faculty representatives who have not received a user name and password by January 15, 2009 should contact the Foundation.

It is the faculty representative's responsibility to submit all the candidate's nomination materials, including transcripts and letters of recommendation, in one packet with the Institution Nomination Form to the Foundation by the deadline. The complete nomination package must be received by March 3, 2009, at the Scholarship Program, Morris K. Udall Foundation, 130 S. Scott Avenue, Tucson, AZĀ  85701.

Nominate your students

Dates to Watch

  • September
    2009 Nomination materials available for download on website

  • March 3, 2009
    Receipt deadline for nomination of candidates (Note: institutional deadlines may be earlier. Please check with your faculty representative.)

  • March
    Udall Scholarship Review Committee meets to recommend Scholars

  • April
    Nominees notified of final status

  • April 8
    Udall Scholars announced on website

  • April 15
    Deadline for Foundation receipt of Scholar Award Reply form

  • May 15
    Deadline for Foundation receipt of Scholar Travel Reply form

  • August 5-9, 2009
    Udall Scholar Orientation, Tucson, Arizona