Funding & Awards
Monetary Awards
Grand Total: $625,270
Purdue University
Subtotal: $284,767
2023-2025 NextEra Energy Foundation (NEEF) Scholar & Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) Scholar$25,000
Purdue College of Engineering Scholarships
2022-2025 Reilly Effective Grads Engineering Scholarship and Maxine and Edward Nichols Fellowship$14,000
Stephen Rothblatt Memorial Scholarship2023$1,500
2021$500
Grant to attend the 2022 AEESP Research and Education Conference June 2022 in St. Louis, MO2022$500
Grant to attend the American Chemical Society (ACS) National Conference March 2022 in San Diego, CA2022$500
2020$5,000
- Guaranteed 4 years of support
- Replaced by the Ford Foundation Fellowship in the Fall of 2021
Montana Technological University
Subtotal: $56,247
Sloan Scholar, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s Indigenous Graduate Partnership (SIGP) Program (2017 – Present)
2017-2019
$20,000
Gates Millennium National Scholar through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2011- 2023)
2017-2019
$34,247
Recipient of the Alfred T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship through AISES (2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
2017
$2,000
The University of Montana
Subtotal: $95,492
Gates Millennium National Scholar through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2011- 2023)
2011-2016
$20,864
Horatio Alger State Scholar through the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans
2011-2016
$10,000
Presidential Leadership Scholar, the Davidson Honors College
2011-2016
$35,828
Montana University System Honor Scholar, the Montana University System
2011-2016
$20,000
Buick Achievers National Scholar, the General Motors Foundation
2011-2012
$2,000
Peter Left Hand Award through the Native American Studies Department of the University of Montana
2011
$300
Sam Walton Community Scholarship, the Wal-Mart Foundation
2011
$3,000
Julia Hendrickson Staffanson Scholarship, the Native American Studies Department of the University of Montana
2011
$2,500
Cascade County DUI Task Force Scholarship
2011
$1,000
Awards & Honors
Invited to the Notre Dame College of Engineering Future Faculty Workshop in South Bend, IN
2024
Accepted into the NextProf Nexus Future Engineering Faculty Workshop in Atlanta, GA through Georgia Tech, the University of Michigan, and UC Berkeley
2023
Awarded a Sequoyah Fellowship through the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) for lifetime membership in the organization
2022
Montana American Indian Student Scholar through the Montana University System
2017-2019
American Indian Science and Engineering Society National Conference Travel Scholarship, the United States Department of Agriculture
2017
Recipient of the Mortar Board Outstanding Senior Recognition Award from the Chemistry Department
2016
University of Montana’s Analytical Chemistry Award
2016
Montana Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) Award for Research in Engineering and Science
2015
Awarded the NASA-funded grant for my honors thesis research in Dr. Michael DeGrandpre’s Lab and presented at the MSGC Student Research Symposium (2016)
University of Montana Dean’s List
2011-2015
American Indian Student Services Outstanding Student Award
2014