Scholarship Resources
October 2006
FinAid: The Smart Student Guide to Financial Aid offers a number of useful features, such as an explanation of financial aid forms, links to government funding sources, and financial aid offices. FinAid also offers FastWeb, a free scholarship search engine for students (free registration required) and EduPass: The Smart Student Guide to Studying in the USA which is designed especially for non-U.S. students.
The Foundation Center's Reference Guides for Students and International Students.
The Foundation Center's Youth in Philanthropy page has a listing of Web-based scholarship resources detailing a wide variety of ways to find financial aid.
Petersons.com's Financial Aid page provides help, guidance, and answers to frequently asked questions on financial aid, as well as information on organizations that offer private and federal loans. Peterson's Scholarship Search provides information on over 1.6 million scholarships, grants, and prizes worth more than $6.4 billion. (Free registration is required in order to use the database.)
College Board includes a Scholarship Search where users can create a personal profile of educational level, talents, and background to search among 2,300 undergraduate scholarships, loans, internships, and other financial aid programs from non-college sources. There are also financial aid calculators where, for instance, you can approximate your Expected Family Contribution.
American Education Services posts a guide called the Union Plus Scholarship Database. Formerly a print publication, the guide is now available only on the Web, and is searchable by organization name, organization type, scholarship name, and by state. You can also browse a listing of all available scholarships.
The Institute of International Education's Web page offers information about international education and training programs, including Fulbright scholarships.
The Black Collegian Online offers a listing of information for fellowships, grants, and scholarships of interest to people of color.
GrantsNet provides information about support for research training in the biomedical sciences and undergraduate science education.
The National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human Resources offers financial assistance to students in the sciences. Program guidelines can be found in the publications section.
The Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF) is a source of both internal and domestic scholarships, both merit- and needs-based.