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Educational Scholarships
10-21-05

 

   Educational Scholarships
Using the Net to find the funds!
Higher education can be extremely expensive. Luckily, there are thousands of scholarships available offering financial assistance to people for all sorts of reasons. Find out what you (or a family member) may be eligible for. We'll help you get started...

General Scholarship Advice:

FinAid's Guide to Scholarships—Great overview to begin your online scholarship research.

Finding a Scholarship Online—Free advice courtesy of ScholarshipExperts.com. (Note: Scholarshipexperts.com is a pay site, but this article has been reprinted for free access.)

Federal Student Aid—Student aid information from the U.S. Department of Education

Common Scholarship Scams to Avoid

Free Scholarship Search Engines:
Enter your information and these sites will try to match you with the right scholarships.

Fast Web—One of the largest and most respected free scholarship search sites on the Internet.

CareersandColleges.com Scholarship Search—Free scholarship search engine.

CollegeBoard.com Scholarship Search—Free scholarship search engine.

Scholarship Resource Network Express—Free scholarship search engine.

International Scholarships—Find scholarships that will help you study abroad!

Selected Scholarships & Grants:
Here are a few scholarships to give you an idea of the breadth of opportunities out there.

Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships—The world's largest privately funded international scholarship program that helps students in over 70 countries around the globe.

Truman Scholarship Foundation—Dedicated to helping undergraduate students committed to careers in public service.

Gates Millennium Scholars—Driven to provide outstanding minority students the opportunity to complete an undergraduate education.

Federal Pell Grants—Needs-based federal grants for low-income undergraduate students.

The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation—A highly competitive scholarship program awarded to civic and community-minded students.

The Collegiate Inventors Competition—Awarding as much as $50,000 to student inventors.

Or check out this run down on some of the more unusual scholarships available.