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AAUW Educational Foundation The AAUW Educational Foundation, one of the largest sources of funding exclusively for graduate women in the world, supports aspiring scholars around the globe, teachers and activists in local communities, women at critical stages of their careers, and those pursuing professions where women are underrepresented.
Absolutely Scholarships "Absolutely Scholarships" has over 200,000 scholarship awards in their database.  
Adelle & Erwin Tomash Fellowship Fellowship in the History of Information Processing:  Now accepting applications for the 2003-2004 Adelle and Erwin Tomash Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship will be awarded to a graduate student for research in the history of computing.  For more information, visit http://www.cbi.umn.edu/research/tomash.html
Alexander Graham Bell Association AG Bell coordinates one of the world's largest financial aid programs in providing financial assistance or support to families all over the world who are dedicated to an oral approach to pediatric hearing loss.  For more information, visit http://www.agbell.org/financialaid.cfm
All-Ink.com Scholarship Program All-Ink.com is offering $10,000 in scholarships to qualified students who are enrolled or planning to participate in an accredited college or university program during the fall 2004 term or full-year 2004-2005 school year.  Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident with a minimum 2.5 Grade Point Average.  In addition, students applying are required to write two 50 to 200 word (max.) essays.  Visit the website for more information.
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) The AAAS Women's International Science Collaboration Program is supported by the National Science Foundation.  For more information, visit http://www.aaas.org/.
American Cancer Society's Cancer Survivors Program Up to $1000 is awarded to cancer survivors on a first-come, first-serve basis and will be limited to availability of funds.  Residents of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, & Nebraska, who are citizens of the U.S. and have had a cancer diagnosis before the age of 21 are eligible.  To receive an application packet, contact the Customer Service Center at 877-398-8285.
American Foundation for Aging Research The fellowship is open for undergraduate, graduate, or pre-doctoral students.  Applicants must be actively involved in a specific biomedical or biomedical research project in the field of aging.  Applications may be obtained from:
American Foundation for Aging Research
North Carolina State University, Biochemistry Department
128 Polk Hall
Raleigh, NC 27695-7622
Tel:  (919)515-5679
American Institute for Economic Research For more than 50 years the Institute has sponsored a variety of fellowship programs that provide direct training and financial support to advanced students of economics.  Visit http://www.aier.org/summer.html for more information.
American Society for Microbiology This site contains information on fellowships, travel grants, and opportunities for career development at the undergraduate level.
Arts International Arts International is an independent, not-for-profit contemporary arts organization dedicated to the development and support of global cultural interchange in the arts.  Through its Fund for U.S. Artists, the organization provides support to U.S. artists who have been invited to participate in major international performing arts festivals and recurring visual arts exhibitions.  For more information, visit www.artsinternational.org/programs/the_fund/index.htm
AV Scholars Scholarship and career search for aviation, aerospace, & space exploration.  Visit the website for more information.
Bank of America Financial Aid Sweepstakes Scholarships available to high school or college students (attending a school within the U.S.) any time between August 1 through June 30 of the year of application.  U.S. residents only.  Five $1000 scholarships will be awarded.  For more information, visit the website:  http://www.bankofamerica.com/studentsweeps.
Blacknews.com Scholarship $1,000 scholarship award to an African or African-American student for the 2003-2004 academic year.  The scholarship is not an academic scholarship.  It is not based on grades or community involvement.  It is entirely based on an essay submission.
For more information, visit the website:  http://www.blacknews.com/scholarship.html
Black Entertainment & Sports Lawyers Association Scholarships Scholarships are available for African-American students with 2.5 minimum GPA and an interest in sports law or entertainment law. 
Visit the website for more information:  http://www.besla.org/scholarship.asp
Ronald H. Brown Commercial Service Fellowship Sponsored by the US Department of Commerce, these fellowships are intended to prepare college students for careers in the Commercial Foreign Service. Awards fund up to two years of college and a year of graduate study, including tuition, room, board, books and fees.  Second-year college students with cumulative grade point averages of 3.0 or higher who are US citizens are eligible to apply.  For more information and the application deadline for this award, view the Commercial Service Fellowship web page.
CollegeBoard This site provides scholarship, college, and SAT Test information.
CollegeLink CollegeLink.com provides a range of pre-college services, including: college searches, test preparation, getting into top schools, finding scholarships, electronic college applications, paying for college and college success. 
CollegeQuest Peterson's search sponsored by National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
CollegeScholarship Information available on colleges, scholarships, and other financial aid details.
Collegiate Inventors Competition The Collegiate Inventors Competition is an international awards program designed to encourage college students active in science, engineering, mathematics, technology and creative invention, while stimulating their problem-solving abilities.  Cash prizes are awarded to winners.  Visit the website for more information:  http://www.invent.org/collegiate/
CollegiateNet List of links for financial aid, scholarship, and college information.
Cultural Experiences Abroad (CEA) Scholarship Program The purpose of the CEA Scholarship Program is to promote international understanding among students by providing them with the means to study abroad.  CEA awards over $60,000 annually through seven different types of scholarships.  Any currently enrolled undergraduate is eligible.  For more information, e-mail scholarship@GoWithCEA.com or visit the website www.gowithcea.com/r/secussa-scholar.asp.
Desk and Derrick Education Trust Full-time Study Scholarships For students who have completed at least two years of undergraduate studies with a minimum 3.00 GPA.  Must be citizen of Canada or the United States.  Pursuing a degree in a major field of study related to the petroleum industry with the objective of obtaining full-time employment in the petroleum industry.  Award is $1,500.  
Apply: 
Desk and Derrick Educational Trust 
4823 So. Sheridan, Suite 308A 
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74145
EduSearch Education Searches has college and scholarship searches.
Explorers Club The Youth Activity Fund of the Explorers Club provides grants to high school and college undergraduate students to enable them to participate in field research in the natural sciences under the supervision of a qualified scientist.  The awards will support field work or closely related activities.
Applications may be obtained from:
The Explorers Club, Youth Activity Fund
46 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
Tel:  212-628-8383
FAresource FA Resource Center created by FA Administrator. Has financial aid information and scholarship searches and is part of theoldschool site.
FastAid FastAID "The World's oldest private sector Scholarship database."
FastWeb

 

FastWeb's database has over 600,000 scholarships worth over $1 billion.
Finaid Information on scholarships, loans, savings, and military aid.  The site also has sections containing scholarship application tips and financial aid calculators.
Foundation Center The Foundation Center's mission is to support and improve philanthropy by promoting public understanding of the field and helping grantseekers succeed.
Visit the website for more information.
FreeAlity Search college, university & scholarship sites.
Free-4u This site indexes scholarships by specific divisions, including:  major, state, religion, minority groups, military, fraternity/sorority, athletic, physically challenged, etc.
FreschInfo This free scholarship search indexes over 2,100 organizations offering over 170,00 scholarship awards online.
Olive W. Garvey Fellowships Since 1974, the internationally acclaimed Olive W. Garvey Fellowship program has awarded fellowships biennially to outstanding college students around the world through a competitive essay contest on the meaning and significance of economic and personal liberty. Garvey Fellows have since become some of the finest of scholars, business and civic leaders, journalists, etc., applying and advancing public knowledge and appreciation around the world for the ideas of individual liberty and personal responsibility.  Visit the website for more information.
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants are given in painting, drawing, printmaking, and sculpture fields.  Each grant is $10,000.  Applications may be obtained from:
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
1814 Sherbrooke Street, West Suite #1
Montreal, Quebec Canada H3H 1E4
Email:  egreen@total.net
Tel:  (514) 937-9225
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation The foundation provides both research grants to established scholars and dissertation fellowships to graduate students during the dissertation-writing year.
For more information, visit http://www.hfg.org/.
Hawk Mountain International Internship Program Each year, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary offers 12-14 competitive Conservation Science internships to applicants from around the globe. Interns work closely in a mentor-student relationship with at least one senior staff member. Each intern completes an independent project and gains hands-on experience in one of three tracks; research, monitoring or environmental education.  Visit the website for more information.
Hispanic College Fund Hispanic College Fund awards financial assistance to Hispanic students seeking an undergraduate degree in academic disciplines leading to careers in business. 
National Hispanic Scholarship Fund National Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF).
Humane Studies Fellowships Humane Studies Fellowships support the work of students who will be full-time grad. students or undergrads with junior or senior standing, have a clearly demonstrated interest in the classical liberal/libertarian tradition of individual rights and market economies. For more information and an application, view the Institute for Humane Studies web page.
International Education Financial Aid (IEFA) Provides free searches for scholarships for study abroad.
International Education Finance Corporation

International Student Loan Program - Loans are currently made available to:
U.S. students enrolled at foreign universities, international students enrolled at U.S. universities, students enrolled at approved U.S. universities studying abroad, and Canadian students enrolled at U.S. universities.

InstantPair Provides lists of loans, grants, and scholarships.
InternationalStudent

"International Student Exchange and Study Abroad Resource Center."

Information page for international students as well as American students who are interested in studying abroad.  Subject headings include travel, insurance, scholarships, loans, ESL, etc.

Joint Japan/World Bank Graduate Scholarship Program The Scholarship Program and the Fellowships Program are vehicles for knowledge sharing and capacity building in the developing world.
Loans:  Evalee C. Schwarz Charitable Trust for Education

Interest-free loans are provided to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance and significant financial need. High school seniors may apply for loans for their freshman year.
Students must meet the following criteria:

  • U.S. citizenship

  • Qualification for financial need in the form of government grants

  • Enrollment in a school in the state in which the student resides

  • Outstanding combination of standardized test scores (must rank in the top 10% nationally) and class rank

Visit the website for more information:  http://www.evaleeschwarztrust.org/

Mach25 The Mach25 database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion. 
Mapping Your Future Lists a variety of scholarship search resources.  Also provides general college and career info.
Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives Fellowship Program The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives is pleased to invite applications to its annual Fellowship Program for the 2003-2004 academic year. The Marcus Center's Fellowship Program provides recipients with month long fellowships for research and writing at The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, located on the Cincinnati campus of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Marine Biology Laboratory Several scholarships available for students in marine biology.  Visit the website for more information.
Ministry of the Flemish Community Fellowship The Fellowship is available to students who wish to study or conduct research in Flanders, Belgium.  The fellowship is granted for study at universities, conservatories of music or art academies recognized by the Flemish community in the fields listed (art, music, humanities, social/political science, law, economics, sciences, medicine).  Students must hold at least a bachelor's degree, be under age 35, be a U.S. citizen and not have any other Belgian sources of income to be eligible.
Contact:  Embassy of Belgium
Flemish Community Fellowship
3330 Garfield Street NW
Washington, DC 2008-3515
Telephone Number: (202) 625-5850
Fax Number: (202) 342-8346
NASSGAP National Association of  State Student Grants and Aid Programs
National Alliance for Excellence The National Alliance for Excellence, Inc. offers scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 to students interested in science and the arts.  All college students who are U.S. citizens are eligible to apply.  For more information, view the National Alliance for Excellence scholarship web page.
National Black MBA Association, Inc.(NBMBAA) The KC Chapter of the NBMBAA is offering scholarships to qualified Business Minority undergraduate and graduate students.  For applications, contact 1-800-470-6821 or download from the website www.kcblackmba.org or email kcblackmba@yahoo.com.
National Endowment for the Arts The International Partnerships  of the National Endowment for the Arts bring the benefits of international exchange to arts organizations, artists, and audiences nationwide through its collaborative initiatives with other funders.
National Restaurant Association  Academic scholarships for undergraduate students majoring in a restaurant or foodservice/hospitality program.  For more information, visit the website.
National Tourism Foundation Scholarships are available to students studying in travel and tourism.  Visit www.ntfonline.org for specific requirements and applications.  More than $140,000 will be awarded.  
Charlotte Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences.  Visit the website for more information.
Princeton Review Provides online resources to research, prepare, apply, finance, and get ready for higher education. Includes college rankings, scholarship searches and information on graduate/professional school.   
Resources for the Future Resources for the Future has both fellowship and scholarship competitions for study of environmental and natural resources issues.  Visit the website for more information. 
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships The fellowships are meant to serve scholars who are testing disciplinary boundaries or moving into newer fields of inquiry within the humanities and the study of culture.  Although the majority of the fellow’s time will be spent pursuing his or her own research toward publication, the residency may involve participation in seminars, conferences or other collaborative activities within the host program.  Awards may not be used for the completion of graduate studies, for advanced training, or for writing poetry or fiction.  Visit the website for more information.
Scholarship Page Search scholarships without inputting personal information.
Scholarships.com Free search of 600,000 scholarships.
Scholarship Resource Network Express Contains a database of over 8,000 programs with a distribution level of over 150,000 awards for undergraduate and postgraduate students worth a total of more than $35 million. This database also includes student loan forgiveness programs for those who have graduated from college and need alternatives for repayment.
Karla Scherer  Foundation This foundation exclusively offers one type of scholarship. It is made available to female students majoring only in Finance or Economics with plans for a corporate business career in the private sector. Please note that it is not available beyond this very narrow focus.  For more information, visit http://www.comnet.org/local/orgs/kschererf/index.html
Mary Isabel Sibley Fellowship The fellowship is offered for the study of Greek language, literature, history, or archaeology.  Candidates must be unmarried women, between 25 and 35 years of age, who have demonstrated their ability to carry on original research.  They must hold the doctorate or have fulfilled all the requirements for the doctorate except dissertation.  Applications may be obtained online.
Soroptimist International Soroptimists are women of all ages, cultures and ethnic groups. Members represent a wide array of professions, including doctors, attorneys, teachers, chief executive officers of companies, business owners and government officials.  Visit the website and go to "programs" to find information international awards and scholarships.  
State Farm Companies Foundation Exceptional Student Fellowship The Exceptional Student Fellowship encourages college students to enter business-related fields of study. Fifty winners receive $3,000 each to be used for educational expenses.  Third- or fourth-year students with minimum grade point averages of 3.6 who are U.S. citizens are eligible to apply.  Candidates should concentrate in fields relating to business such as computer science, economics, mathematics or statistics.  For more information view the State Farm Scholarships web page.
Students of Color...Study Abroad Information This site, designed by Michigan State University, includes a wide variety of information for students of color who are involved with study abroad.
Scholarship information is included.  Visit the website for more information.
SuperCollege Harvard graduates created this site and are the authors of "Get Into Any College: Secrets Of Harvard Students" and "Get Free Cash For College: Scholarship Secrets Of Harvard Students." They were accepted to every school to which they applied. The site has info about college admissions and financial aid and  recently launched a free scholarship search that connects students to a database of over 400,000 awards worth over $1.1 billion.
Scholarship Coach Site by Benjamin Kaplan, author of How to go to College Almost for Free
Talbot's Women's Scholarship Fund For women residing in the U.S. who have earned a high school diploma or GED on or before September 1992.  Must be enrolled or planning to enroll in a full or part-time undergraduate course of study at an accredited 2 or 4 year college, university, or vocational-technical school.  Also, must have at least two semesters remaining to complete their undergraduate degree.  Applications available online.
Textbook.com Scholarship Program Essay competition for both undergraduate and graduate students.  Visit the website for more information:  http://www.textbookx.com/scholarship/
Wiredscholar This site contains over $1 billion in scholarships and includes hints on how to increase chances of securing scholarship dollars. This is a Sallie Mae site.
UCLA Scholarship Resource Center Links to long list of various scholarship searches.
UMKC Sponsored Programs and Research Support Includes links to databases of funding opportunities .
United Negro College Fund United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
USA Funds Scholarship The program assists students in achieving their higher-education goals by awarding a total of up to $3 million in scholarships to qualified students demonstrating financial need.  For additional information, go to:  www.usafunds.org/Borrowers/Access_to_Education_Scholarship.html
USNews US News Scholarship Research Center and College Ranking and Review.
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation The Woodrow Wilson Foundation hosts a number of liberal arts fellowship and scholarship competitions.  Visit the website for more information.
World Connected Essay Contest Cash prizes are awarded through an essay-writing contest.   Entrants must be full-time students (graduate students or undergraduates). Visit the website for more information.
Zeta Phi Beta:  National Education Foundation Several fellowships and scholarships offered.  Includes Deborah Partridge Wolfe International Fellowship for study abroad.  Visit http://www.zphib1920.org/for application information.