Scholarship Search Services
Financial aid from colleges, and the Federal government are not the only sources of assistance available to students. Millions of dollars are given away each year to deserving students by private organizations. Finding these scholarships and applying for them can be a frustrating, but rewarding process.
The best place to start looking for scholarships is in your high school guidance office. Once you have a handle on what is available locally, it’s time to use the scholarship search services available on the internet.
Be persistent. Use more than one service. Don’t take the application process lightly. Be sure to meet deadlines and to complete applications completely and accurately. Follow application instructions to the letter. You can’t be lazy when it comes to asking for other people’s money. The extra effort is worth it. Often, simply the quality of an application (complete/accurate/legible/grammatically correct) can make the difference!
| Featured Scholarship Search |
| Scholarship Experts offers a free, top-tier scholarship search service that covers a broad range of available scholarships for both US and non-US students at the national, state, local and institutional levels. Access to the most technologically sophisticated scholarship matching service available on the Internet! Start Your Scholarship Search Now! |
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| Financial Resource Center maintains a comprehensive list of free scholarship services and specialized search services for minorities and women. |
We recommend you use all of the free sources of scholarship information listed on our site. While there are only so many scholarships, there are many ways to match you to particular sources. All of the following meet our approval.
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| FreSch! is an online database of 2163 organizations offering roughly 170,000 scholarships, searchable for free! Site also features tips on applying and well moderated discussion forums. |
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| FASTaiD boasts one of the largest free searchable scholarship databases on the net. Be prepared to spend some time to enter all of your data — it’s worth it. |
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| SRN Express database offers information on college scholarships, fellowships, work, grants and educational loan programs with a focus on portable, private sector non-need based aid. The programs are for undergraduate through postgraduate studies. |
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| Arkansas Free Scholarship Search award database with primary focus on scholarships for residents of Arkansas. This site is very well done and has tons of references and information. |
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| The Scholarship Page! |
| A growing collection of scholarships searchable by major or you may browse the database. |
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| College Board Scholarship Search |
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Mach25 |
| The College Board’s scholarship search features more than 2.000 scholarships, internships, and loan programs. |
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Mach25, a service of CollegeNet, provides yet another free searchable scholarship database. While not as nicely laid out as others, it provides yet another means to find money for college. Have a look! |
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| MOLIS |
| Minority On-Line Information Service (MOLIS) is a great source for minority students seeking scholarships for college. By far, the best source of funding information for minority students. |
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| While all of the sources listed on Financial Aid Resource Center offer the ability to search a database for scholarships, there are some resources for special interests that do not. However, don’t overlook them, they might just pay off! Read on to learn who else can help! |
| United Negro College Fund |
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ACS Minority Affairs |
| United Negro College Fund (UNCF) has been around a long time. Visit their site for information on the programs available. Nicely done resource! |
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American Chemical Society Scholars Program. The program is designed to encourage African-American, Hispanic, and American Indian students to pursue undergraduate college degrees in the chemical sciences and chemical technology. |
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| Hispanic College Fund, Inc. |
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IASF |
| HCF offers scholarships for qualified Hispanic students seeking to afford a higher education in business. |
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The Indian American Scholarship Fund (IASF) has scholarships for students from the state of Georgia and the rest of the USA. They also post any other scholarship opportunities that come their way. |
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| Graduate Fellowship Notebook |
| Cornell University’s Graduate Fellowships Office has put together a directory of graduate fellowships from mostly non-Cornell sources. There isn’t much assistance for graduate students so, go after every opportunity that comes your way! |
