Financial Aid, Scholarships & Fellowships

Federal Student Aid, public and private scholarships, and fellowships that financially assist students with the costs of higher education.

Resources in this category:

About.Com: Paying for College: Scholarships and Financial Aid
http://collegeapps.about.com/od/payingforcollege/Paying_for_...

An Internet guide to scholarships and financial aid resources for higher education, with feature articles, Website guides, and discussion forums. Topics covered include athletic scholarships, merit scholarships, ethnic/minority scholarships, references, scams, and more.

American Education Services
http://www.aessuccess.org/index.html

Worried about paying for school? The American Education Services page offers information about financial aid and loans to help pay for school. Search the site for loan information, or set up a payment schedule for your school loans.

College is Possible
http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CIP1

"With planning, preparation -- and the right information -- college is possible for almost every American." Get that information here! Features include preparing for college, choosing the right college, and paying for college. This site particularly addresses the needs of traditionally underserved communities.

CollegeNET: The Internet Guide to Colleges and Universities
http://www.collegenet.com/

"Contains basic information on nearly every post-secondary school in the U.S. and Canada, and provides links to most of those with homepages." You can search their database or browse geographically, and find information about financial aid and college resources. Also use their interface to apply to schools online.

FastWeb (Financial Aid Search Through the Web)
http://www.fastweb.com/index.ptml

A free searchable database of over 180,000 scholarships, grants, loans and fellowships. You can set up a personal profile to search against, and fastWEB can notify you of new sources that match your profile when they are added to the database.

FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page
http://www.finaid.org/

This is a list containing a variety of financial aid resources available on the Web. Especially helpful for identifying postings of actual sources of funding are the "Scholarship and Fellowship Databases." Also of interest are bibliographies of financial aid infomation under the heading "Free Documents," and the connections to federal government sources of aid under "Free Information from the US Government."

The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org/

The Foundation Center is a non-profit organization devoted to serving the information needs of grantmakers and grantseekers. They publish an extensive list of books and provide libraries and training sessions related to the non-profit sector. The Website's Reference Desk has a FAQ page organized by topic, a long list of annotated links for finding online sites related to non-profits, and an online reference librarian who takes questions by e-mail. There are also some informational materials online such as a "A Proposal Writing Short Course."

Grants,etc.
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/resources/index2.html?collection=gr...

GRANTS, ETC. is designed to enable both experienced and novice grantseekers and fund-raisers to access information on the Internet by providing annotated links to a variety of funding sources, including corporate, foundation, non-profit, government, individual and international sources. This site also provides information about related learning resources, such as workshops, associations, journals, and libraries. Grant seekers will also discover proposal writing suggestions and supportive data sources, such as statistical information, from this site.

Sallie Mae: Borrowing For School
http://www.salliemae.com/apply/borrowing/index.html

"Sallie Mae offers many resources to make borrowing for school simpler and more convenient than ever." Included are tips on federal and private loans, percentage rates, and promissory notes. There is also a loan repayment calculator.

Scholarships In India
http://www.scholarshipsinindia.com/

Advice for studying in India. Find information on college admissions, different educational programs, career areas, schools, scholarships, the International English Language Testing Systems, and resources and tips for writing scholarship essays.

Stennis Center for Public Service
http://www.stennis.gov/

"The Stennis Center for Public Service is a federal, legislative branch agency created by Congress in 1988 to promote and strengthen public service leadership in America. Programs of the Stennis Center are funded through an endowment plus private contributions from foundations and corporations. The Stennis Center’s mandate is to attract young people to careers in public service, to provide training for leaders in or likely to be in public service, and to offer development opportunities for senior congressional staff. Products of the Stennis Center include conferences, seminars, special projects, and leadership development programs."

Student Financial Assistance: Financial Aid from the U.S. Department of Education
http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/inde...

"Student Financial Assistance Programs are the largest source of student aid in America, providing over $40 billion a year in grants, loans, and work-study assistance. Here you'll find help for every stage of the financial aid process, whether you're in school or out of school." General aid information, current interest rates, online submission, repayment, and default information. Online archive of forms.

The Student Guide
http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide...

Financial aid information from the U. S. Department of Education.

StudentAwards.Com
http://www.studentawards.com/

"This Canadian web site gives you immediate access to our database of thousands of scholarships, bursaries, fellowships, grants and other financial awards. Whether you are about to enter your first year of post-secondary education or are already enrolled in a university or college program, studentawards.com can help you find the money to finance your education."

2004 Colleges, College Scholarships, and Financial Aid Page
http://www.college-scholarships.com/

"We have put together an online directory of college and university admissions office email addresses and telephone numbers, college scholarship and financial aid office email addresses, and links to the home pages and online applications of more than a thousand colleges and universities. And, we have assembled a page of links to the very best college and university admissions, college scholarship, and financial aid pages on the web. You will even find information on graduate schools, the GRE and GMAT examinations, MBA programs, the TOEFL, community colleges, historically African-American colleges, and campus life."

US News & World Report: Financial Aid
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/dollars/dshome.htm

US News’ webpage on financing higher education degrees includes articles, ‘best value’ rankings, interactive tools - including scholarship search and student loan repayment calculator - and step-by-step Find the Money section to guide students through the financial aid and scholarship application processes.