Financial Aid
International Students
Financial Aid for Foreign Nationals. Scholarships and funding sources.
Help in finding financial aid for international students.
Institute of International Education.
Sponsored programs for international students.
International Student Loan Program.
Loans for U.S. students enrolled at international universities as well as international students enrolled at U.S. institutions.
Thousands of scholarships, grants, and fellowships.
See also Free Scholarship Searches and Bestselling Books and Guides.
Amazon Student Scholarships. Fifty undergraduates will each receive $5,000 toward tuition and $500 for textbook costs.
Adult & Re-entry Students
Scholarships for Adults. Start searching early to avoid loan debt.
Maximizing Your Scholarship Odds.
How to make your essay stand out and shrink competition.
Strategies for Nontraditional Students, Scholarship Tips, About Scholarships, and the Scholarship Judging Process.
Articles filled with helpful tips from a former scholarship judge and expert.
Financial Aid for the Returning Student.
The maze that makes up student financial aid can often be just another stumbling block for the returning student to confront.
Scholarship Dollars for Returning Students.
The money is there. Financial aid administrators tell you how to find it.
Easing the Transition: Financial Strategies for Returning to School.
How to live creatively on financial aid.
The Scholarship Process for Single Parents. Colleges are seeing a big increase in older students on campus with children.
Going Back to School: Funding Your Dream.
The challenge of how to do it can be as exciting as doing it.
Ten Tips for Adult Students to Maximize Financial Aid.
Reduce the cost of returning to school with these ten strategies.
Returning to School
Cost-cutting strategies for couples dealing with a loss of income.
Mistakes That Can Cost You Your Financial Aid.
How academic progress affects aid eligibility.
Will Your Employer Pay Your Tuition?
What you need to know about tuition assistance programs. Plus, how to take advantage of your employer’s program.
Workforce Investment Act.
Federal and state initiative assists adults and dislocated workers to secure employment through higher education. See also Standing in Line Again.
ANTSHE Marius DeGabriele and Kazimour Scholarships.The Association for Nontraditional Students in Higher Education awards for undergraduate and graduate students majoring in higher education.
Honor society for nontraditional students. See also Golden Key International Honour Society GEICO Adult Scholar Award and Pinnacle and Spire Honor Societies.
Capture the Dream Scholarship. $1,000 scholarship toward a four year degree for single mothers.
Patsy Takemoto Mink Education Foundation.
Up to $2,000 awarded to low income women who have children.
Scholarships for Re-entry Students.
Special report on grants and retraining assistance for adults returning to college.
Add a Scholarship.
If you know about a scholarship or grant program for the returning adult, share the information! Let us know about it here.
Women
Business and Professional Women. Career Advancement Scholarship for members.
American Association of University Women.
Grants and scholarship opportunities.
Academic scholarships for women.
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE).
Offers scholarship awards for women seeking a bachelor’s or graduate degree in computer science or engineering.
The Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting.
Women in Transition scholarship for women going back to college for a bachelor’s degree program in accounting. Also offers Women in Need and Laurel’s Fund scholarships.
P.E.O. International Scholar Awards. Given to women seeking a graduate degree. The P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education offers need based grants to women returning to college. The E.O. Educational Loan Fund provides low interest educational loans to women in need.
The R.O.S.E. (Regaining One’s Self-Esteem) Fund assists women victims of violence to rebuild their lives with a college degree. See also The Sunshine Lady Foundation and Women’s Independence Scholarship Program.
The Soroptimist Foundation. Awards about $250,000 in grants to women through more than 40 Soroptimist clubs.
The Jeannette Rankin Foundation.
Awards $2,000 annually to women 35 or older with financial need to earn a degree.
Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship Program.
The Anita Borg Scholarship program’s mission is to encourage women in becoming leaders and active role models in the field of computing and technology.
Executive Women International Adult Students in Scholastic Transistion (ASIST).
Offers scholarships to adult students in transition through participating EWI Chapters.
AARP Women’s Scholarship Program.
Offers over 300 scholarship opportunities to low-income women over 40.
Women’s Independence Scholarship Program.
For survivors of abuse.
The Assistance League. Check into your local chapter to apply.
Scholarships for Moms.
$10,000 scholarship funded by Free College Scholarships, LLC. Over $750,000 has been awarded.
Army and Veteran’s Benefits
U.S. Army ROTC. The On-Campus Scholarship is for those who missed the ROTC scholarship opportunity in high school.
Veteran’s Educational Benefits Programs.
Veterans of the Armed Forces, members of the Selective Reserve, and National Guard members may have financial aid assistance available to them.
The education award covers costs for post-secondary school education and vocational training – both past and future.
The GI Bill Educational Assistance Program.
The Montgomery GI Bill and the Veterans Educational Assistance Program. See also GI Bill Express.
Graduate and Professional Funding
Grants.gov. One stop resource for federal grants information.
The Foundation Center.
Lists more 56,000 foundations and a free online course, Finding Foundation Support for Your Education. See Foundation Grants to Individuals Online for scholarships and grant awards.
Social Science Reseach Council Fellowships & Grants. Fellowships in the social sciences and humanities.
Fellowships from the National Institutes of Health.
Fellowships for minority students, disabled students, and graduate students in neuro- behavioral addiction and communication sciences.
Minorities
The United Negro College Fund. Awards scholarships primarily to students attending its member colleges/universities.
Awards scholarships to Hispanic students seeking an undergraduate degree in business.
American Indian College Fund.
Scholarships for American Indian college students.
Distance Education Financial Aid
Distance Education Demonstration Program.
Pilot program through the Department of Education providing funding to participating institutions.
Disabilities
Creating Options: A Resource on Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities.
PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.) Provides information about federal financial aid programs, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and organizations that offer disability-related grants and scholarships.
Grants for Individuals: The Disabled. Comprehensive resource of Web sites and organizations providing assistance to the disabled student.
Financial Aid for the Disabled & Their Families, 2006-2008.
by Gail Ann Schlachter, R. and David Weber. Details more than 1, 100 awards, grants, scholarships, fellowships, loans, and internships especially for the disabled. Includes developmental disabilities, hearing impairments, learning disabilities, multiple disabilities, and visual impairments. References state offices and agencies for the disabled as well as 75 additional directories for help finding financial aid.
Discipline & Major Specific
Financial Aid for Nursing & Healthcare Management. Scholarships, grants and loan information for the health professions.
Financial Aid for Engineering, Information Technology and the Sciences.
Awards for undergraduate and graduates pursuing careers in the sciences.
Financial Aid for Students and Teachers.
Fellowship and grant opportunities.
Student Loans
Student Loan Consolidation: Is It Right for You? Learn the benefits and pitfalls.
After you consolidate, what are your options?
Paying Back Your Student Loan.
Department of Education information on loan forgiveness, consolidation, default, and an SFA Ombudsman that assists borrowers in resolving problems. (The FinAid site also has information on loan forgiveness programs, as does Mapping Your Future’s feature on loan cancellation.)
Higher Education Tax Credits & Information
Federal Tax Benefits Help You Pay for College.
As the deadline draws near, students should carefully review deductions. See also Tax Savings for Higher Education.
International Students
Institute of International Education. Sponsored programs for international students.
International Student Loan Program.
Loans for U.S. students enrolled at international universities as well as international students enrolled at U.S. institutions.
See also Bestselling Books and Guides.
Graduate and Professional Funding
The Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Notebook. Searchable and browsable database of grants and fellowships, the majority of which are from non-Cornell sources.
GrantsNet.
Directory of 789 programs.
Grant Opportunity Resources.
Help in locating grants, writing grant proposals, and tools for customization.
The Foundation Center.
Lists more 56,000 foundations.
Social Science Reseach Council Fellowships & Grants.
Fellowships in the social sciences and humanities.
Fellowships from the National Institutes of Health.
Fellowships for minority students, disabled students, and graduate students in neuro- behavioral addiction and communication sciences.
Minorities
The United Negro College Fund. Awards scholarships primarily to students attending its member colleges/universities.
Awards scholarships to Hispanic students seeking an undergraduate degree in business.
American Indian College Fund.
Scholarships for American Indian college students.
Distance Education Financial Aid
Distance Education Demonstration Program.
Pilot program through the Department of Education providing funding to participating institutions.
Disabilities
Creating Options: A Resource on Financial Aid for Students with Disabilities.
PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.) Provides information about federal financial aid programs, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, and organizations that offer disability-related grants and scholarships.
Grants for Individuals: The Disabled. Comprehensive resource of Web sites and organizations providing assistance to the disabled student.
Financial Aid for the Disabled & Their Families, 2004-2006.
by Gail Ann Schlachter, R. and David Weber. Details more than 1, 100 awards, grants, scholarships, fellowships, loans, and internships especially for the disabled. Includes developmental disabilities, hearing impairments, learning disabilities, multiple disabilities, and visual impairments. References state offices and agencies for the disabled as well as 75 additional directories for help finding financial aid.
