Financial Aid and Grants Information
Selected Online Resources
"Locate scholarships, loans, internships, and other financial aid programs from non-college sources that match your educational level, talents, and background." Online version of The Scholarship Handbook. |
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Online directory to information about US colleges and universities, scholarship and financial aid searches (both athletic and academic), and SAT/ACT test preparation. |
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"Nonprofit, tax-exempt, publicly-supported grant-making organizations,...public charities." |
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"Our mission is to help you find funding, collaborate with colleagues, and promote your research." Of primary interest to faculty and other researchers. |
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Nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations: "works to support foundations by promoting knowledge, growth and action in philanthropy." |
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FinAid! - links to FastWeb! Scholarship Search
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"The Internet's largest free scholarship search." FinAid! provides information about scholarships, grants, and loans. From Monster.com |
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Catalog of federal programs, projects, services, and activities, including financial and nonfinancial assistance programs. |
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Provides links to helpful information, but generates many popup advertisements. |
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Allows searching by name for basic information about foundations. |
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Directory of charitable grantmakers, with links to
organization web pages. |
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Federal Student Aid (FSA): Student Aid on the Web – We Help Put America Through School |
“The U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid (FSA) programs are the largest source of student aid in America, providing nearly 70% of all student financial aid.” |
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Grantsweb (Society of Research Administrators International) |
Provides links to foundations, government and private sources of funding. Self-described as: “The best source on the web for finding all funds available from local, state, federal and international governments.” |
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Grants and Contract Information (U. S. Department of Education) |
Offers links to many sources of grants information. |
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"Creates a centralized, online process to find, and apply for,over 900 grant programs from the 26 Federal grant-making agencies." |
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Includes information about Fulbright Program, corporation and foundation programs, and scholarships, awards, and grants. |
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Provides access to federal government sites related to grants and volunteerism. |
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Student Aid Web Sites (Librarians’ Index to the Internet, lii.org) |
"The mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is to provide a well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources, serving California, the nation, and the world.” |
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"Student Gateway to the U. S. Government." Help with planning your education and career, financial aid, community service, and other information helpful for students. |
Selected Online Resources for Grant Writing
"A site devoted to providing free resources for both advanced grant writing consultants and inexperienced nonprofit staff." Information about inquiry letters and proposals for grant funding for nonprofit organizations and individuals. |
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By Dr. S. Joseph Levine, Michigan State University. Includes writing tips and examples, as well as a list of selected helpful books. |