Student Scholarship Resource Websites
Scholarship Deadlines
We continuously add scholarships to this list as we hear of them. However, the first 50 scholarships listed are primarily for African American or other minority students. Only a small portion of the websites listed are specifically for foster youth. Please help youth investigate all possible avenues for financial aid. Scholarships or information specifically for foster youth are noted by a red asterisk (*).
First, here is a website to help foster youth complete the FAFSA. Provides solutions to the questions youth have regarding how to answer questions about family income:
http://www.nasfaa.org/annualpubs/FosterYouthFAFSA.pdf *
1) FAFSA On The Web (Your Key Aid Form &Info)
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/>
2) Student Inventors Scholarships
http://www.invent.org/collegiate/
3) Christopher Youth Programs
http://www.christophers.org/Page.aspx?pid=271
4) Coca-Cola Two Year College Scholarships
https://www.coca-colascholars.org/cokeWeb/index.jsp
5) Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships
http://holocaust.hklaw.com/
6) Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships (national essay contest)
http://www.aynrand.org/site/PageServer?pagename=education_contests_index
7) Brand Essay Competition
http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org/IBLEssayContest-2002Rules.html
8) Gates Millennlum Scholarships (major)
http://www.gmsp.org/
9) Xerox Scholarships for Students
http://www2.xerox.com/go/xrx/about_xerox/about_xerox_detail.jsp
10) Sports Scholarships and Internships
http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=1088
11) National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ)
http://www.nabj.org/programs/scholarships/index.php
12) United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/audience/students.shtml
13) Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org/
14) FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid (scholarships)
http://www.finaid.org/
15) Presidential Freedom Scholarships
http://www.learnandserve.gov/for_individuals/students/index.asp
16) Microsoft Scholarship Program (Click on “Community Affairs”)
http://www.microsoft.com/education/funding.mspx
17) SallieMae.com (information about student loans)
http://www.salliemae.com
18) Hope Scholarships & Lifetime Credits
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/PPI/HOPE/index.html
19) American Political Science Association
http://www.apsanet.org/content_3115.cfm
20) Free Scholarship Search
http://www.scholarship.com
21) Guaranteed Scholarships
http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/
22) BOEING scholarships (some HBCU connects)
http://www.boeing.com/educationrelations/index.html
23) Easley National Scholarship Program
http://www.naas.org/senior.htm
24) Maryland Artists Scholarships
http://www.maef.org/
25) IES Abroad Scholarships
https://www.iesabroad.org/IES/Scholarships_and_Aid/financialAid.html
26) Actuarial Scholarships
http://www.beanactuary.org/hs/scholarships.cfm
27) International Students Scholarships &Aid Help
http://www.iefa.org/
28) College Board Scholarship Search
http://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html
29) Burger King Scholarship Program
http://www.bk.com/companyinfo/community/scholarships.aspx
30) Siemens Westinghouse Competition
http://www.siemens-foundation.org/
31) GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds
http://www.lulac.org/education.html
32) CollegeNet's Scholarship Database
http://mach25.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/M25/index
33) Federal Scholarships &Aid Gateways 25 Scholarship Gateways from Black Excel
http://www.blackexcel.org/25scholarships.htm>
34) Scholarship & Financial Aid Help
http://www.blackexcel.org/fin-sch.htm>
35) Aid &Resources For Re-Entry Students
http://www.back2college.com/>
36) Scholarships for Study in Paralegal Studies
http://www.paralegals.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=13
37) Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world) http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/721.htm
38) Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities
http://omsa.uchicago.edu/resources/
39) INROADS internships
http://www.inroads.org
40) NAACP (Scroll to “Youth Activities” at bottom of page to get to scholarship info)
http://www.naacp.org
41) Black Alliance for Educational Options Scholarships
http://www.baeo.org/programs?program_id=2
42) ScienceNet Scholarship Listing
http://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html
43) Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide
http://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=MINORITIES
44) RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD
http://www.rhodesscholar.org/
45) The Roothbert Scholarship Fund
http://www.roothbertfund.org/scholarships.php
46) U.S. Dept. of Education’s College Opportunities OnLine (COOL)
www.nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/
47) Orphan Foundation of America - Discover Card Tribute Award Scholarship Program http://www.orphan.org/discover_scholarships.html *
48) Office of Multicultural Academic Support
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~omas
49) Harvard University
http://www.piqe.org/Assets/Home/Harvard.htm
50) Oregon Student Assistance Commission – over 200 scholarships available
www.getcollegefunds.org
www.osac.state.or.us/chafeeetv.html *
51) College Scholarships From INCIGHT
http://www.incight.com/incight/
52) Target Scholarships
http://target.com/target_group/community_giving/scholarship_rules.jhtml
53) Youth Foundation – Hadden Scholarships
http://fdncenter.org/grantmaker/youthfdn/guide
54) American Association of School Administrators (One $2000.00 scholarship for a graduate student pursuing a degree in school administration.)
http://www.aasa.org
55) University of Oregon
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu
56) KATU (Click on “Inside KATU” for information on internships and scholarships)
http://www.katu.com
57) The Accenture American Indian Scholarship Fund
http://careers3.accenture.com/careers/global
58) FastWeb – Find money for college and search for scholarships or create a custom profile to match against more than 4,000 schools.
http://www.fastweb.com/
59) Wiredscholar – Search for scholarships on the Web http://www.collegeanswer.com/index.jsp
60) Plan for college, and learn how to apply for financial aid. http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp
61) Coca-Cola Scholarships https://www.coca-colascholars.org/cokeWeb/jsp/scholars/Index.jsp
62) US Dept. of Ed. site for college and university profiles. You can search by institution, state, degrees offered, and more. It also contains information about each institutions estimated costs, accreditation status, and much more http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cool/
63) Plan for college, and learn how to apply for federal financial aid. http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/index.jsp
64) Atsuhiko Tateuchi Memorial Scholarship www.seattlefoundation.org/tateuchi
65) The Department of education’s federal student aid website www.federalstudentaid.ed.gov/
66) Through the Looking Glass for students of parents with disabilities http://www.lookingglass.org/scholarships/index.php
67) Family rheumatoid arthritis (RA) scholarship program http://www.reachbeyondra.com/scholarship/
68) Anne & Matt Harbison scholarship (students with language related learning disabilities) http://www.mosssociety.org/page.php?id=30
69) Eric Marder scholarship program (students with primary immunodeficiency diseases) http://www.primaryimmune.org/patients_families/scholar/appform.asp
70) Autism Society of America Scholarships http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=asa_awards
71) National Federation of the Blind ( for legally blind students) http://www.nfb.org/nfb/scholarship_program.asp
72) Benjamin A. Gilman International scholarship program (for students interested in studying abroad) http://www.iie.org//programs/gilman/index.html
73) The Ethel Louise Armstrong Foundation, Inc. (for women with physical disabilities) http://www.ela.org/scholarships/scholarships.html
74) The Joshua O’Neill and Zeshan Tabani enrichment fund (for youth with Down syndrome) http://www.ndss.org/index.php?view=article&catid=55%3aself-advocate-resource-&id=162%3ajoztef&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content
75) Project Vision http://www.proyectovision.net/english/opportunities/scholarships.html
76) Financial Aid on Disabilityinfo.gov http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/digov-public/public/DisplayPage.do?parentFolderId=84
77) National Scholarship Providers Association http://www.scholarshipproviders.org/
78) Michigan State Library of Financial Aid (comprehensive list of financial aid resources for students with disabilities) http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3disable.htm
79) Scholarships4students.com (list of scholarships for students with disabilities, by disability) http://www.scholarships4students.com/special_scholarships.htm
80) Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars http://www.twc.edu/students/how_to_apply.shtml
81) University of Phoenix First Chance scholarship program (for youth who have been adopted from foster care system at age 13 or older) www.nfpaonline.org/uploads/first_chance_scholarships_forms-website.doc
82) Children’s Action Network (for youth that have been adopted from the foster care system after the age of 13). http://www.childrensactionnetwork.org/
