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Scholarship Search Sites:

One of the first free online financial aid search services, FastWeb supports a database of more than 400,000 scholarships. Use the site's scholarship matching service, search-sorting system, and deadline tracker.

CollegeBoard Scholarship Search

Sponsored by the College Board (which administers the SAT college entrance exam), this site matches each student's education level, talents and background to a database of scholarships, loans, internships and other financial aid programs. Find scholarships, other financial aid and internships from more than 2,200 programs, totaling nearly $6 billion. Enter as much information as possible to find the most matches. Scholarship information is based on the College Board's Annual Survey of Financial Aid Programs.

Federal Government Scholarship Search
This government site provides a list of available grants and additional funding opportunities.

Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Scholarships

This site lists scholarships available for high school students, undergraduates, and graduate students in the Kansas City area.

SuperCollege.com: Scholarship Search

Sign up to search a free database of more than 2.2 million college scholarships, grants, fellowships and contests worth more than $15 billion. Sort and save your searches.

ScholarshipExperts.com

Get unlimited access to a scholarship database of 2.4 million scholarships, and see lists of other scholarship recipients. The site has been highly rated by CNN Money and Forbes.com.

UNCF.org for Students
The UNCF Program Services Department manages various scholarship programs. Each program has its own eligibility criteria, open/close dates and required documentation.

Outside Scholarships:

General:

BigSun Scholarship

The BigSun Organization is proud to be able to continue to help young athletes succeed in their academic pursuits. We are offering an annual scholarship to a deserving student. All student athletes are eligible for this award, regardless of which sport they are participating in.

Deadline - June 21, 2013

Amount of Award - $500.00

The successful applicant will be a high school senior or be attending a post secondary institute and currently involved in some sport at that institution or in the community..

Please visit our website at http://www.bigsunathletics.com to learn how to apply.

Abbott and Fenner Scholarship Program

Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants are pleased to be able to continue with our scholarship program for the 6^th year. We will be awarding up to $1,000 to the winner(s) each year.

Scholarship Deadline - June 14, 2013.

Application Process

Students will submit an essay on the topic that appears on the scholarship page of our web site: http://www.abbottandfenner.com/scholarships.htm

Full details are available on our site.

SpecialCableDeals.com Scholarship Contest

This is an essay contest, created for students to compete for a $1,000 scholarship for educational expenses at an accredited college or institution of higher learning. Entry is free and eligibility is not dependent upon GPA or financial need. One entry per student, per contest. Interested student can write a brief essay on the selected topic. Find complete information and further details about this scholarship at: http://www.specialcabledeals.com/best-cable-promotions.html

MassMutual Scholars

This is a national program for high achieving African American, Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic scholars interested in careers in the insurance and financial services industry.

Off to College Scholarship Sweepstakes

The sweepstakes provides $1000 scholarships for students with fifteen drawings.

US Bank Scholarship Program

Sallie Mae Scholarship Search Tool

Sallie Mae’s free scholarship search is the perfect solution for anyone looking for scholarships to help pay for college. Your search will provide access to an award database that contains more than three million scholarship worth over $16 billion, and is expanded and updated daily.

Wells Fargo CollegeSTEPS Sweepstakes

When you sign up to receive college tips and tools from Wells Fargo, you’ll automatically be entered in the CollegeSTEPS Sweepstakes for a chance to win $1000. Plus, you’ll get emails with helpful information tailored to you to keep you on track with money management and college planning. Sweepstakes winners are chosen through random drawings, giving students a chance at one of 40 $1000 prices.

Student Awards Search Scholarship
This $1000 Scholarship is available to all high school juniors and seniors as well as all students currently registered in any post-secondary institution.

Scholarship America
This website features a few scholarships open to student across the country with varying requirements. Check back frequently for updated information and new postings.

School Pride Scholarship
Write a short essay about how Avila has contributed to your career path and you could win a $1000 scholarship.

Dream App Scholarship
Sponsored by ATTSavings.com, this scholarship awards $1000 to the student who submits the most interesting and creative app.

Rocky Mountain Mattress

Rocky Mountain Mattress is offering an annual $1,000.00 scholarship as a prize to the winner of the Mark A. Forester essay contest. Details about the contest and scholarship prize can be found here: http://www.rockymountainmattress.com/company/mark-a-forester-scholarship.php

LowVARates.com

LowVARates.com is offering an annual $1,500.00 scholarship as an award for winning a writing contest. This contest is available to all students, regardless of major, and details regarding the contest and scholarship can be found here: http://www.lowvarates.com/2012-military-college-scholarship

Major-Specific:

Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship (Business Administration, Accounting)
To apply, please contact the Zonta club nearest you. Applicants must be nominated by a local Zonta club. The Zonta International Jane M. Klausman Women in Business Scholarship Committee selects twelve international recipients from the district applicants.

Strategic Name Development Scholarship (Business Administration, Communication)
Develop five new name candidates for an intelligent personal digital assistant and academic navigator and you could win a $2000 scholarship. This scholarship is available to undergraduate students in Linguistics, English, Marketing or Mass Communications with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. The winner may be considered for the 2013 Summer Internship Program.

Public Relations Society of America Scholarships (Communication)
These scholarships are available to students involved with PRSA, public relations, and communication-related fields.

J.R. Popalisky Scholarship (Biology/Environmental)
This scholarship is for qualified students enrolled in an accredited college or university in the State of Missouri. Qualifying curriculum for the scholarship applicants includes courses related to civil or environmental engineering or environmental science with emphasis on career fields associated with water supply.

Morris K. Udall & Stewart L. Udall Foundation Scholarship (Biology/Environmental)
The Udall Foundation awards up to 80 scholarships of up to $5000 and 50 honorable mentions of $350 to sophomore and junior level college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.

Glenn Miller Scholarship Competition (Music – Vocal/Instrumental)
These scholarships are available to assist promising young talents in any field of applied music who may be musical leaders of tomorrow. The Glenn Miller Birthplace Society is offering scholarships of $4,000, $2,000 & $1,000 to instrumentalists and vocalists.

Great Lakes National Scholarship (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math)
This scholarship awards up to $2500 to help students in any STEM major.

Medical Professionals of Tomorrow Scholarship (Biology, Kinesiology, Nursing, Pre-Health, Radiologic Science)
This scholarship is available to full-time college students who are pursuing a course of study in a medical field, including those studying to become a doctor, nurse, physical therapist, anesthesiologist, radiologist, and all those who are pursuing other medical fields.

Minority:

Missouri Minority Teaching Scholarship (Education)
This is a program designed to attract academically talented minority individuals into the teaching profession. Through this program, students enrolled in approved teacher education programs receive loans to assist with educational expenses. For students who meet all of the program's obligations, the loans are forgiven through conversion to a scholarship (gift aid).

Hispanic College Fund
The College and Career Institute is a retention program that serves as a one stop resource center that provides college students with financial, social and career support that will reinforce on-time graduation, and ultimately lead to a cohort of successful Hispanic professionals. During the course of the academic year, accepted students will receive a scholarship ranging from $500 - $10,000, advisory phone calls once per term, and graduation cards upon completion of their degree.

Need-Based:

Gates Millenium Scholars Program
This program selects 1,000 students each year to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. Gates Millennium Scholars receive personal and professional development through leadership programs along with academic support throughout their college career.

Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is open to all U.S. citizen undergraduates, in good academic standing, who meet the criteria listed below:

The applicant must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant or provide proof that he/she will be receiving a Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term of his/her study abroad.

The applicant is applying to or has been accepted into a study abroad program eligible for credit by the student's accredited institution of higher education in the U.S.

The applicant is studying abroad for at least four weeks in one country. Programs going to more than one country are eligible if the student will be studying in one country for at least four consecutive weeks.

The applicant is studying abroad in any country except Cuba or a country on the U.S. Department of State's current Travel Warning list.

Please visit this link for more information: http://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program