Sholarship & Grant Resources

Black College Dollars

This free scholarship search, geared for African-American students, contains more than 300 scholarships searchable by GPA requirement, academic and career interest, and application deadline.

Produced by the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education in collaboration with Black Entertainment Television (BET)

Latino College Dollars

This free scholarship search, geared for Hispanic students, contains clear information on more than 300 scholarships targeting Latino high school, undergraduate, and graduate students across the United States. This online resource is searchable by key categories such as grade level, GPA and citizenship. Download the 2007–2008 Latino College Dollars Directory (PDF, 1 MB).

Produced by the Tomás Rivera Policy Institute and funded by The Sallie Mae Fund, the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, and the Walt Disney Company
 
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Scholarship Guides: Your local library or your high school guidance counselor should have a number of these books. Again, scholarships are listed by criteria. While most guides will share some scholarships in common, there will be many that are unique to each guide, so be sure to look through more than one. You can find these guides in bookstores and libraries:

  • How to Get Money for College, by Woodburn Press
  • Cash for College, by NASFAA
  • The A's and B's of Academic Scholarships, by Anna Leider and Anna Schimke
  • The Black Student's Guide to Scholarships
  • The Scholarship Book, by National Scholarship Research Service
  • The Scholarship Advisor, by Christopher Vuturo
  • Winning Scholarships for College: An Insider's Guide
  • Peterson's College Money Handbook
  • Paying for College without Going for Broke, by Kalman Chany and Geoff Martz
  • Peterson's Winning Money for College