Various scholarships are available to current college students and for post-graduate study. The U.S. Department of Education site contains a wealth of information not only on grants, but also on loans, work study programs, tax credits and other educational needs. It offers precautions, specifically against online scholarship scams , and savvy advice . FastWeb is one of the most widely used and efficient scholarship search engines. FastWeb's database is updated regularly, producing more accurate results.
Students can also submit electronic application to some of the scholarships listed.
Searches can be made using various criterias, including hobbies, major, home state and minority fellowships. There are a slew of smaller and somewhat less reliable, yet adequate scholarship databases in cyberspace. SRN Express specializes on non-need based aid from more than 1,500 private organizations. It also provides an online directory of university admission and financial aid personnel for students to contact directly. Lastly, College Link makes a good impression with its listing cleanly presented in charts, complete with links and amounts of each awards at a glance.