This list provides direct links to some World Wide Web (WWW) Home Pages, databases, and lists of financial aid information available on the Internet.
At best, the information provided below should be used as a guide to search for possible funding sources, institutions, and programs. The information in these computerized files should not be used as a replacement for a thorough library search (see: Bibliography; Section VI). Furthermore, WWW pages are not static. A change in path allocation (sub-directory) can make a site inaccessible. Hence, there is no implied warantee in using the resources listed below.
Listed below are some specific FinAid pages relevant to this guide. These can be used as a starting point to search the internet for grants, fellowships, scholarships, free money, financial advise, universities, philanthropic organizations, and government, non-profit, or commercial funding organizations.
FinAid: The Financial Aid
Information Page
Financial Aid Information - Table of
Content
The Best Web Resources for Student
Financial Aid - Mark Kantrowitz
Information and Assistance from the US
Government
Scholarship and Fellowship
Databases
This page provides links to a variety of general scholarship and fellowship databases. The term scholarship refers to awards intended primarily for undergraduate students. The term fellowship refers to awards intended primarily for graduate and postgraduate students.
National Scholarship
Databases
Ask the Aid Advisor: More than 75 financial aid administrators and other financial aid professionals have graciously volunteered to answer questions submitted via this form. You will receive a response by email.
Financial Aid Office Web Pages
This page contains links to financial aid office web pages and online handbooks for post-secondary institutions including colleges, universities, community colleges, and vocational/technical schools.
Scholarships and Fellowships for
Math and Science Students
Financial Aid for International
Students
Financial Aid for Minority
Students
Financial Aid for Female
Students
Financial Aid for Disabled
Students
Financial Aid for Older
Students
Grants, Fellowships, and
Scholarships - Newsgroups
Bibliography of Books
about Financial Aid
FinAid Bibliography:
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
FinAid Bibliography:
Pre-Doctoral Fellowships
FinAid Bibliography: Books on
the World Wide Web
FinAid Bibliography: All
References
FinAid Bibliography:
Advanced Search
fastWEB - Financial Aid Search Through
the WEB
Glossary of Financial Aid Terms
Jobs, Employment, and Career
Information
This section of the Financial Aid Information Page is devoted to career planning for recent graduates or students who are about to graduate.
Grantmaker
Search Engine - The Grants Foundation
Internet College Exchange (ICX)
Financial aid and searchable index of more than 5,000 American colleges and universities
Free Scholarship Search with a database of over 180,000 scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (Searchable Index)
FEDIX: The Federal Information Exchange
This site provides access to online information about Federal agency programs and opportunities for higher education. Participating agencies include: AFOSR, DARIC, DOE, FAA, HUD, NASA, NIAD, ONR, USAID, and USDA.
FinAid's Web
Search Engine and Directory Collection
Use several search engines at once to search for information
Forestry - Information Resources
Forestry -WWW Virtual Library: Government
Forestry - WWW Virtual library: Universities
Natural
Resources - Institutions & Organizations World-wide
The
World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Biodiversity, Ecology, and the
Environment (Biosciences)
Environmental Resources Information Network: Biodiversity Information Sources
Internet Directory for Botany: All Links
Publicly
Accessible Mailing Lists
Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists - Index by Subject
Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists - Index by Name
THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet
US - Government - The Federal Web Locator
A Guide to Grants,
Fellowships, and Scholarships in International Forestry and
Natural Resources
By: Damon A. Job
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March 1, 1997