Financial Aid & Fellowships

Be sure to visit Westminster's Financial Aid website.

• Application Incentives and Fellowships for McNair Scholars
• U.S. Department of Education on YouTube ~ Federal Student Aid videos
• The Westminster College Office of Fellowship Advising
• The Southern Regional Education Board Doctoral Scholars Program provides scholarships that include $15,000 in annual stipend support as well as tuition and fee waivers to qualifying students. 
• Council of Graduate Schools, Fellowships and Financial Aid
• IGERT, the Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
• Edfinancial Services for loan servicing and debt management resources
• Boston University great resource for finding fellowships and scholarships 
• Clark Atlanta University Financial Aid Homepage has helpful resource links, credit management info, repayment calculators
• Michigan State University library great resource for individual funding opportunities, such as financial aid or scholarships for students
• FTC Scholarship Scams
• Utah Higher Education Assistance Authority
• United States Dept. of Health & Human Services Grants and Funding
• Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund for student activists

Scholarships & Financial Aid for Underrepresented Groups

• Point Foundation for LGBT Scholars
• Financial Aid for Minority Students
• Hispanic Scholarships
• Gates Millenium Scholars
• Liko A'e Scholarship for Native Hawaiians
• American Sociological Association NEW!!!

Foundations Offering Fellowships and Scholarships

• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships
• The National Academies: a list links to fellowships, scholarships, and grants
• The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation provides funding for up to six years of graduate study for students with financial need.
• GEM Consortium engineering fellowships
• The National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Program, for students from a disadvantaged background who are committed to careers in biomedical, behavioral, and social science health-related research.
• The Jacob Javits Fellowship Program of the U.S. Department of Education for graduate students in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.
• The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation includes the Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities among their many offerings.
• The National Science Foundation has a number of opportunities for students interested in science, math, engineering, and the social sciences.
• The Spencer Foundation supports educational research.
• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program has a number of opportunites for minority students interested in PhD's in engineering, natural sciences and mathmatics.
• The Davis - Putter Scholarship Fund has a number of opportunities for students who are actively working for, and committed to social and economic justice. NEW!!!

USC 2007 SUMMER INSTITUTE SYMPOSIUM   This web-cast features information from leading staff in academic administration at the University of Southern California, each of whom brings extensive experience as administrators and advocates for diversity in doctoral education. Among the panelists is a unique mix of qualifications helpful to increasing the educational pipeline in PhD study for students of color and those who are first-generation/low-income students. The information is engaging and well-organized, providing an easy-to-understand overview of the complex web of information on financial resources available for graduate education at many levels including the Federal government, philanthropic organizations, and graduate institutions, to name a few. 

• www.consumercredit.com
• www.personalbudgeting.com
• http://finance.yahoo.com/
• www.youngmoney.com/money_management/budgeting
• The Utah Individual Development Account Network is a initiative to help Utah residents who do not have more than $10,000 in net assests excluding one car and one house, develope real savings accounts. NEW!!!