Contests and Scholarships

Contests And Scholarships

Engineering: It's A Girl's Thing -- Design an "Engineering: It's A Girl's Thing" website that inspires girls to think about a career in engineering. This contest is open girls, boys, or teams of up to six (6) students. Cash prizes. For more information, visit the Celebration in Engineering website. Sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering.

Links for Scholarships and Reminders

Del Mar College Financial Aid http://www.delmar.edu/finaid/index.html

TAMU CC Financial Aid http://www.tamucc.edu/%7Efaoweb/finance.htm

Texas Based Financial Aid http://www.college-scholarships.com/texas.htm

TAMUK http://www.tamuk.edu/finaid/

Scholarships for Engingeers at TAMUK http://www.engineer.tamuk.edu/Homepage/Studentlinks/scholarships/index.html

Coastal Bend College Grants and Financial Aid http://vct.coastalbend.edu/content/index.cfm/fa/viewpage/category_id/223.htm

Department of Education http://www.ed.gov

*Federal Student Aid

The Federal Student Aid programs are the largest source of student aid in America, providing over $60 billion a year in grants, loans, and work-study assistance. Here you'll find help for every stage of the financial aid process, whether you're in school or out of school.

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students/index.html
Funding Your Education http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/FYE/index.html

The Student Guide http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/index.html

FAFSA on the Web http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

FAFSA Express http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/fafsa.jsp

Help on Completing FAFSA http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/fafsa.jsp

Direct Loan Information http://www.ed.gov/DirectLoan

Federal Family Education Loan Program http://www.tgslc.org

Search for Scholarships and find Direct links to online Applications http://www.collegenet.com

Grants and Scholarships
http://www.whro.org/education/grants.shtml

Scholarship Resources Network http://www.srnexpress.com

FastWeb Financial Aid Search http://www.fastweb.com

College Board Online http://www.collegeboard.org

"Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation" http://www.meaf.org

"NEA Foundation Innovation Grants" http://www.nfie.org/programs/grantguides.htm

"Hispanic Heritage Awards Foundation" http://www.hispanicawards.org

"Hispanic Scholarship Fund" http://www.hsf.net

"National Endowment for the Arts" http://www.nea.gov/federal.html

"The Delta Foundation" http://www.delta.com/inside/community/index.jsp

"E School News Grants & Funding Center" http://www.eschoolnews.org/

"Philanthropy News Digest-K-12 Funding Opportunities" http://fdncenter.org/funders/grantmaker/index.html

"School Grants" A collection of resources and tips to help K-12 educators apply for and obtain special grants for a variety of projects. http://www.schoolgrants.org

"Information on U.S. Department of Education Initiatives" http://www.ed.gov/inits/FY2000/index.html http://www.ed.gov/funding.html    http://www.ed.gov/inits/FY2000/grants http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/index.html

"2001: A Cyberspace Odyssey" http://www.nga.gov/education/cyberworkshop.htm

"Dow Chemical Company Foundation" http://www.dow.com/about/corp/social/social.htm

      http://www.publicwelfare.org/

" Levi Strauss Foundation"   http://www.levistrauss.com/index_community.html

"General Mills Foundation" http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/about/community/listing.asp

Updated: April 01, 2008