"Organizations like Elks National Foundation are, each day, making dreams like mine come true by affirming that financial complications should not and will not limit the scope of one's dreams."
Shawn DeMartino, Scholar
Scholar Resource Center
Free Scholarship Search DatabasesFAFSA
- Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA): All students interested in financial aid for college will need to complete the FAFSA. National MVS finalists are required to complete the FAFSA, and submit their Student Aid Report (SAR) to the ENF.
- FastWeb.com: A searchable database of millions of scholarships worth billions of dollars.
- FinAid.org: This award-winning site includes a comprehensive database of scholarships, student financial aid information, advice and tools.
- Secrets To Winning a Scholarship: From the publisher of FinAid.org and FastWeb.com, a presentation on how to find and win scholarships. Also visit this website to purchase a copy of his book.
- Scholarships.com: Browse through 2.7 million free scholarships and grants worth more than $19 billion.
- CareerInfoNet: Search more than 5,000 scholarships, fellowships, loans, and other financial aid opportunities.
- CareersandColleges: Search more than 1.8 million scholarships worth $7 billion.
- College Answer: An award database that contains more than 2.9 million scholarships worth more than $16 billion, and is expanded and updated daily.
- College Connection Scholarships: A monthly listing of free scholarship information.
- CollegeBoard Scholarship Search: A database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding, totaling nearly $3 billion in available aid.
- CollegeData: Use the Scholarship Finder search engine to search 500,000 awards worth more than $2.3 billion.
- CollegeNet/Mach 25: This site offers a database of $1.6 billion in scholarships.
- CollegeToolKit: Search scholarships by geography, heritage, religion, family affiliation or extracurriculars.
- eCampusTours: A scholarship search that contains a database of more than 10,000 scholarship programs that distribute awards worth more than $36 million.
- Financial Aid Officer: A scholarship database listing scholarships worth $1.45 billion.
- FindTuition: A listing of more than $7 billion in scholarships and grants.
- FreeScholarshipGuide: A comprehensive guide to more than 4,000 scholarships worth more than $10 million.
- ImmediateScholarships: In 30 seconds, this site matches students to scholarships ranging from $500 to $50,000.
- Nelnet College Planning: This tool offers more than 1.7 million awards totaling nearly $8 billion.
- NextStudent: This tool allows you to search an online database of more than 69,000 college funding sources comprised of more than 5.9 million individually awarded scholarships valued at more than $16 billion.
- Scholarship Experts: Search 2.4 million scholarships worth more than $14 billion.
- ScholarshipMonkey: Allows individuals to match their profile and access information to more than 1 million undergraduate, graduate and professional scholarship awards worth in excess of $3 billion from greater than 4,000 sources.
- ScholarSite: Search detailed and up-to-date information on approximately 600,000 financial aid opportunities.
- StudentAidontheWeb: This site, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, offers an online scholarship search.
- Zinch.com: This site will match you to $1.9 billion in scholarships and financial aid.
- CollegeSurfing.com: Browse by zip code and career interest to find the best possible college for you.
- InsideCollege.com: Get the inside stats and facts about colleges right for you.
- MatchCollege.com : Check out this free college search site for information on admissions, financial aid, tuition and more.
- UndergradZone.com: Get ready for college with these college and test prep checklists.
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