Scholarship Deadlines Approach--$25,500 Potential Money

Over the last two months, I have written several posts about scholarships and opportunities. The deadlines are approaching, so I thought I would list the most current scholarship deadlines along with the money amounts.

http://scholarshipman.blogspot.com/2009/07/howcast-how-to-video-challenge-2000.html
HowCast How-To Video Challenge
Amount: $2,000 Deadline: July 28, 2009

http://scholarshipman.blogspot.com/2009/07/9000-fastwebs-scholarship-triathalon.html
FastWeb's World Shortest Essay Contest
Amount: $1,500 Deadline: July 31, 2009

http://scholarshipman.blogspot.com/2009/07/resolve-to-evolve-essay-scholarship-5.html
Scholarships.Com's Resolve to Evolve Essay Scholarship
Amount: $1,000 Deadline: July 31, 2009

http://scholarshipman.blogspot.com/2009/06/three-scholarships-to-pay-your-way-and.html
Gen and Kelly Tanabe $1,000 Scholarship
Amount: $1,000 Deadline: July 31, 2009

http://scholarshipman.blogspot.com/2009/06/fifteen-thousand-dollars-for-thee-yes.html
Tea Council of the USA's Benefits of Tea Video Competition
Amount: $15,000 Deadline: Aug 2, 2009

http://scholarshipman.blogspot.com/2009/06/write-for-dr-seuss-get-5000-for-your.html
Dr. Seuss's 2010 Oh! The Places You'll Go! College Scholarship Program
Amount: $5,000 Deadline: Feb 15, 2010

Actually, FastWeb's Shortest Essay Contest is most likely the easiest to complete. Second easiest would be Gen and Kelly Tanabe's $1,000 Scholarship.

Next level of difficulty would be Tea Council of the USA's Benefits of Tea Video Competition, but we're talking about 1 hour of research and maybe 5 hours or less creating a 1-2 minute video.

The HowCast How-To Video Challenge may take more time, but if you know your subject well and you have the equipment (or borrow the equipment from a friend), this may not be that difficult.

The Resolve to Evolve Essay Scholarship may take more time.

Dr. Seuss's Oh! The Places You'll Go! Scholarship Program is only open to 12th grade high school students graduating spring 2010, age 21 years or under, but if you qualify, you can check that out in August.

Scholarships.com Scholarships--Yes, there is a Santa Claus, Virginia

On Monday, I posted how Scholarships.com has five $1,000 scholarships to those who enter the website's Resolve to Evolve Essay competition.

Scholarships.com also offers "Fund Your Future" College Scholarships worth a $1,000 each. Some of the areas are art, business, computer science, cooking, education, English, engineering, just to name a few.

From the website: "The Scholarships.com 'Fund Your Future' Area of Study College Scholarships are based on just a handful of criteria- citizenship, study major, and year of attendance. That's it!"

You have to attend undergraduate school in the coming year. However, if you create a profile at http://www.scholarships.com/ , then your eligibility will automatically be noted in your results.

For all the areas of study covered (several areas, such as computer science, has several subareas) and the complete information, you can click here: http://www.scholarships.com/college-scholarships/college-scholarships.aspx

$6,000 Dollars in Six Hours--Let Me Tell You How

Did that headline capture your attention?

Why?

Because it promised money for very little work.

Let me emphasize something about this blog and my new upcoming book, The SECRET Method to Winning the Scholarship Game: 50 Secrets for Financing Your College Education at Little or No Cost.

There is enough information and links here to get you started on your journey of financing your college education at little or no cost. But you have to start by taking the first step.

By March 31, 2009, you can write a 250 word response to a question and qualify for a $1,000 scholarship.

By April 30, 2009, you can create a profile at ScholarshipExperts.com and write a 250 word response to another question and qualify for a $5,000 scholarship.

Begin your journey and set aside six hours for it.

Here is the information about these scholarships: http://www.scholarshipexperts.com/apply.htx

If you study other posts, there are deadlines approaching for other scholarships that you can apply for.

Ask me questions on posts, share information, because these will help others who read this blog.

The headline got you to read, but the next step is up to you. And it has always been up to you.

God speed you on your journey.

Let Congress Show You the Money!

Aren't you glad that you have your friendly, neighborhood ScholarshipMan to do the heavy lifting for you?

Anyway, I discovered a treasure trove of information about scholarships and internships are available on various Congresspeople's web sites.

1. Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard has a wonderful students section:
http://www.house.gov/roybal-allard/students.shtml

Also on this web site she has compiled a Student Resource Guide (including scholarships, internships, fellowships, books, and websites). This resource guide has scholarships listed by monthly deadlines, spring deadlines, monthly deadlines, and no deadlines. This guide sent chills along my spine.

Here it is: http://tinyurl.com/cjvjw5

2. Congresswoman Corrine Brown has a section that lists scholarship and internship possibilities on her website:
http://www.house.gov/corrinebrown/scholarships.shtml

Links to other possibilities are included here: http://www.house.gov/corrinebrown/grants.shtml

There is also a link to Federal Funds Express, a full list of grants and other funding opportunities: http://tinyurl.com/dxhdet

Here is the section on Federal Funds Express that deals with Educational Resources for Students, Schools and Colleges: http://tinyurl.com/ccfrd7

3. Congressman Joe Baca has several resources on his congressional website, including many resources for Hispanic and Latino students: http://www.house.gov/baca/resourcecenter/educational_financial.htm

On this website, I discovered that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute has instituted need-based scholarships. You can go to the CHCI web site for these opportunities: http://www.chci.org/

In looking over the CHCI website, I discovered another guide, 2008-2009 National Directory of Scholarships, Internships and Fellowships for Latino Youth. Here is a tinyurl link to that guide: http://tinyurl.com/cfbw3d

The document is a PDF document of 191 pages, 2.57 mb, so it might take a while to download.

In my upcoming book, The S.E.C.R.E.T. Method to Winning the Scholarship Game: 50 Secrets for Financing Your College Education at Little or No Cost, I will tell you how you can easily find more web sites like those above.

I might have to change the title to 51 or 52 Secrets.

Three Resources for Everybody--Hours of Research Ahead of You!

I wanted to alert you to three sources that list all kinds of scholarships, fellowships, and other aid resources from high-school to undergraduate to graduate to postdoctoral.

1. http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3subject.htm

Jon Harrison of Michigan State University Libraries maintains this database of Grants for Individuals, mostly scholarships and financial aid. It stays pretty current, and John Harrison does a great job.

You can search by Academic Level (for example, Precollege Funding or Graduate Funding); by Population Group (for example, Disabled, Minorities, or Veteran); or by Subject (for example, Animal Science & Veterinary Medicine, Communications, and Writing).


2. http://scholarships.fatomei.com/

Nationally Coveted College Scholarships, Graduate Fellowships & Postdoctoral Awards

Here you will find, as the web site describes it, "Free financial aid, scholarship grants, fellowship awards, student loans, internships, prizes, and stipends. Highly competitive and prestigious scholarship, fellowship and internship awards for college study, graduate school and postgraduate research."

Some of the categories on this page include Women, College-Bound High School Seniors, Study Abroad, and Native Americans.

3. http://web.mit.edu/career/www/infostats/respostdoc.html

This is a list of Postdoctoral resources maintained by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Careers Office. Several good resources here to explore.

Just your friendly neighborhood ScholarshipMan working on your behalf, wishing you well and money galore!

March 16, 2009--deadline for more than 60 scholarships

March 16, 2009, is the deadline to apply for more than 60 scholarships administered by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

Local scholarships are often the hardest to find in your scholarship search, but easier to acquire because there is a lack of competition.

Each scholarship has different criteria; check each out to see if you qualify, especially if you live in Middle Tennessee or Tennessee.

http://www.cfmt.org/index.php

Scholarships for Adults and Returning Students--Marianne Ragins, a $400,000 expert

Marianne Ragins, author of Winning Scholarships for College, 3rd ed., won over $400,000 in scholarships while she was a high school student.

She has listed several scholarships for adult and returning students on her web site, including this one with a deadline of March 1, 2009.

http://www.scholarshipworkshop.com/future.html

Here are more scholarships for adult and returning students:

http://www.scholarshipworkshop.com/adultrtc.html

Here is her entire web site, which would be good to explore, because there are scholarship opportunities and information for everybody.

http://www.scholarshipworkshop.com/