What Aid is Available?
Private Scholarships
Students are encouraged to go to the Web for scholarship
search opportunities. The following sites have proven helpful to our
students:
http://www.fastweb.com
http://www.scholaraid.com
http://www.collegenet.com
http://www.am-blk-coll.com(minority
students)
http://www.aauw.org (women)
http://www.iefa.org (international
students)
FastWEB (Financial
Aid Search Through the WEB) is the largest and most complete
scholarship search on the Internet. It provides access to a searchable
database of more than 400,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships,
grants, and student loans. Used by colleges across the United States,
fastWEB is now available to you FREE through the World Wide Web,
courtesy of Alvernia College and fastWEB.com, L.L.C.
To use fastWEB, a student fills out a detailed profile
through a series of online forms. After the forms are complete, fastWEB
responds within a few minutes with a list of matching awards. Each
entry in this list includes information about deadlines, eligibility
requirements, award amounts, and contact information for the award
provider.
Click here to begin!
The following is a list of scholarship opportunities
compiled by the Development Office of Alvernia College using grant
and foundation books. Selected scholarships are listed by county. Please
contact the individual foundation directly for further information,
such as application deadline and availability of awards.
Updated:
May 17, 2007