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Listed below
are a number of excellent web sites providing links to financial
aid sites and free scholarship search services on the World Wide
Web. There are far too many resources to be listed here. An Internet
search is highly recommended.
www.americorps.org
Information on Americorps programs
www.soros.org
Information on fellowship and grant support from the Soros foundation.
www.irs.ustreas.gov/individuals
US Treasury site-contains publications on federal tax benefits for
education.
www.va.gov/education
Veteran's Administration website for students.
www.finaid.org
An excellent general financial aid site with many links to other
sites, including scholarship search services and information for
doctoral students.
www.collegeboard.com
College Board free scholarship search service.
www.fastweb.com
Free scholarship search service with many corporate and institutional
sponsors.
www.salliemae.com
CASHE free scholarship search, loan servicing and origination and consolidation.
www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/student_loans/
Canadian student loan programs with links to provincial websites.
www.allstudentloans.org
Excellent source of information about student loans including loan
repayment estimators..
www.nasfaa.org
National Association of Student Financial Administrators site. Provides
general financial aid information with many links to other resources.
www.fafsa.ed.gov
FAFSA on the WEB. Allows you to file the FAFSA on the Web.
http://www.ed.gov/audience/audience.jsp?type=l&top=Students
U.S. Department of Education web site for students.
http://studentaid.ed.gov/students/publications/student_guide/index.html
Federal Student Guide to Financial Aid.
www.edfund.org
This site provides information about California educational loan programs and links to other resources.
www.csac.ca.gov
California Student Aid Commission website. This site provides information
about California financial aid programs and many links to other
resources.
www.internationalstudentloan.com
Student loans for international students.
www.nslc.org
Now you can instantly find out who services your student loans with
LoanLocator, a free service of the National Student Loan Clearinghouse.
You'll find out who holds your student loans, who guarantees them
and who you can call to find out more about your loans. It has the
details you need to make loan payments or consider loan consolidation.
All of the nation's guarantee agencies, and large and medium sized
loan holders participate in LoanLocator.
https://www.acs-education.com/bac/GENL/Home.html
ACS Data Services, access to student loan origination and servicing
records for a variety of lenders.
www.usafunds.org
access to student loan guaranty records for loans guaranteed by
United Student Aid funds.
www.students.gov
is a new government wide website that makes it easy for college students to find any kind of federal service or information they
need providing a one-stop shop to information about financial aid,
career development, education planning, consumer protection and
a wide variety of other topics.
www.estudentloan.com
provides comparative student loan information particularly for alternative
loans. Also provides free scholarship search service at www.studentadvantage.com/scholarshipsearch
www.elmresources.com
The Elm Service Bureau and the ELM NDN route
Federal Stafford Loan applications and disbursements electronically
between lenders, guarantors, and schools. Students may check the
status of all loan applications processed by ACTCM at this site.
In addition, many excellent printed references are available in
public and University libraries. You may also wish to contact your
employer concerning educational benefits or consider tax-deductible
borrowing against home equity to fund the cost of education. Only
you can best match your abilities and background to available resources.
http://www.rotary.org
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International, One Rotary Center,
1560 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201-3698, phone 847-866-3000,
fax: 547-328-8554, e-mail: scholarshipinquiries@rotaryintl.org.
Information on Rotary Foundation grant, scholarship and fellowship
programs.
Grant, Fellowship and Scholarship Resources
http://www.cfda.gov/federalcommons/
One Stop Online Access to federal Grants: Federal commons is a new
website that pulls together federal grants information. It is organized
by topic (for example, Community Development, Health, and Science Technology and provides links to various resources and agencies
including the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance.
http://www.grantsnet.org/
detailed, searchable information about grants, fellowships, training
opportunities, education programs and other opportunities for biomedical
researchers
http://www.orau.org/nsf/nsffel.htm
National Science Foundation Graduate
Research Fellowship Program, Oak Ridge Associated Universities,
PO Box 3010, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-3010, phone: 865-241-4300, e-mail:
nsfgrfp@orau.gov.
http://www.nsf.gov/
National Science Foundation website.
Student loan Ombudsman
http://www.fsahelp.ed.gov/
USDOE Office of Student Financial Assistance Ombudsman works with
student loan borrowers to informally resolve loan disputes and problems
with federal loans. The Ombudsman Customer Service Line is 1-877-557-2575
Federal Tax Benefits
http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/prod/forms_pubs/
US
Treasury site-contains publications on federal tax benefits for
education.
http://www.ed.gov/inits/hope/index.html
US Department of Education Resource on Educational Tax Benefits.
USDOE Financial Aid Application Sites
http://www.pin.ed.gov/
Anybody for whom the federal financial aid PIN number has not been
generated can now have one created at this site by supplying basic identifying information. Once created, the PIN, when used, along
with the applicants identifying data, allows access the applicant's
financial aid data in several student federal financial aid systems
and may also server as that person's signature. The following systems
may be accessed:
FAFSA application Renewal and Corrections on the WEB http://www.fafsa.ed.gov
National Student Loan Database System http://www.nslds.ed.gov
Direct Loan Consolidation http://www.loanconsolidation.ed.gov
Direct Loan Origination and Servicing http://www.dlssonline.com/index.asp
http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/
FAFSA on the WEB. Allows you to file the FAFSA on the Web.
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