Scholarship Opportunities
Financing your College Education can be a bit tough. However, there are grants, loans and scholarships that are available to assist you during this journey.
There are a vast amounts of resources - that often go untapped - which will not only help you pay for your educational investment, but also give you the opportunity to either volunteer, intern, &/or network. Some scholarships are even renewable each year while in school.
To tap into some of this FREE CASH, check out these links:
A complete scholarship directory for Latino/a students, compiled by the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. To download and print the directory, follow the link above.
NURSING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The Nursing Scholarship Program is a competitive Federal program, which awards scholarships to individuals for attendance at schools of nursing. The scholarship consists of payment for tuition, fees, other reasonable educational costs, and a monthly support stipend. In return, the students agree to provide a minimum of 2 years of full-time clinical service (or an equivalent part-time commitment, as approved by the NSP) at a health care facility with a critical shortage of nurses.
For more information and qualifications, refer to the Application Information Bulletin. Or visit the website by clicking the HRSA logo .
Academic Scholarships in the amount of $3,000 each are available for Undergraduate & Graduate students pursuing careers in public policy and other public service related fields (i.e. political science, social welfare, public adminstration, public affairs, etc.).
DEADLINE: Deadline has passed. Please visit providers website listed below for next year's scholarship information.
Interested students can access the application eligibility & requirements in the Best & the Brightest Scholarship Program section of the Millennium Momentum Foundation, Inc. website at http://www.millennium-momentum.org/programs/.
 A total of more than $350,000 will be awarded to eligible students who demonstrate
a financial need, meet program criteria, and attend a HACU-member institution.
Scholarship applications will be available online beginning January 2009 on the HACU website>.
For additional information, please contact Laura Castillo, program coordinator for
scholarship and student services, at (210) 692-3805 ext. 145, or via e-mail
scholarship@hacu.net.
The Datatel Scholars Foundation (DSF), an independent tax-exempt foundation, awards scholarships to undergraduated and graduate students attending eligible Datatel client institutions. Since its establishment in 1990, the Datatel Scholars Foundation has helped deserving scholars meet their educaitonal goals by awarding over 3,500 scholarshipos totaling more than $5 million.
Deadline: January 30, 2009
A two-fold evaluation process is implemented:
1. Applicants must complete and submit an online application before it can be evaluated.
2. Applicants must be nominated by their institutions Scholarship Administrator.
- Only students who have been nominated will have their application evaluated by the Datatel Scholars Foundation review committee for final awards consideration and selection.
For more information on the overall process and to find out who your institutions Scholarship Administator is; please visit the Datatel Scholars Foundation webpage.
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