Scholarships and Resources for American Indians

Books  |  Web Links  |  National Scholarship Databases  |  Software Resources

Books

Search our catalog online at http://www.vsac.org/LibrarySearch. Patrons may borrow books either by coming to the Resource Center in downtown Winooski, or by making an interlibrary loan request through their local school or public library.

The following books contain lists of scholarships, including some specific to American Indians:

The library at the VSAC Resource Center also has an extensive collection of guides to scholarships, grants, and fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students. These guides are searchable by field of study, state of residence, memberships, and activities, as well as other personal criteria (consider using all possible criteria in order to conduct a thorough scholarship search).

Consult the VSAC Scholarships pathfinder for a more comprehensive list of resources.

Web links

VSAC's Scholarships booklet includes more than 150 scholarships available to Vermonters.

Vermont State Colleges offer institutional and system-wide scholarships — http://www.vsc.edu/

American Indian College Fund offers information on scholarships available from the Fund and from other sources — www.collegefund.org/scholarships/main.html

American Indian Higher Education Consortium provides links to the 34 tribal colleges in the United States and to funding sources for American Indians — www.aihec.org

Catching the Dream is an American Indian scholarship fund that also acts as a clearinghouse for American Indians looking for education funding. Scholarships are available for both undergraduate and graduate students — www.catchingthedream.org

FinAid offers a list of financial aid resources for American Indian students — www.finaid.org/otheraid/natamind.phtml

Michigan State University Library provides an extensive list of grants for minorities — http://staff.lib.msu.edu/harris23/grants/3specpop.htm

National Health Service Corps of the Health Resources and Services Administration (Department of Health and Human Services) offers a loan repayment program and a scholarship program to encourage both established and aspiring health care professionals to work in areas (including reservations) that are experiencing a shortage of health care workers — http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/applications

Saint Paul Public Schools American Indian Education Program maintains a database of American Indian scholarships — www.indianeducation.spps.org/Scholarship_Information.html

University of Southern California Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research provides a list of resources for American Indians — http://rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Native_American.html

National Scholarship Databases

Here are several sites where you can search a database of scholarships at no charge. While there may be some overlap between the databases, no two are identical.

FastWEB bills itself as “the Internet’s largest free scholarship search." You can establish a mailbox to receive scholarship updates, and the FAQ section is quite informative — www.studentservices.com/fastweb

College Board has a feature called Scholarship Search that uses information gathered from their annual survey of financial aid programs — http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp

Peterson’s Scholarship Search connects you to over 1.7 million awards — www.petersons.com/finaid/file.asp?id=806&sponsor=1&path=ug.pfs.scholarships

CollegeNet search has a database that contains more than 600,000 awards — www.collegenet.com/mach25

FinAid has a financial aid estimator and links to scholarship searches — www.finaid.org

Mapping Your Future offers a wealth of information on paying for college — http://www.mappingyourfuture.org/

Scholarships.com will compare your information to its database of over 600,000 scholarships from over 8,000 sources. The scholarship awards that match your profile will be delivered to you immediately online — www.scholarships.com

United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) E-Scholar Web site provides all students (high school and higher), parents, and career professionals with information on different educational opportunities offered by Federal Government departments and agencies or partnering organizations. The site includes information on scholarships, grants, internships, fellowships, cooperatives, and apprenticeships — www.studentjobs.gov/e-scholar.asp

Software Resources

VT Guidance Central is a web-based, personalized, self-guided program that provides comprehensive career, college, and education planning tools

You can use VT Guidance Central as a tool to:

• explore career possibilities
• plan the training you need for specific careers
• search for colleges/universities that fit your desired criteria (e.g., location, size, programs/majors, activities, costs)
• learn about financial aid options
• and much more!

Visit the VSAC Resource Center in Winooski to utilize other assessment, career, and education planning software tools.

Updated: April 2009

Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, 10 East Allen Street, PO Box 2000, Winooski, VT 05404
Call: 800-642-3177 toll-free or Burlington area 802-655-9602 • Fax: 802-654-3765 • E-mail: info@vsac.org

The Vermont Student Assistance Corp. was established by the Vermont General Assembly in 1965 to help Vermonters obtain the information and financial resources they need to pursue their education goals beyond high school.