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.
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Financial Aid for Native Americans 2006-2008 (2006) |
Call # 378.3 Schlachter |
The following books contain lists of scholarships, including some specific to American Indians:
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The College Board Scholarship Handbook (2010) |
Call # REF 378.3 CEEB |
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Peterson’s Scholarships, Grants & Prizes (2009) |
Call # 378.3 Peterson |
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The Scholarship Book: The Complete Guide to Private-Sector Scholarships, Fellowships, Grants, and Loans for the Undergraduate (2008) |
Call # 378.3 Cassidy |
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The Ultimate Scholarship Book 2011: Billions of Dollars in Scholarships, Grants, and Prizes (2010) |
Call # 378.3 Tanabe |
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.
American Indian College Fund offers information on scholarships available from the Fund and from other sources — www.collegefund.org/students_and_alumni/content/scholarships
American Indian Higher Education Consortium provides links to the tribal colleges in the United States and to resources 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 (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.hrsa.gov/scholarships/index.html
Saint Paul Public Schools American Indian Education Program maintains a database of American Indian scholarships — http://indianeducation.spps.org/scholarship_information.html
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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 “a leading scholarship search provider" and has scholarships for every type of student — www.fastweb.com
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 1.6 million awards — www.petersons.com/college-search/scholarship-search.aspx
CollegeNet search has a database that contains more than $1.6 billion in scholarships — www.collegenet.com/mach25/app
FinAid has a financial aid estimator and links to scholarship searches — www.finaid.org
Scholarships.com will compare your information to its database of over 2.7 million scholarships and grants. The scholarship awards that match your profile will be delivered to you immediately online — www.scholarships.com
United States Student Jobs site provides all students (high school and higher) information on scholarships, grants, internships, fellowships, cooperatives, and apprenticeships — www.usajobs.gov/StudentJobs/AdditionalOpportunitiesForStudents
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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.
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Compiled by: VSAC Resource Center, Updated: 02/6/12
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.
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