Happy Friday! My goodness, it’s a scorcher out there. All I want to do is sit in the pool! But don’t get out the sunscreen just yet if you still need to figure out how you are going to foot the bill for next year’s tuition. One of the best solutions to your financial aid woes is to hit the scholarship search trail. Each Friday at the Financial Aid Finder, I make your search a little bit easier by posting about three hot scholarship opportunities with upcoming deadlines. This week, I have a $2,000 scholarship for scuba diving students, a $5,000 scholarship for business aviation management students, and a $1,000 essay competition about the legacy of President Lincoln for President Obama. If you want to find more scholarships you might be eligible for, try using a free sch...

Hey guys! Sorry for the very late posting of Friday’s Scholarship Announcements. My Internet has been down since Thursday. Wow, it’s amazing how disconnected I feel from the world without my trusty wireless! As I have been mentioning the past few weeks, we are in the middle of scholarship season. Late winter/early spring is high tide for scholarship deadlines, so if you are serious about winning scholarship awards, you will definitely want to dedicate a few hours each week to finding and applying for scholarships. This week, I’ve found three great opportunities with upcoming deadlines for you … But remember, these are just the tip of the iceberg! 1. The Advancing Hispanic Excellence in Technology, Engineering, Math, and Science (AHETEMS) Scholarship Program AHET...

I have four wonderful scholarship opportunities for you today.  Each of these has a December or January deadline, so you don’t have much time to get your applications in.  With most of you getting ready for finals and term papers, you may want to add the later deadline apps to your winter break to-do list. Once a week (on Thursdays, if I get myself organized in time), I list three or more scholarships with upcoming deadlines.  The vast majority of the scholarships posted here on the Financial Aid Finder blog are available to students nationwide, so you should be eligible for many of the opportunities here. If you want to learn more about winning scholarships to pay for college, check out the FAF article on college scholarship applications. To learn how to write a w...

July 10, 2008 by Mara Strom Welcome to Scholarship Thursday! Did you know that scholarships are FREE money for college? This week we’ve got three great opportunities for you to earn some of that FREE money. Each of these scholarships has a deadline of July 15, so time is of the essence. Good luck and please let us know if you land a scholarship that was featured here. At FAF, we love a happy ending! 1. Emc2 Election Multimedia Contest: $2,000 Do you have an opinion on energy security, genetic engineering, stem cell research or space militarization? If you could share your thoughts about a science, technology or health issue with the next American President, what would you tell him? Student Pugwash USA (SPUSA), a nonprofit educational organization devoted to multi-dimensional scientif...