Graduate and Professional School Advising
Graduate and Professional School Advising
Financial Aid Links
The Career Planning Center encourages you to fully research all issues related to financing your graduate and professional education prior to matriculation. Contact the financial aid administrators at any program you are considering to gain a complete understanding of the student aid process at each school. Additionally, explore the possibilities of private scholarships and grants available from outside sources. Following are some helpful links to more information on graduate and professional school funding.
Fastweb: A FREE scholarship service on the internet rumored to be one of the most extensive and up-to-date available to students. In order to register for this service, applicants are guided on-line by establishing a private "mail-box" with the service by an individual profile. As scholarships and grants are updated in their database, they will match user profiles and place the pertinent information in the mail-boxes of those that appear to fit the program.
Financial Aid for International Students: This website provides the most information about financial aid for international students that we have found. We also recommend researching graduate programs at specific schools because they often have their own funding programs for international students.
FinAid: The Financial Aid Information Page: At this FREE site, students can find links to other scholarship search services as well as "calculators" for estimating an individual's need for financial aid. General information on the "how-to's" of applying for aid is also available and updated regularly.
Bowdoin's Fellowship and Scholarship Database: A database of lesser known fellowships and scholarships.
Scholarship Resource Network: The SRN database concentrates on private sector, merit-based scholarship opportunities. They maintain that 80% of their scholarships do not require a student to have financial need. Although targeted primarily to undergraduate students, it may be worth a look.
GrantsNet: GrantsNet is a web site designed to conduct grant searchs for student researchers in the sciences. It provides an extensive database on fellowships, grants, and other sources of support for research and advanced training in the biomedical sciences. The site also features links to the web sites of funders, online applications, stories about previous fellowship recipients, and comments from recent application reviewers.