Money for College

Green River awards a number of scholarships each year to assist students in meeting their educational expenses. Check with your advisor or a financial aid counselor to get more details about applying for these scholarships and to find out about deadlines.

Scholarships

The following is a list of just a few of the many sites available to students searching for scholarships. This list consists of links our staff has found to be useful for students, but is not exhaustive by any means.

• Green River Foundation Scholarships
  (deadline for 2008-09 GRCC Foundation Scholarships is April 30, 2008)

• Scholarships for Academic Programs

  • WWU College of Business Scholarships
  • Future Teachers Conditional Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Program
  • Scholarships for Nursing

• Scholarships Offered Through the Community (PDF)

• Scholarships - Science Technology Engineering Math (S-STEM)

• Scholarship Search Engines

  • Student Gateway to the U.S. Government
  • Peterson's College Quest
    Includes an on-line profile form for individualized scholarship searches.
  • FastWeb! Search
    Begins with a password protected customized profile for searches among thousands of scholarships.
  • College Board Scholarship Search
    Locate scholarships and other information that matches your educational level, talents and background.
  • ED.gov
    U.S. Department of Education
  • CASHE Scholarship Service
    Sponsored by SallieMae loan servicing center, the site provides an easy to use, continually up-dated database.
  • Pacific Northwest Scholarship Guide
    Maintained by the College Planning Network, serving students of the Pacific Northwest, the site requires no personal provide and provides access to 100% of the database.
  • FastAid Scholarship Search
    The largest and oldest private sector college scholarship database.
  • Scholarship Hunter
    Free and Easy Scholarship Source
  • Scholarship Experts
    Locates scholarships by a profile of program, regional area, school and other information.
  • The SmartStudent Guide
    Undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships are forms of aid that help students pay for their education.
  • 2005 Colleges, College Scholarships and Financial Aid Page
    Offers college bound students, parents and counselors easy access to information on free college scholarship and financial aid searches.
  • CollegeNet - Mach 25: Breaking the Tuition Barrier
    Over 600,000 awards totaling over $1.6 billion with a keyword search to narrow to particular scholarships.

• Diversity Scholarship Sites

  • Black Excel
    Multiple links to African American, Hispanic and other minority scholarship searches, Historically Black colleges and other useful sites.
  • Gates Millenium
    Scholarships for African-American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian  Pacific American or Hispanic students.
  • Hispanic College Fund
    Financial assistance for Hispanic students seeking a degree in academic disciplines which lead to careers in business.
  • Hispanic Scholarship Fund
    Includes a listing of scholarships for Latino students.
  • United Negro College Fund
    Scholarships are sorted by General, Alphabetical, Geographical and Discipline.
  • Commission on Asian/Pacific Islander Affairs
  • The Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) - Educational Opportunity Grant
  • American Indian College Fund
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Council
  • The Latin American Educational Foundation
  • The Higher Education Money Book for Minorities & Women
  • Student Inventors Scholarships
  • Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships
  • Brand Essay Competition
  • Sports Scholarships and Internships
  • Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund
  • INROADS internships
  • ScienceNet Scholarship Listing
  • Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide
  • Rhodes Scholarships at Oxford

• International Student Scholarship Information

  • EduPass Smart Guide to Studying in the USA
    Provides up-to-date information for international students.
  • International Education Financial Aid
    Promotes international education through the development of the most comprehensive database of international education financial aid information on the Internet.
  • International Scholarships Online
    At this site, you will find the most comprehensive listing of grants, scholarships, loan programs, and other information to assist college and university students in their pursuit to study abroad.

• Washington Universities - Transfer Student Scholarships

  • University of Washington-Tacoma Scholarships
  • University of Washington-Seattle transfer Scholarships
  • University of Washington-Seattle Husky Promise
  • Washington State University Transfer Scholarships
  • Central Washington University
  • Western Washington University Transfer Scholarships
  • Seattle University Transfer Scholarships
  • Seattle Pacific University Transfer Scholarships
  • Evergreen State College
  • Eastern Washington University
  • St. Martins University
  • PLU Transfer Scholarships

• Scholarship Scam Information

GRCC Foundation offers over 80 different scholarships to students each year.
For more information contact the Foundation office at:
(253) 833-9111 ext. 3330.

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