Financial Aid for the Deaf
Financial Aid for Minorities
General Financial Aid
T.E.A.C.H. Scholarships

Financial Aid for the Deaf

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf
Limited to individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, this scholarship program offers awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.

The Geoffrey Foundation
This scholarship is limited to students who are deaf or hard of hearing and utilizing an auditory/verbal approach to communication. It consists of financial assistance toward a minimum three-year undergraduate degree at an accredited university and is paid in annual installments on the completion of each year of study.

Graduate Fellowship Fund
This fund gives financial assistance to deaf graduates of Gallaudet University and other accredited colleges and universities who are in pursuit of graduate study at colleges and universities for people who hear normally.

National Association of the Deaf, William C. Stokoe Scholarship
This scholarship is limited to deaf students who have graduated from a four-year college program and are pursuing part- or full-time graduate studies in a field related to sign language or the deaf community or who are developing a special project on one of these topics.

PEPNet-Northeast at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
PEPNet-Northeast, based at Rochester Institute of Technology, provides outreach and technical assistance to postsecondary programs in the Northeast serving individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing. It offers online financial aid information geared especially for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, PEPNet-Northeast is one of four regional postsecondary education centers that provide technical assistance to postsecondary institutions across the nation.

Financial Aid for Minorities

Federal Scholarships & Aid Gateways 25 Scholarship, Gateways from Black Excel
This website gives a list of scholarships that are available to minority students. The list includes the links to websites with more information.

Minority Scholar Resources
The American Political Science Association offers a list of resources on its website to assist minority students in the search for financial aid. The list includes public and private funding resources as well as opportunities for scholarships, fellowships, internships, grants, awards, etc.

Thurgood Marshall College Fund
This national organization provides scholarships for African American students attending its 47 member public Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Students visiting the organization’s website can register to find out about programs available to them.

General Financial Aid

CollegeNET Mach25
CollegeNet provides two ways for site visitors to search their database of scholarships – a keyword-based search and a profile-generated search.

College Board Scholarship Search
This resource from College Board allows students to complete a brief questionnaire and search for financial aid based on interests, education and personality. With a database of more than 2,300 sources of college funding, this College Board search engine is a rich resource for financial aid candidates.

College Scholarships
The website provides a variety of links to assist students in finding financial aid, scholarships, and grants, as well as test preparations for entrance exams to undergraduate, graduate, and career programs. The site also conveniently sorts universities by state and provides a free newsletter reporting scholarships and admissions.

Embark
This website acts as a resource for students planning to attend college. Visitors to the site can search for schools and programs, apply to schools, and learn how to finance their education. The “Apply to College Timeline” on the homepage presents the steps that an individual should be taking in the college application process.

Entry Point
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has partnered with private and government groups to offer qualified undergraduate and graduate students paid summer internships in the fields of science, mathematics, and some business. The program is specifically targeted at students with disabilities.

FastWeb (Financial Aid Search Through the WEB)
This searchable database includes more than 180,000 private sector scholarships, fellowships, grants, and loans. Used by colleges across the United States, FastWeb is now available to you at no charge through the World Wide Web, courtesy of the Financial Aid Information Page and Student Services, Inc.

FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid
FinAid is an online resource that allows students to create a profile and find scholarships appropriate to them using the free scholarship search. This website also offers information regarding the whole process of financing college, including tips on loans, savings and financial aid applications.

Funding Education Beyond High School: The Guide to Federal Student Aid
This website offers access to a financial aid resource from the U.S. Department of Education that gives students details about grants, loans, and work-study programs. The booklet can be downloaded from the website or ordered from the Federal Student Aid Information Center at 1-800-433-3243.

Get-Recruited Program
This program offers students a chance to be recruited, and perhaps be offered scholarships to attend colleges, universities and graduate schools throughout the United States. This service is free.

Guaranteed Scholarships
This website lists and describes scholarships offered by individual colleges and universities to all enrolled students meeting the specific criteria.

National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
This website offers downloadable publications for students and their parents concerning financial aid. It also contains links to other financial aid-related websites.

Office of Postsecondary Education
The Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education site offers information and links relating to federal student assistance programs.

Sallie Mae
Site visitors can create a personal profile which Sallie Mae then uses to conduct a search of applicable scholarships and grants for the individual. The search is free and the website offers additional how-to tips for those seeking scholarships. On the website’s “grants” page, Sallie Mae provides instructions and assistance for individuals filling out their Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Scholarships.com
Visitors to this site can search for local, state and national scholarships and grants to help pay for college. By providing information based on academics, talents and interests, students can find scholarships that apply to them individually.

StudentEdge
StudentEdge offers a large database of scholarships and grants for undergraduate and graduate studies. The site assists prospective students in preparing for exams, searching for scholarship money, choosing a college or university, and selecting a major.

UCLA Scholarship Resource Center’s Free Scholarship Search Service
The Scholarship Resource Center at UCLA provides scholarship information, resources and support services to students free of charge. While the center primarily assists UCLA undergraduate students, it also offers resources for graduate students.

T.E.A.C.H. Scholarships

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® NORTH CAROLINA
The T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project gives scholarships to child care workers to complete coursework in early childhood education and to increase their compensation. It is an umbrella for a variety of different scholarship programs for teachers, directors and family child care providers working in regulated child care programs in North Carolina and other states across the country. T.E.A.C.H. is open to child care providers in state-licensed child care (including programs serving children from infancy through school age), Head Start, and pre-kindergarten programs.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® ALABAMA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® ALABAMA is a scholarship program that was developed to increase the level of education and effectiveness of early learning professionals by making the educational process more affordable, increasing wages, and reducing staff turnover rates. Scholarships are currently offered for the CDA (Child Development Associate) Credential Assessment Fee and Associate's Degrees in Child Development or Early Care and Education, and in some cases Early Childhood Education. T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® ALABAMA provides scholarships to center teachers, directors, family home providers, and preschool paraprofessionals to go back to school to earn more formal education. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® ARIZONA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® ARIZONA is a comprehensive scholarship program that links training, compensation, and commitment to improving the quality of early childhood care and education experiences for young children and their families. Child care center teachers, directors, and family child care home providers may be eligible for a scholarship. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® COLORADO
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® COLORADO provides college scholarships to child care professionals to help them earn early childhood credentials and degrees. This program works to increase the education levels of Colorado’s child care professionals, reduce turnover in the child care field and increase child care wages. Child care teachers, assistant teachers, family child care providers, and center directors may be eligible for a scholarship. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® DELAWARE
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® DELAWARE provides scholarships and supports for CDA, coursework leading toward an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood, and the Early Childhood Education Director's Certificate. All T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood scholarships link increased education to increased compensation and require recipients and sponsoring early childhood programs to share the cost. Head Start employees may be eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® FLORIDA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® FLORIDA serves as an umbrella for a variety of educational scholarship opportunities for people working in early care and education programs. It is funded by the Agency for Workforce Innovation Office of Early Learning and involves a three-way partnership for the sharing of expenses by the caregiver receiving the scholarship, the sponsoring child care center or family child care home and T.E.A.C.H. Child care center teachers, directors, owners and family child care providers may be eligible for a scholarship. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ILLINOIS
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ILLINOIS is an opportunity for professional development that is administered by the Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies (INCCRRA). By attending classes at a participating institution, credit can be earned toward a Child Development Associate's (CDA) credential, Certified Childcare Professional (CCP) credential, or an Associate's or Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education or Child Development. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® INDIANA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® INDIANA serves as an umbrella for educational scholarship opportunities for people working in licensed, registered or legally exempt child care centers and homes in Indiana. It assists teachers, directors, and family child care providers in continuing their professional development, provides increased compensation with more education, and requires that each participant agree to remain in the field of early childhood for a year following the receipt of the scholarship. Head Start employees may be eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® IOWA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® IOWA is a comprehensive scholarship program that provides the early childhood workforce access to educational opportunities and is helping establish a well-qualified, fairly compensated, and stable workforce for our children. All preschool teachers, child care center directors, teachers and aides, and child development home providers working in regulated programs in Iowa for a minimum number of hours each week are eligible for this scholarship. Head Start employees may be eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® KANSAS
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® KANSAS is an educational scholarship opportunity for staff working in child care centers and family child care providers. T.E.A.C.H. links education, compensation and commitment to improving the quality of early childhood care and education programs for children. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MICHIGAN
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MICHIGAN offers scholarships to help child care providers complete coursework in early childhood education and increase their compensation and commitment to the field. Head Start employees may be eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MINNESOTA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MINNESOTA is a scholarship program intended to help early childhood and school-age care professionals increase their levels of education, compensation and commitment to the field. Head Start employees may be eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MISSOURI
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® MISSOURI is an educational scholarship opportunity for early childhood providers in licensed centers and family or group child care homes. It is part of a nationwide effort to increase quality in early childhood programs by increasing the educational qualifications of the teachers in the field. Teachers, directors, owners, assistants, and family group or home child care providers may be eligible. Head Start employees may be eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® NEBRASKA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® NEBRASKA provides scholarships to help early care and education professionals complete coursework at a local college and work toward a degree in Early Childhood Education. Scholarships are available for both Associate's and Bachelor's Degrees. If you work in a licensed child care home, child care center, Head Start or a preschool operated by a public school, you may be eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® NEW MEXICO
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® NEW MEXICO offers financial support for tuition and books, release time from work, and bonuses or raises for early childhood teachers who want to work on Associate's, Bachelor's or Graduate's Degrees in early childhood education. T.E.A.C.H. is designed for teachers already working in early care and education centers, family child care homes, Head Start Centers and NM Pre-K sites.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ® NEVADA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood ® NEVADA is a part of Nevada's early childhood educational development system and is designed to address the lack of early childhood specialization, inadequate compensation, high turnover rate, and the lack of recognition for Early Care Providers in Nevada. It provides scholarships for home care providers, center teachers and aides, or center directors working in a licensed facility at least 19 hours a week. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® OHIO
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® OHIO provides scholarships to teachers and family child care providers to earn degrees and credentials in Early Childhood Education. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® PENNSYLVANIA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® PENNSYLVANIA works with providers, colleges and child care staff to offer scholarship programs and support systems that improve the education and compensation of child care workers. To be eligible for this scholarship, you must work about 25-30 hours a week as classroom staff or center director at a DPW-certified child care facility in Pennsylvania for at least one year, or Pre-K Counts Head Start Program.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® SOUTH CAROLINA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® SOUTH CAROLINA provides comprehensive scholarships for teachers employed at regulated child care facilities to take courses toward the South Carolina Early Childhood Credential, a Certificate, a Diploma, or an Associate's Degree in Early Childhood Education. The Project is an effort to improve the quality of child care in South Carolina by increasing the education, compensation and stability of the early childhood work force. The scholarships are available to teachers, directors, and family child care providers who are working in state regulated child care facilities. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® WEST VIRGINIA
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® WEST VIRGINIA provides scholarships for current or potential Pre-K teachers working in licensed child care centers to assist in increasing educational levels and compensation, while reducing teacher turnover. Any current or potential Pre-K teacher working in a licensed child care center is eligible to apply for a scholarship. Contact the program to find out if Head Start employees are eligible for this scholarship.

T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® WISCONSIN
T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® WISCONSIN is a statewide scholarship program designed to help child care center teaching staff, Head Start teachers, family child care providers, center directors and administrators meet their professional development goals while continuing their current employment in regulated early childhood and school age care settings. T.E.A.C.H. links education, compensation and commitment to improving the quality of early education.