Money to Learn Chinese

Blakemore Freeman Language Grants are awarded for one year of advanced language study in East or Southeast Asia. Students studying Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Korean, Khmer, Burmese and/or Malaysian are eligible for funding. The Foundation also offers “Refresher Grants” to professors, language professions and others for advanced language study. Contact The Blakemore Foundation, 1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4800, Seattle, WA 98101-3266; 206-359-8778; Fax: 206-359-9778; www.blakemorefoundation.org/about.htm; Email: blakemore@perkinscoie.com
Application: http://www.blakemorefoundation.org/Application.htm
Income Eligibility: None

$30,000 To Go To Graduate School

Colleges and universities can apply for Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Program. This program provides fellowships, through academic departments and programs of institutions of higher education, to assist Graduate students (those who have completed their undergraduate degrees) with excellent records that demonstrate financial need and plan to pursue the highest degree available in a field designated as an area of national need. The areas of national need include biology, chemistry, computer and information sciences, engineering, geological and related sciences, mathematics, nursing, and physics. The services provided include a stipend in the amount of the fellow’s financial need not to exceed $30,000 in FY 2006. Also provided is an institutional payment to cover the cost of the fellow’s tuition and required fees. For FY 2006, the institutional payment was $12,224. Students CANNOT apply for this grant directly from the U.S. Department of Education. They can though, go to the website to see what institutions received funding through this program. Contact http://www.ed.gov/programs/gaann/index.html
Application: http://www.ed.gov/programs/gaann/applicant.html
Income Eligibility: None

Money to Study Flowers in a Foreign Country!

The Harold F. Wilkins Scholarship administered by the American Floral Endowment provides grants to students to study the floral industry in a foreign country, to pursue a floral industry internship abroad, to attend an International Floricultural Symposium, and/or other related intellectual pursuits. Funding allocations vary depending on the length of the program and anticipated expenses. Contact: American Floral Endowment, 11 Glen-Ed Professional Park, Glen Carbon, IL 62034; (618) 692-0045; Fax: (618) 692-4045; http://www.endowment.org/
Income Eligibility: None

Scholarships for French Studies

The Institut Francais de Washington provides fellowships and scholarships for topics related to French literature and culture or Franco-American literary, historical and cultural relations. Giving activities include $5,800 for grants to individuals. Contact Institut Francais de Washington, 234 Dey Hall, CB # 3170, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3170; 919-962-0154/0135; Fax: 919-962-5457; http://www.unc.edu/depts/institut/; email: cmaley@email.unc.edu
Application: http://www.unc.edu/depts/institut/application.html
Income Eligibility: None

$$$ to Attend College with a Disability

Funding provides students with disabilities a postsecondary education. The Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students With Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education support technical assistance and professional development activities for faculty and administrators in institutions of higher education to improve their ability to provide a quality postsecondary education for students with disabilities. Grantees in the program will develop innovative, effective, and efficient teaching methods and other strategies to enhance the skills and abilities of postsecondary faculty and administrators in working with disabled students. Grantees will also disseminate information from their grant activities to other institutions of higher education. Contact the U.S. Department of Education, OPE, 1990 K St., N.W., Washington, DC 20006-8526; 202-502-7808; www.ed.gov/programs/disabilities/index.html
Application: http://www.ed.gov/programs/disabilities/applicant.html
Income Eligibility: None

$4,725 To $7,400 To Help Pay Off Student Loans

If you’re willing to devote a year of your life volunteering to help bring communities and individuals out of poverty, your student loans could cease to exist. Americorps will reward you with $4,725 to spend on your college debts, and a stipend for living expenses just for joining their volunteer program for one year. For more information, contact the Corporation for National and Community Service Headquarters, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20525; 202-606-5000; http://www.americorps.org/for_individuals/benefits/benefits_ed_award.asp
Application: https://recruit.cns.gov/applyform.asp
Income Eligibility: None