Scholarship Search Engines

Helena Public Schools > Capital High School > Departments > Counseling and Career Center > Scholarship Tips and Opportunities > Scholarship Search Engines

***Never Pay for a Scholarship Search! If it is not free, it could be a scam! Check out this website from the Federal Trade Commission for more information about Scholarship and Financial Aid scams***

High School Access

Montana Career Information System: Create a profile, save documents and resumes, search for colleges or careers and apply for scholarships.
- https://mtcis/intocareers.org/materials/portal/home.html
Career Cruising: Use login provided by school to search for jobs, scholarships and schools.
- https://public.careercruising.com/en/home/#

Local/State Scholarship Sites

Reach Higher Montana: this is a great opportunity for Montana students to receive $1,000 for higher education! It closes on January 15, 2018
- www.reachhighermontana.org/scholarships
Montana PTA: Montana College students going into a teaching field and closes April 1.
- http://www.montanapta.org/pages/scholarship.htm
Treacy Foundation: Freshman and sophomore college students who are residents of Montana. $2,000 renewable scholarship with a May 1 deadline
- http://www.treacyfoundation.org
Montana Community Foundation: Scholarships are mostly renewable and one common application can be used for multiple scholarships that open on January 1 and closes approximately March 17.
- http://www.mtcf.org/Grants-Scholarships/Apply-for-a-Scholarship
The Angel Fund: Scholarship is for Helena graduates only and must be attending a Montana College
- www.angelfundhelena.org/scholarships

National Scholarship Sites

Our Favorite National Scholarship Search Page

JLV Scholarships

Has thousands of scholarships broken down by month due, interest, activities, college majors.

www.myscholly.com

(Sign up for Scholly for free, courtesy of Reach Higher Montana, by using the code RHM2019.)

Other search engines

Goodcall: Website has scholarship search and tips on scholarships, essays, reference letters, ideas and more
- https://www.goodcall.com/scholarships/search/
Fastweb: Scholarship search function- you will need to create an account to get a listing of scholarships
- www.fastweb.com
College Board: Website has excellent tips on when you get to college-changing majors, homesickness, making a college plan
- https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org
Unigo: If you need help finding the right college for you-use this site and input your personal merits to find scholarships.
- https://unigo.com
Peterson’s: Create an account, input your specific info and find scholarships.
- https://www.petersons.com
WEIRD Scholarships: Use this website to apply often to scholarships that are popular, weird, by state or major in your school. Check this website often as new scholarships are on it all the time.
- https://weirdscholarships.net
Burger King McLamore Foundation: Recipients are selected based on their GPA, work experience, and extracurricular activities.
- https://bkmclamorefoundation.org/who-we-are/programs/burger-king-scholars-program/

Specific Interest Scholarships

DOSomething.org: This scholarship is only for people that are active in community service. If you want to start a campaign to help others-check it out
- https://www.dosomething.org/us/about/easy-scholarshipsscholarships.com
Digital Responsibility: Internet security, don’t text and drive, technology and all things electronic scholarships.
- www.digitalresponbility.org/scholarships
Horatio Alger Association: Career & Technical Scholarhips for students with financial need.
- https://scholars.horatioalger.org/scholarships/about-our-scholarship-programs/technical/
Doodle 4 Google: Design the new Google on google.com. Scholarship opens in September and closes each December.
- https://doodles.google.com/d4g/index.html
Great Clips: Scholarships for cosmetology students only.
- http://jobs.greatclips.com/page/show/schools
National Independent Automobile Dealers Association: Scholarships are awarded to students displaying outstanding abilities in education and leadership.
- http://www.niada.com/foundation_scholarships/foundation_scholarship.php