Grants and Scholarships

What are some resources for finding financial aid/grants/scholarships to attend graduate school?

I know about filling out hte FAFSA and getting aid from the Dept of education. I'm trying to find money that I won't have to pay back.

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1. Unfortunately, the Pell Grant does not exist for graduate students. However, there is money available. For example, there is the graduate assistant or research assistant at the college that can help with the tuition and gives a monthly stipend. You could work for the university with a full time job and go to school part time which would give you tuition help. You could search out private scholarships via the free membership scholarship search engines. Finally, you could work for a company that provides tuition reimbursement. Good luck!
2. For graduate school you would only be eligible for Stafford Loans, and in some instances Federal Work Study. You can find out more information regarding loans at www.finaid.org/loans. For outside scholarships you can search these links: College Board Homepage www.collegeboard.org FastWEB www.fastweb.com Free Scholarship Search www.freschinfo.com Gates Millennium Scholars Program www.gmsp.org Also, talk to a financial aid officer and/or a graudate coordinator at the school. Some schools have all graduate programs go through the financial aid office and some are separate. See about any departmental specific grants/scholaships for your major. Good luck!