Scholarships
The Office of Student Financial Services offers the following information ONLY as a tool to assist you in your search for financial aid. Results are not guaranteed.
The FinAid.org website provides some excellent information about how to protect yourself against Scholarship Scams. The rule of thumb is: If you have to pay money to get money, it's probably a scam.
| Scholarship Search Engines | |
|---|---|
| Resource Name | Resource Type |
| CareerOneStop | scholarship search sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor |
| CollegeBoard.com Scholarship Search | online scholarship search |
| Scholarship Database for Texas Residents | free scholarship database |
| Individual Outside Scholarships | |
|---|---|
| Resource Name | Resource Type |
| Abbott & Fenner Business Consultants Scholarship | Scholarships open to any post-secondary student; requires a written essay on a selected topic (see website) |
| ADHA Institute Scholarship Program | Scholarships for dental hygienists |
| AES Scholarship | Character-based scholarship as demonstrated by answers to essay questions |
| AMA Scholarships | Four different scholarships for medical students in various years |
| United States Army Health Professions Program (HPSP) | Service connected scholarship |
| Dental Trade Alliance Foundation Scholarship | For 3rd and 4th year dental students who have an established commitment to community service |
| Executive Women International ASIST Scholarship | A "non-discriminatory, educational scholarship program for the benefit of non-traditional students" |
| Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities | Various scholarships for Hispanic students with financial need |
| Hispanic Dental Association Foundation | Scholarships for Hispanics in oral health careers |
| National Italian American Foundation | Scholarships and grants |
| National Medical Fellowships | Various scholarship opportunities for underrepresented minority medical school students |
| Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship | Provide grants for graduate study for new Americans |
| Pauletta and Denzel Washington Family Gifted Scholars Program in Neuroscience | Scholarships for eligible undergraduate, graduate, and medical students pursuing training in the field of neuroscience |
| Pisacano Leadership Foundation Scholars Program | Scholarships for medical students |
| Sallie Mae Scholarship Opportunities | Several scholarships offered with differing qualifying criteria, including some for minority, disabled, and other students |
| Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowships | Dissertation fellowship program for research |
| Texas Medical Liability Trust Memorial Scholarship | Scholarships for qualifying third- and fourth-year medical students |
| Vietnamese American Medical Association of Greater Houston Scholarship | Scholarship for Vietnamese-American medical students |
| Scholarship Tax Credit | |
|---|---|
| Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits | Tax credit for post-secondary education |
