When searching for financial assistance such as scholarships, you should not pay any money. These websites offer free assistance in searching tools:

FAFSA - Free Application for Federal Student Aid

FSA (Federal Student Aid) - Student Federal Aid resource provided by the U.S. Department of Education

FastWeb - A large scholarship database on the web

Fast Aid  - Private sector scholarship database

Scholarships.com - The internet's premiere Free College Scholarship Search & Financial Aid Information Resource

collegeNET - Database contains over 600,000 awards totaling over 1.6 billion

CollegeBoard - Scholarship search and financial planning resource

College Resource Network - Free scholarship search engine and college planning website specializing (but not limited) in Minority Scholarships.

College Scholarships - Free scholarship Searches

Thompson: grants - Government information services/education funding

Fresch! - The free scholarship search & information

CollegeView - Comparative college information from College View

CollegeScholarships.com - A list of scholarships from around the country

NASFAA - National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators Information from NASFAA about applying for grants and loans

NerdScholar - Search scholarships from over 10,000 financial aid programs

U.S. News: Personal Finance - paying for college - Scholarships, worksheets, college rankings