Grant Aid and Scholarships
Grant Aid
Grant Aid is financial assistance that ASPIRE offers to qualified participants each semester.
In order to qualify you must:
- Maintain full-time student status during the semester (carrying 12 or more units)
- Complete at least three counseling appointments per semester
- Be eligible for the Pell Grant
- Have a semester GPA of 2.5 or higher
- Have Freshmen or Sophomore standing
Scholarships
College Guide for Indigenous Students
Study.com offers a useful guide on the following:
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A guide to financial aid and documenting tribal status
- An expert interview on the scholarship application process
- A comprehensive list of scholarships and grants for Indigenous students
- Details on Indigenous Serving Institutions and Tribal Colleges, with accompanying scholarship information
Scholarship Aggregators
Below are some helpful websites where you can search for different available scholarships.
Niche.com |
Unigo.com |
Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF) |
Individual Scholarships
No essay college scholarship | 2,000 No Essay |
Nursing Scholarship for non-traditional transfer students |
Barbara Rhomberg Nursing Scholarship |
Study Abroad Scholarship For Students who Receive Federal Pell Grant |
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program |
Latino’s in Tech | Latinos in Technology Scholarship |
Award that Recognizes Black College Writers | Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation |
Scholarship for Filipino American’s Pursuing Psychology | Filipino American Psychology Scholarship |
Scholarships for underrepresented minority students majoring in undergraduate chemistry-related disciplines and are also intending to pursue careers in chemistry-related fields | |
Zombie Apocalypse Scholarship |
Scholarships For Bay Area Students
Scholarship for students that: graduated from a public or private high school in San Mateo County, San Francisco County, or Santa Clara County AND is considered a LATE BLOOMER: “ students who show academic promise and improvement during the last years of high school or in the first few years of college, but are unlikely to receive other scholarships because of their low GPAs” |
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Scholarship for: HS graduated from the greater San Francisco Bay Area (includes San Francisco, San Mateo, Marin, Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito counties) AND desire and a plan to pursue a career in police work, corrections or other criminal justice fields |
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