Education Development Assistance and Subsidy Programs
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The Higher Education Financial Services' programs and services include, but are not limited to:
The D.C. Adoption Scholarship (DCAS)- DCAS offers grant awards up to $10,000 per year for up to six years, with a lifetime maximum of $50,000, to Distr...
The Truman Scholarship is a highly competitive, merit-based award offered to U.S. citizens and U.S. nationals from Pacific Islands who wish to go to graduate school in preparation for a career in government, the non-profit sector or elsewhere in publ...
Doctoral Dissertation Research Grants help Doctoral candidates who
have been accepted to an accredited institution complete research and
dissertations on housing or urban development issues. Recipients ...
The purpose of the program is to encourage and promote the
development of American Indian and Alaska Native arts and
crafts...
The purpose of the program is to fund other programs that meet the unique and specialized needs of eligible Native American students in a wide range of areas....
The purpose of the program is to provide financial aid to eligible Native American students to assist them in attending an accredited institution of higher education....
This competition is designed exclusively for middle school age students who must work in teams of three or four with an adult coach. It challenges students to identify a problem in their community and solve it using science and technology. The progra...
The Department of Commerce (DOC) established a post secondary internship program to aid and promote experiential training activities which foster future employment at DOC or the Federal government in general. Student opportunities will be primarily l...
The National Ocean Service Intern Program provides unique opportunities for cooperative study, research, and development that would be of major benefit in advancing the number and diversity of skilled engineers, scientists, and managers in the enviro...
The Student Career Experience Program (SCEP) is a paid student program, which offers you valuable work experience directly related to your academic field of study. It provides formal periods of work and study while you are attending school. It requir...
Student employment provides an opportunity to earn money and continue your education, to train with people who manage the day-to-day business of the Federal government, and to combine your academic study with on-the-job experience. Job opportunities ...
The Udall Foundation awards two one-year fellowships of up to $24,000 to doctoral candidates whose research concerns U.S. environmental public policy and/or environmental conflict resolution and who are entering their final year of writing the disser...
The Udall Foundation provides a ten-week summer internship in Washington, D.C., for Native American and Alaska Native students who wish to learn more about the Federal government and issues affecting Indian Country. The internship is fully funded: th...
The Udall Scholarship is a competitive, merit-based award offered to sophomores and juniors enrolled in an accredited college or university. Each year, the Foundation awards 80 undergraduate scholarships of up to $5,000 to students studying fields re...
Fellowships for creative writers are available on a two-year cycle with fellowships in prose available one year and fellowships in poetry available the next. Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) or poetry that enable recipients to s...
The Native American Vocational and Technical Education Program (NAVTEP) provides grants to projects that improve vocational and technical education that benefits American Indians and Alaska Natives. NAVTEP gives special consideration?to exemplar...
The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is an application used by virtually all two and four-year colleges, universities, and career schools for awarding Federal, state, and college-funded student aid....
The Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement of the study of modern foreign languages and area studies in the United States by providing training opportunities for faculty, teache...
This program increases mutual understanding and knowledge between the people of the United States and those in other countries by offering qualified U.S. educators opportunities to participate in short-term study seminars abroad on topics in the soci...
The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) helps migratory and seasonal farmworkers (or children of such workers) who are 16 years of age or older and not currently enrolled in school to obtain the equivalent of a high school diploma and, subsequently...
The Migrant Education Even Start (MEES) Program improves the educational opportunities of migrant families through family literacy programs that integrate early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education, and parenting education....
The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) central database for student aid. NSLDS receives data from schools, guaranty agencies, the Direct Loan program, and other Department of ED programs. NSLDS Stud...
The TRIO Upward Bound program helps to generate skills and motivation necessary for success in education beyond high school among low-income and potential first-generation college students and veterans. The goal of the program is to increase the acad...
The Woodrow Wilson Center awards approximately 20 to 25 residential fellowships annually to individuals with outstanding project proposals in a broad range of the social sciences and humanities on national and/or international issues. Topics and scho...
The Training Assistance program defrays travel and per diem expenses of state, local and tribal emergency management personnel who attend training courses conducted by the Emergency Management Institute, at the Emmitsburg, Maryland facility; Bluemont...
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Independent Study Program consists of self-paced courses designed for both the general public and people who have emergency management responsibilities. They are offered free-of-charge to all who qualify for e...
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) Residential Education Program improves emergency management practices among state, local and tribal government managers, and Federal officials, in response to emergencies and disasters. Programs embody the Com...
The National Fire Academy Assistance Program provides travel stipends to students attending Academy courses....
The American Music Abroad program is designed to communicate America's rich musical contributions to a global music scene. The program sends music groups abroad to foster cross-cultural communication with global audiences. During 2012 and 2013, The U...
The American Youth Leadership Program is a leadership training exchange program for U.S. high school students and adult mentors. Participants travel abroad to gain firsthand knowledge of foreign cultures and to examine globally significant issues, su...
The Arts Envoy program is designed to share the best of the U.S. arts community with the world. The program sends American arts professionals-- including performing artists, visual artists, poets, playwrights, theatrical and film directors, curators,...
The Educational Seminars provide K-12 school teachers and administrators with opportunities to improve their understanding of international educational practices and approaches.
Current seminars for U.S. educators are offered in Brazil, China, and...
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) offers a variety of internships and fellowships to U.S. citizens, from students to professionals. The programs provide an opportunity to connect with the global community,...
The Department of State's English Language Specialist Program recruits U.S. academics and professionals in the fields of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL/TESL) and Applied Linguistics to conduct programs overseas ranging from two weeks to...
Through the English Language Fellow (EL Fellow) Program, highly qualified U.S. educators in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) or Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) participate in 10-month-long fellowships...
The Intensive Summer Language Institutes in China is a six-week summer program that provides the opportunity to study abroad to U.S. K-12 teachers and community college instructors of Chinese (Mandarin). Students enrolled in education programs who in...
American high school students on the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad program will spend one academic semester or year in countries that may include Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali (semester...
The Youth Ambassadors Program brings together high school students and adult mentors from countries across the Americas to increase leadership skills and prepare youth to make a difference in their communities.
Participants will engage in workshop...
The Youth Leadership Program fosters mutual understanding, respect, and civic engagement among young Americans and their international peers.
During the three-four week exchanges, students and educators participate in workshops, community service ...
The Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship program meets the cost of traineeships for individuals in advanced nursing education programs. Traineeships are awarded to individuals by participating educational institutions offering masters and doctoral ...
The Alcohol National Research Service Awards support training in
clinical research, treatment assessment research, problems of health
promotion and alcoholism prevention, and basic biological and behavi...
The Drug Abuse National Research Service Awards provide high quality research training in the drug abuse field including:
1) Basic and applied studies in all of the life sciences relevant to drug abuse
2) Research on behavioral and societal facto...
Indian Health Service (IHS) Pre-Graduate Scholarship Program provides financial aid to qualified American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate students....
Indian Health Service (IHS) Preparatory Scholarship Program provides financial aid to qualified American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate students....
PeopleSmart, an Indian Health Service (IHS) recruitment and retention initiative, is designed to develop a culture of caring, emphasizing loyalty and growth among those working within Indian health programs while supporting the retention of Indian He...
Indian Health Service (IHS) Health Professions scholarship provides financial aid to qualified American Indian and Alaska Native undergraduate and graduate-level students....
The Indian Health Service (IHS) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) awards up to $20,000 per year for the repayment of your qualified student loans in exchange for an initial two-year service obligation to practice full time at an Indian health program site...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Training Award are established for recent college graduates who are planning to apply to graduate or professional (medical/dental/pharmacy) school. This program provides an opportunity to sp...
Matching Grants to Tribes for Scholarship program provides grants
to Indian tribes and tribal organizations for the purpose of assisting such
tribes and tribal organizations in educating American Indian...
The Mental Health National Research Service Awards (NRSA) ensure a continuing and adequate supply of well-trained personnel who are able to conduct research on mental health problems. The program provides training grants to institutions and fellowshi...
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) offers special research training support to 4-year colleges, universities, and health professional schools with substantial enrollments of minorities such as African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Ame...
The Minority Biomedical Research Support Program increases the number of researchers who are members of minority groups that are underrepresented in the biomedical sciences. MBRS awards grants to 2- or 4-year colleges, universities, and health profes...
The National Health Service Corps offers this scholarship program to students committed to providing primary health care in communities identified as having a shortage of health professionals. The program offers payment of tuition, fees and other rea...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) makes Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training Grants available to eligible institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals, selected ...
The Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship program supports traineeships for licensed registered nurses enrolled as full-time students beyond the twelfth month of study in a master's or doctoral nurse anesthesia program....
The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program provides scholarships to full-time, financially needy students from disadvantaged backgrounds, who are enrolled in health professions and nursing programs.
The programs makes funds available to s...
The National Institute for General Medical Sciences' (NIGMS) Special Minority Initiatives develop and launch new research and research training programs, and other initiatives for minority scientists. These initiatives include the Bridges to the Futu...
The Transitional Living Program (TLP) provides homeless youth with stable, safe living accommodations for up to 21 months. The TLP provides services to help young people develop skills necessary to move to independence and life as healthy, productive...
This program provides service-conditioned scholarships to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who agree to pursue undergraduate education at accredited institutions. Individuals must pursue a course of study which prepares them for professions...
Certain tax benefits may be available to you if you are saving for or paying educations costs for yourself or another student who is a member of your immediate family. Most benefits apply only to higher education....
The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is a highly competitive, merit-based award offered to college juniors and seniors preparing for a career in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering. To be considered, a student must be nominated by his or ...
The Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress to attract high quality men and women into the Armed Forces. The Armed Forces include the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, the Commissioned Corps ...
The Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program provides education and training opportunities to eligible dependents and survivors of certain Veterans. The program offers up to 45 months of education benefits....
Educational and Vocational Counseling can help you:
Assess your vocational interests, aptitudes and abilities
Explore vocational career opportunities
Select an appropriate vocational goal
Address barriers that may impede success in traini...
The Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) - Selected Reserve is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress to attract high quality men and women into the reserve components of the Armed Forces. The MGIB-Selected Reserve program provides up to 36 month...
The Post 9/11 GI Bill is an educational assistance program enacted by Congress for individuals with active duty service after September 10, 2001. The Post-9/11 GI Bill provides up to 36 months of education benefits....
The Reserve Educational Assistance Program (REAP) provides education and training opportunities for reservists called to active service after September 10, 2001. REAP provides up to 36 months of education benefits....
The Veterans Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP) helps unemployed Veterans who are between 35 and 60 prepare for certain high demand occupations. VRAP will provide eligible Veterans up to 12 months of assistance to pay for training pursued at a comm...
Job Corps is the nation's largest career technical training and education program for low-income young people ages 16 through 24. Job Corps enrolls approximately 60,000 young people each year at 125 centers in 48 states, the District of Columbia, and...
WIA Youth Grant Program
The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Program provides formula funded grants to state and local communities to operate a comprehensive array of youth services that help low-income youth (ages 14-21) seeking assistance in a...
The Public Safety Officers' Education Assistance (PSOEA) Program provides financial assistance, for the purpose of seeking higher education, to the spouses and eligible children of local police, fire, and emergency public safety officers who have bee...