If you are looking for free college scholarships or free college grants than first you need to find the different types that are available.

Popular Student-Specific Grants

• Non-traditional student college grants
• Low-income grants and disadvantaged grants
• Graduate grants and doctoral grants
• High school grants and undergraduate grants
• Military grants

Non-traditional Student College Grants

• Anyone outside of traditional college age or traditional college
• Older Americans looking for alternative careers, higher degrees, or a first degree
• Community college students and online college students
• Native American tribal colleges and universities
• For more see The Scholarship & Grant Guide

Low Income and Disadvantaged Student College Grants

• Need-based aid awards are available for the most financially disadvantaged students
• The federal Pell Grant
• The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also offers the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
  grants for disabled students
• For more see The Scholarship & Grant Guide

Graduate and Doctoral Students

Undergraduate Grants

• general grant programs that provide monetary incentive to low-income and disadvantaged students
• specialized grants in science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET subjects)
• undergraduate women college grants
• minority college grants
• For more see The Scholarship & Grant Guide

Grants for Military Students and Families

• Army Grants
• Air Force Grants
• Naval ROTC grants
• Army’s Spouse Education Assistance Program
• Spouse Tuition Aid Program (Navy)
• For more see The Scholarship & Grant Guide

Subject-Specific Grants

• professional organizations
• corporations
• For more see The Scholarship & Grant Guide

High Need Fields Fuel Grant Giving

The fields with the most significant shortages drive the biggest supply of grants:

• Healthcare, especially nursing
• Teaching 
• For more see The Scholarship & Grant Guide

Are you looking for a student-specific grant?

There are grants available for just about everyone. The problem is finding the right one for you. Try the  free online Scholarship & Grant Guide with 20 million scholarships & grants. Simply request information from a Top-Colleges school. There is no cost or obligation!

Grant Categories

Grants may be divided into the following searchable categories:
Student-specific Grants
Subject-specific Grants
Degree Level Grants
Minority Grants

Common sources for grant funding:

Federal and state governments
Colleges and universities
Public and private organizations
Because most grant recipients are financially impaired or otherwise disadvantaged, there are many grants specifically designed for minorities and low-income students.

Federal Grants

Federal grant programs offer hundreds of thousands of students assistance that makes college a financial reality:
The Pell Grant: one of the staples of federal funding for millions of low-income students.
The Academic Competitiveness (AC) Grant: for undergraduate freshman and sophomores with outstanding academic records and with demonstrated aptitudes for leadership and service.
The National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (SMART Grant): $4,000 awards to undergraduate juniors or seniors studying computer science, engineering, mathematics, or sciences.

Popular Minority Grants

More African Americans are in college now than ever before. There are many grants specifically for African-American students. If you’re looking for minority college grants, try the free college scholarship search guidebook.

Here are some minority college grants & minority college scholarships that are available:
African American Grants
African American Women Grants
Hispanic Grants
Native American Grants
Asian American Grants
Women Grants
African American Scholarships
African American Women Scholarships
Hispanic Scholarships
Native American Scholarships
Asian American Scholarships
Women Sholarships

• General purpose or operating support grants
• Program development or project support grants

General purpose or operating support grants can be used for general operating expenses, from a specific program to the heating bill.

Program or project support grants are usually given for specific activities that have a beginning and an end, objectives, and a predetermined cost. These grants are restricted to the project for which they are given. Some of the more common project grants are:

• Planning grants: supports initial development work when figuring out what your new program will look like 
• Seed money or start-up grants: help new orgranizations or programs for the first few years until they can make money on their own
• Management or technical assistance grants: supports the management or administration (fund raising, marketing, financial management, etc)  
• Facilities and equipment grants (also called “bricks-and-mortar” or capital grants):  help to buy some long-lasting physical asset, such as a building, computer or form of transportation (van or company car) 
• Endowment grants: when charity has an endowment fund (it spends only the interest and keeps the original sum (the principal) untouched).
• Program-related investments (PRIs): the IRS allows foundations to make loans — called program-related investments (PRIs) — to nonprofits. They are usually made at low interest, or even no interest.

Are you looking for a grant?

There are grants available for just about everyone. The problem is finding the right one for you. Try the  free online Scholarship & Grant Guide with 20 million scholarships & grants. Simply request information from a Top-Colleges school. There is no cost or obligation!