Is there any way to get a grant from anywhere to help me repay school loans?

Question

I need about 40 thousand dollars in grant money. Where is the best place to look for grants? The places online all want money to send me some book and I am afraid they might be scams. Any advice?

Answer 1

I am afraid there are no grants so you can pay your student loans.

The government is NOT in the business of giving away free money for the sake of giving away money. There are no grants for paying bills, no grants for paying off credit cards, no grants for getting out of debt and no grants for simply fattening your wallet.

Grants are free, but it means OBLIGATION. You will be obligated to do as the grant sets out to do. Grants have objectives, and your purpose must fit the objective of the grant.

For one, you have to write the grant application and the grant application is not a simple document - you have to explain how your purpose for applying for the grant fits well with the objectives set out by the grant.

There is a stringent review process through a committee. You will compete with other applicants for the grant money, and this grant review committee will evaluate the merits of each proposal. Only those that they feel exemplifies the objective of the grant will be approved.

You can go to the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) http://www.cfda.gov and Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov - these are two sites created by the federal government to provide transparency and information on grants. Browse through the listings and see if you can find any grant that would support your purposes.

Even if you buy books on "how to get grants" or list that supposedly has information on grants -- all of them are mere rehash of what CFDA has, albeit packaged differently.

Note though that these grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments. Most of the federal grants are given to specific target groups with specific requirements (e.g. minority business owners involved in transportation related contracts emanating from DOT - Grant#20.905 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises Short Term Lending Program. Individuals especially for personal purposes are not eligible for federal grants.

Grants are also often given to non profit groups or organizations involved in training or other similar activities (grant 59.043 Women's Business Ownership Assistance that are given to those who will create women's business center that will train women entrepreneurs

Answer 2

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I think your idealism of life itself is a little odd. You seem to have great knowledge on the facts of science, but not the facts of life in general. Maybe your mind is strayed away from the aptitude of justice. Maybe your ideas of harmony aren't about studying different maths. There are many approaches to the simplest things, it's just a matter of bringing it to detail on the outside level. Think of someone with no gratitude toward the maths in general. Studying only helps when your thinking of the easy stuff. You need to take a break from the elementary school maths and enjoy the broad issue of algebra itself. Do not short yourself on time, my friend.

Answer 3

You start by filling out the federal financial aid application.

http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/