Does the US federal government offer scholarships for foreign citizens? For example, I am a student from India. Would I be offered grants and scholarships by the US government if I decided to do my undergrad in the US? This is regarding the merit scholarships that it offers, not the need-based ones.

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Uploaded: 2014-08-12T15:57:07Z
Description: Exploring financial aid opportunities, a student shares their strategy of applying to numerous scholarships related to their interests. Through a simple Google search, they found and applied to many scholarships, successfully securing a few to supplement their financial aid package.

Generally (almost universally) the answer is no. Some colleges will offer aid, but is rarely out of a government fund. Usually these scholarships are offered out of donated money funds or the schools endowment (which is usually just a massive donation fund that the college manages). These scholarships are very competitive and scarce.

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Lesson 3: Grants and scholarships

Student story: Applying for scholarships

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Exploring financial aid opportunities, a student shares their strategy of applying to numerous scholarships related to their interests. Through a simple Google search, they found and applied to many scholarships, successfully securing a few to supplement their financial aid package.

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Deenakc86
Posted 9 years ago. Direct link to Deenakc86's post “I'm a student and mother ...”
I'm a student and mother trying to make ends meet and create a future for my family. I'm in need of a little assistance . Any pointers about writing a grant for myself would be greatly appreciated...
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Sai Sreekar
Posted 6 years ago. Direct link to Sai Sreekar's post “Does the US federal gover...”
Does the US federal government offer scholarships for foreign citizens? For example, I am a student from India. Would I be offered grants and scholarships by the US government if I decided to do my undergrad in the US? This is regarding the merit scholarships that it offers, not the need-based ones.
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- CZ
  Posted 6 years ago. Direct link to CZ's post “Generally (almost univers...”
  Generally (almost universally) the answer is no. Some colleges will offer aid, but is rarely out of a government fund. Usually these scholarships are offered out of donated money funds or the schools endowment (which is usually just a massive donation fund that the college manages). These scholarships are very competitive and scarce.
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RobloxDude
Posted 7 years ago. Direct link to RobloxDude's post “At 0:03 do I have to appl...”
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do I have to apply to alot of scholarships. Also, when should i start looking for scholarships?
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- So when looking at financial aid opportunities the first thing I looked at were scholarships. I applied to a lot and basically just did a quick Google search of scholarships that pertained to things that I was interested in. Applied to as many as I could, that was, you know, humanly feasible, and then I actually ended up getting a couple. Which was nice because it supplements some of the stuff my financial aid doesn't.