Office of Financial Aid

Private Programs

Many private scholarships are offered each year to college students by a variety of corporate, professional, trade, government, civic, religious, social, and fraternal organizations. Applying for such scholarships can be time consuming, so it’s important to start as early as possible. A quick way to start a scholarship search is to utilize specialized scholarship search sites on the web. The ones listed below are among the most popular FREE scholarship search sites.

College Board’s FUND FINDER
FastWeb Scholarships Search
FinAid (Financial Aid Information Page)
Scholarships.com LLC

Several for-profit companies throughout the United States offer similar computerized search services, often charging fees. The University of Illinois at Chicago Office of Student Financial Aid does not recommend these services and suggests you thoroughly investigate them before submitting any fees to them.

The OSFA does post all notifications received regarding external scholarships on the scholarship board in our office. The board is updated as notifications are received, so it is recommended that students check the scholarship board in the OSFA periodically throughout the year.