How to get money for a grant I recieved? (instead of using for school)?
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Most educational awards are sent directly to the college or educaitonal institution. In all my years of administering scholarships I have never seen an education grant given to a student to use for anything not related to education.\n\nContact the donor directly and specifically state what you plan to do with the money instead of education costs. It will be up to the benefactor to decide to award it to you.
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I have received grants, but not for personal uses but for non-profits that I worked with in the past. My business got a grant, but the purpose was for teaching low income minorities how to start their own business (and I was asked to report on how the grant was used and how the objectives stated in the grant proposal was attained).\n\nTo apply for grants, go to Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov . They have everything you need to apply for grants. \n\nThe first step is to register with Grants.gov and their registration process can be accessed from http://www.grants.gov/\n\n1. Get a Data Universal Number System (DUNS) Number\n2. Register with Central Contractor Registry (CCR)\n3. Authorize your Organization's Representatives\n4. Login as an E-Business Point of Contact (POC)\n\nYou will first be asked to find the grant number of the grant that you wish to apply for. You can get this from the Catalog of Domestic Assistant http://www.cfda.gov which is the federal database of all grants.
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Hi, Grants form and information is geneerally available at public liberaries, they are free of cost, pick it up from there fill it in , and send it , its very self explanatory, and in anycase if u cant get it done, get  a consultant, would charge u somewhere from 100-200 bucks. And if u wanna go for the those telemarketting grants things. well they guarantee a min of $ 8000 but thats a fake guarantee but yeah u will most probably be able to recover ur investement in them and willl be able to get a lil cash for ur self. Note: Telemarketers money back guarantee is a  joke.
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Definitely not. \n\nThese companies simply are looking for ways to get your money. They can either ask for your bank account number and tell you they need the number so the grant monies can be sent to you; or they will ask you for fee to supposedly get the grant for you.\n\nForget about them.
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Fill out a FAFSA (fafsa.gov) and supply the school code. You may qualify for grants. Now is the time to do it for the next school year. (as soon as you get your taxes done)
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What kind of funding sources?  Federal? Private? Loan? Grant?\n\nFederal Loans & Grants:\nIf you don't have an allocation of Campus-Based Aid like Federal Perkins, Federal SEO Grant, and Federal Work-Study, apply for it using the FISAP (it's not a fun application and you may not get much, but every dime helps, right?) Apply here: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/IFAPWebApp/currentCBPMaterialsListPag.jsp?p1=FISAP+Form%2FInstructions&p2=c\n\nPrivate Loans:\nFor private loan options, FinAid.org has a great list of private loans that your students can select from: http://www.finaid.org/loans/privatestudentloans.phtml . And if you need loan brochures, contact your lender rep and you'll get more than you could ever imagine needing.  For our students, we weighed all our options and picked Sallie Mae's Signature Loan, Citibanks' CitiAssist, and the TERI loan through Citizens Bank.  Every school seems to pick different loans, though -- your choices have to reflect the lifestyle of your students.  Are they going to enter high-paying jobs?  Or are they likely to have difficulty keeping track of their payments.  I picked one loan (not listed above, since it's specific to Massachusetts schools) specifically because it offers a fixed-rate option that I thought would benefits our students who won't take the time to monitor their every-changing interest rates.  But it really depends on your and your students.  You should, however, keep your students' interests at heart, as tempting as it can sometimes be to focus on what you as a school might prefer (i.e. ease of processing).\n\nPrivate Scholarships/Grants:\nThere are so many of these that you can't possibly spend all your time tracking them down for your students.  You can give them a taste of what's out there by sending them here: http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/ (to click on all the links)\n\nThen tell them to look for their own private scholarships at their local libraries, churches, clubs/associations, and high schools, as well as online at any of these sites.\nhttp://www.fastweb.com\nhttp://www.srnexpress.com\nhttp://www.scholarships.com\nhttp://www.scholarships101.com\nhttp://www.finaid.org/scholarships\nhttp://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_ss/welcome.jsp\nhttp://services.princetonreview.com/default.asp?RUN=%2Fcollege%2Ffinance%2Fscholar%2FscholInterview%2Easp&RCN=auth&RDN=7&ALD=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eprincetonreview%2Ecom\nhttp://www.collegeanswer.com/paying/content/pay_free_money.jsp\n----------------------\nFor advice of this ilk, I highly recommend joining up with a professional financial aid association.  Every state has their own and there are regional and national (NASFAA) associations.  These associations provide wonderful forums for sharing ideas, solving problems, establishing outreach programs, and networking. For a list of these associations, try: http://www.nasfaa.org/annualpubs/regstateweb.html
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Start out with the FAFSA.  It is the initial financial aid form you fill out with the government.  They take about 6 to 8 weeks to evaluate your award after you submit it to your school completed.  Once that is returned then you will either be awarded a grant (you don't have to pay it back) a subsidized loan (they pay the interest while you are in school) or an unsubsidized loan (you accumulate interest while in school).  If all of those sources do not cover your expenses (and they are justifiable) then there are plus loans and private loans that you can go to private banks for.  There is no need to go to a bank until you have exhausted the governments programs, however.  \n\nGo to the federal financial aid website to get started or if you still have questions go to the financial aid office at your school.\n\nBTW, schools often have a program (emergency loan) where they will lend you a little money to tide you over until this stuff gets processed.  It is not very much usually, like $100 or $200.
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apply for grants\n\nat \nhttp://www.fafsa.ed.gov/\n\nyou might get some and it free so if you get ot or not it better than no filling it up.\n\nyou can check at \n\nwww.fastweb.com\nthey have a collection of scholarship on these databse.
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Contact the college you want to attend and ask them about their scholarships and grant money. Next head to the Public Library and ask them to help you research the same. Chances are they will have information from the Foundation Center and others with the type of money you seek.
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you should never have to pay for a grant~! go to fastweb.net and fill out the questionaire, find grants and scholarships that you are eligible for
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Hi,\n\nGreat post! I had the same exact grant question a few months ago. It's really tricky to find out about this stuff on the net, but my wife bought me special special software (CD) for my birthday. The program rocks for finding the grant info you want. btw...this is the software that was featured on CNBC and in USA Today.\n\nThis company is giving away the software free (only $3.95 for shipping)!!!!!!!\nHere's the link\nhttp://www.alllsite.info/free-grant-money.php\n\nI'm sure you'll find the info there\nGood luck
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check out http://www.fafsa.ed.gov\n\nThere are grants and scholarships you can get as well, which do not require that you pay them back.  Many of the grants and scholarships require that a completed FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) application be completed and submitted with the grant or scholarship application.
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The best thing is contact your schools fin. aid office. That way they can tell you what the status of your grants and loans are.
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March is ending and there is a strong chance that you've been scammed. You don't have to pay anyone to get grant information. 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 a for-profit venture.\n\nEven 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. But still the info is the same - hardly any grants for starting a for profit business.\n\nNote, though, that it is hard to find grants to start a business. Unlike the myths that some perpetuate, federal government and even private foundations hardly give grant money for a for-profit business. And yes, grants mean PAPERWORK - lots and lots of it, that is why a cottage industry of grant writers was born.\n\nEven SBA does NOT give out grants. From the SBA website http://www.sba.gov/expanding/grants.html... \n\n"The U.S. Small Business Administration does not offer grants to start or expand small businesses, although it does offer a wide variety of loan programs. (See http://www.sba.gov/financing for more information) While SBA does offer some grant programs, these are generally designed to expand and enhance organizations that provide small business management, technical, or financial assistance. These grants generally support non-profit organizations, intermediary lending institutions, and state and local governments."\n\nMost 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 \n\nGrants 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 \n\nFor private grants, you may want to check the Foundation Center's Foundation Grants for Individuals Online. It's a subscription based website ($9.95 per month) but their opening blurb only says that the database is ideal for "students, artists, academic researchers, libraries and financial aid offices." Entrepreneurs are apparently not one of them, so I take it they also don't have listings of private foundations who give grants to would-be entrepreneurs.
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Yes!  go to www.fafsa.ed.gov There are grants available based on need and financial income.
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You can't receive the money directly to you because the money is for your tuition and fees.  any additional funds remaining you will receive a refund check.  Schools don't receive interest off of grants or loans that are not disburse to students.  Interest accrues once the aid is disperse.  In addition, if you don't have any outstanding requirements to satisfy then you should have received part of you aid by now.  Also, schools have different time schedules when it comes to certifing aid, especially if you asking for the funds later in the semester.  I hope this helps.
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YOu have to repay a student loan. A grant is yours to keep without repaying.