Currently, Reference Service Press publishes more than two dozen award-winning financial aid directories. Even adding up all of the listings in all of the directories together, these books represent only a small fraction of Reference Service Press's comprehensive database, which contains completely up-to-date information on more than 26,000 financial aid and funding programs available to support:
undergraduate studies
graduate studies
research on any level
creative activities
past accomplishments
future projects
professional development
work experience
and many other activities
These programs, collectively, award billions of dollars each year to hundreds of thousands of high school seniors, college students, graduate students, postdoctorates, professionals, and other individuals--making this the largestdatabase of portable funding opportunities available anywhere!
All types of funding opportunities can be found in the database, including scholarships, fellowships, loans, grants, personal grants-in-aid, forgivable loans, awards, contests, and internships. What's even more unique about Reference Service Press's database, compared to its counterparts, is that all of these programs are "portable;" that is, they can be used in any number of academic institutions in any number of geographic locations--no single-school scholarships are ever included.
Plus, the detail in these records is unparalled. Information is taken directly from materials supplied by the sponsoring organizations (we never write up programs from secondary sources). Our program descriptions cover everything a user would want to know about a funding opportunity, including:
application process
eligibility requirements
selection criteria
amounts awarded
duration and renewal possibilities
special features
limitations
number awarded
deadline date
and much more
In addition, Reference Service Press's database contains:
contact information (including address, telephone numbers, toll-free numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, and web sites) for hundreds of state agencies funding educational opportunities for residents;
similar contact information for thousands of organizations sponsoring scholarships, fellowships, loans, and other forms of financial aid;
descriptive, evaluative, and ordering information on the more than 500 online, electronic, and print resources identifying financial aid opportunities;
general information on financial aid and funding procedures
Licenses are available to academic, commercial, and other institutions that are interested in making all or part of RSP's database available to their users/clients/customers. Because each record in RSP's database is coded for dozens of characteristics (gender, ethnic background, military affiliation, religion, grade point average, need requirements, disabilities, residency requirements, type of program, subject coverage--to name just a few!), we are able to customize each product licensed from our database, to meet our licensees' specific product needs.
