There are many non-Penn (external) sources of funding for students, which fall into different categories:
Scholarships
- Brown & Caldwell Scholarships – Brown & Caldwell offer scholarships to students with career pursuits related to the environment through a variety of scholarships including the Eckenfelder Scholarship, the Minority Scholarship, Women in Leadership Scholarship, the LGBT Scholarship and the Navajo Nation Scholarship.
Internships & Volunteer Work
- Amy Adina Schulman Memorial Fund – New Jersey based fund providing grants to individuals, young adults who volunteer or intern for progressive social action projects or programs
- Gilman International Internship for Internships Abroad – open to U.S. citizen undergraduate Federal Pell Grant recipients intending to participate in intern abroad programs
- Jessica Jennifer Cohen Foundation Fund – provides financial assistance to enable young adults to perform community service that otherwise would be financially difficult or impracticable for them to do
- ProFellow – Searchable database of 1,000+ fellowships in different categories
Post-Grad & Gap Year Fellowships
- MyUndocumentedLife – Offers advice, blog posts, information on scholarships, internships, jobs, fellowships and graduate programs for undocumented and DACAmented students
- ProFellow – Searchable database of 1,000+ fellowships in different categories
- TheGrantAdvisor – Information on grant, research, and fellowship opportunities for U.S. institutions of higher education
