The Hispanic Scholarship Fund lists several scholarships and grants for students who are preparing to enter college or who are already in college. A student must be a U.S. citizen or a legal resident with a valid permanent resident card or a passport stamped "I-551." The student must have a minimum 3.0 grade-point average on the 4.0 scale. He must fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as FAFSA, according to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund website.
Scholarship programs include the College Scholarship Programs, the Gates Millennium Scholars, Scholarship Programs for Graduating High School Seniors, the University Alliance Scholarship Programs and the Community College Transfer Scholarship Programs.
The College Scholarships website compiles an annual list of scholarship and grant programs aimed at Hispanic students. This site draws heavily from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute. These scholarships include the 100 Hispanic Women-Young Latinas Leadership Institute, the Bar Association of San Francisco-Bay Area Minority Scholarship, the BECA Foundation-Daniel Gutierrez Memorial General Scholarship Fund, The California Chicano News Media Association-Joel Garcia Memorial Scholarship, the Golden Gate Minority Foundation and the Hispanic Public Relations Association Scholarship Program.
The College Scholarships website states that eligibility for many of these scholarships includes citizenship, heritage, full-time enrollment and, for some scholarships, an above-average GPA.
The Online Education Database provides a diverse list of scholarships students can take advantage of as they progress through school. These include: The Earl G. Graves NAACP Scholarship, Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Students, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Scholarship Programs, the First In My Family Scholarship Program, the High School Scholarship Program, the New Horizons Scholarship Program, the HSF/General Motors Scholarship and the Lockheed Martin Scholarship Program.
Students must fill out the FAFSA, provide their parents' income tax returns, meet various GPA requirements and be enrolled in an accredited college or university.