Navigate to a website that offers grant and scholarship search capabilities such as FastWeb or Paterson's Scholarship Search. Register with the website, fill out your profile and then search for grants intended for your subject area. Along with your academic standing, affiliation with certain groups and companies, your racial or ethnic background and your age may influence what grants are available to you. Companies, organizations, non-profits, churches, individuals and the government may have educational grants available.
Contact your graduate school, if enrolled, and ask about any grants that they may offer students. If you are currently applying to graduate school, contact all prospective graduate schools in order to ask about financing options. They may have initial ideas and options to share with you, or review your application for admissions in order to determine whether or not they have any grant money that would be available to you.
Print out any grant application forms and complete them as directed. You will usually need to complete a basic application, write an essay, and provide the school with transcripts and recommendation letters. The essay requirements will vary based on whether your giver is a school, company, individual, church or charity.
Mail all grant applications well in advance of the deadlines in order to ensure they are received in a timely manor. Late applications are likely to be discarded.
Wait to hear back about your grant applications. Most givers will notify all winners within a time period specified during the application process.