Kansas ScholarShop connects Kansas students with educational scholarships through the Sallie Mae Scholarship Search engine. Scholarship Search is a database of millions of nationally offered scholarships sponsored by a wide variety of private groups, organizations, and non-profits.

This ScholarShop initiative is a partnership between the Office of the Kansas State Treasurer and Sallie Mae, a nationwide consumer banking company specializing in student loans. Knowing that scholarship funds and educational savings should always be the first and second option students consider when funding their pursuit of educational and career advancement, the Treasurer’s office and Sallie Mae have teamed up to offer Kansans a Scholarship Search database.

Scholarships are money for college that you don’t need to pay back. And no – they’re not just for straight-A students! There are scholarships for almost every hobby and interest, but you have to apply for them. Start applying early in high school and apply all through college.

Scholarships are important! The average student uses scholarships to pay for 20% of all higher educational cost. By using this scholarship search engine Kansans can search a database of more than millions of scholarships. Unlike a simple Internet search for various scholarships, this search engine matches Kansans to scholarships tailored to their skills, activities and interests. A scholarship search engine essentially adds filters to your search for scholarship money. This filtered search ensures a higher success rate because the scholarships you see are matched to the profile you build.

The Kansas ScholarShop initiative provides access to the Scholarship Search Database. Students qualified to set up Scholarship Search accounts include:

• High school
• Undergraduate
• Graduate, and
• Returning Adult

Parents, educators, and administrators may all set up Scholarship Search accounts on behalf of a specific student, but students are still responsible for applying to the specific scholarships themselves.