muhney, muhney, muhnay, MUH-NAY!

Because one of the schools to which I am applying requires all financial aid application materials (including the FASFA, using 2008 numbers for 2009 estimates) to be submitted at the same time as the application by January 11th, I am starting to think about money.

I am looking for private scholarship dollars and grant sources. I'll keep a bit of a running tally here of fund sources that may be applicable to me when I run across them, with any deadline info I can find (surprisingly difficult to come by in many cases). Here's just a start:

• http://www.nextstudent.com/directory-of-scholarships/Religion/0034/103548/Religious-Unitarian-John-scholarship.aspx (April)
• http://www.uua.org/leaders/leaderslibrary/ministerialcredentialing/16213.shtml (Varying dates. Seems like most are March or April. It's amazing how much there is to keep track of in this process. Apparently I need to act fast after my acceptance at a school in order to gain "aspirant" status with my association of congregations so that I can be eligible for these funds. This will require me to do some writing, complete some interviews, done a financial planning thing, and more! Yipes!)