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Our mission

Every student deserves to know every scholarship they qualify for

ScholarSearch AI was built on a single belief: scholarship aid going unclaimed every year isn't a student effort problem — it's a discovery problem. We're here to fix that with AI.

Personalized matching

Scored against your real profile, not keywords

One eligibility breakdown per match

See exactly why each scholarship fits

Free for every student

No credit card, no paywall on core features

Built with privacy in mind

Your data is never sold or shared

Why we built this

The scholarship system was never designed for students

Every year, real scholarship and grant aid goes unclaimed. Not because students don't need it — but because finding scholarships you actually qualify for, amid thousands of listings, is a full-time job most students can't afford to do.

Students with access to a well-connected college counselor navigate this efficiently. Everyone else spends hours on generic scholarship websites, reading eligibility criteria they don't meet, tracking deadlines in spreadsheets, and missing awards that were a perfect fit — because they never found them.

ScholarSearch AI exists to be that counselor for every student — especially first-generation students, students from under-resourced communities, and anyone navigating higher education without a built-in support network.

“Which scholarships am I actually eligible for?”

That’s the question every student asks — and the one generic scholarship lists can’t answer. ScholarSearch AI scores every listing against your real profile so you know before you start reading.

Scored eligibility

See exactly which criteria you meet, per scholarship

Less time sorting

Spend your time applying, not filtering listings you don't qualify for

How it works

AI that reads your profile the way committees do

Traditional scholarship search relies on keyword matching. We use the same semantic AI that powers modern search engines — so context and meaning matter, not just exact words.

01

Deep profile reading

When you complete your profile, our AI encodes your GPA, major, state, financial situation, extracurriculars, and essay themes into a semantic student representation — the same way a scholarship committee reads an application.

02

Semantic scholarship matching

Rather than keyword filtering, we run dense-vector similarity search across the full scholarship catalogue. The AI understands that 'community leadership' and 'nonprofit volunteering' describe the same strength — so you never miss a match because the wording differs.

03

Ranked by real fit

Every match gets a scored eligibility breakdown — not just 'you might qualify' but 'your 3.4 GPA meets the 3.0 minimum' and 'your first-gen status is a named preference.' You see exactly why each scholarship is worth applying for.

Every match shows its own eligibility breakdown — so you see exactly which requirements you meet, not a black-box score

No black box
Time savings

Before ScholarSearch — and after

The difference isn't incremental. AI doesn't just make scholarship search a little faster — it changes what's possible in the time you actually have.

Traditional search

Manual, ad hoc
  • Google 'scholarships for [my major]' and wade through ads
  • Read 50 scholarship pages to find eligibility criteria
  • Discover you don't qualify for most of them
  • Track deadlines in a spreadsheet — and still miss one
  • Write the same essay prompt six different ways from scratch
  • Apply to whatever is left, hoping something sticks

With ScholarSearch AI

Guided, in one place
  • Build your profile once in four minutes
  • Get 10–25 ranked matches you genuinely qualify for
  • See exactly which criteria you meet for each award
  • Track every deadline in one place — alerts included
  • Use the essay AI to write drafts shaped by your real story
  • Apply with confidence, faster than ever before
What we believe

Principles that shape every decision

These aren't values on a wall — they're the questions we ask before shipping anything.

Student-first, always

Every product decision starts with one question: does this make it easier for a student to find and win funding? We optimise for your outcomes, not our engagement metrics.

Privacy by design

Your profile data is used for exactly one purpose: generating scholarship matches. We never sell student data, never share it with third parties, and follow FERPA-aligned practices throughout.

Radical transparency

We show you our work. Every match includes a scored eligibility breakdown so you understand why a scholarship appeared — not a black-box ranking you have to trust blindly.

Access for everyone

The free tier is permanent. We believe AI-powered scholarship discovery should be available to first-generation students and underfunded communities — not just those who can afford premium tools.

Where we're going

Building the scholarship infrastructure of the future

The matching engine is the foundation. Here's what we're building on top of it.

✓ Live

AI matching & essay help

Personalised scholarship discovery and essay assistance for individual students — live today.

Next

Counselor dashboard

A workspace for guidance counselors to manage scholarship pipelines across their entire caseload — surfacing the right opportunities for each student automatically.

Next

Outcome tracking

Closing the loop: students report wins, losses, and interview invites. The data feeds back into the model so match quality compounds over time.

Future

Auto-fill & one-click apply

Scholarship applications ask the same questions dozens of times. We're building a secure profile vault that pre-fills applications so the only thing left to do is hit submit.

Free for every student, always

Your scholarships are already out there.
Let's find them together.

Build your profile in four minutes and get your first personalised scholarship matches today — no credit card, no hidden fees.

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