I'm going to be a second-year full-time student in the MBA program at
UCLA.  I've applied for all of the scholarship/fellowships offered by
the school.  However I'm wondering if there might be some other
sources of funds for graduate students.  I figured I would post this
question here in case others might know of good sources of funds for
graduate students.  A little about me:

-US Citizen
-Will be a California resident starting this fall
-Caucasian male
-Interest in entrepreneurship

I would consider a satisfactory answer to consist of at least 3-5
scholarships/fellowships of $1,000+ that I would be eligible for.  An
acceptable alternative would be a book that contained specific
information about scholarships for graduate school students.  If any
of the scholarships look particularly good I will reflect that in the
tip.

Thanks!

Hi jpbischke,

Your first stop should probably be http://www.fastweb.com/ , a website
billed as being the largest one-stop-shop for scholarships on the web.
Since you're already online, signing up should be an easy task.
However be aware that I've received my fair share of e-mail spam from
them.

I did some searching on Amazon.com, an online book retailer, and found
several books on scholarships for graduate students like yourself.

*Getting Money for Graduate School (Getting Money for Graduate School:
An Authoritative Guide to Graduate-Level Scholarships, Grants ...)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0768912946/qid=1090397728/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-4975943-9422300

*Free Money for Graduate School (Free Money for Graduate School, 4th Ed)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0816042780/qid=1090397728/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-4975943-9422300

*The Graduate School Funding Handbook
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0812218108/ref=pd_bxgy_text_1/104-4975943-9422300?v=glance&s=books&st=*

In addition, if you are interested in going abroad, you may want to
check out the Fulbright Scholarship. You mentioned an interest in
entrepreneurship and the Fulbright is a credential that would make you
seem sharp mentally, perhaps Ivy-caliber.
http://www.iie.org/TemplateFulbright.cfm?section=Fulbright1

Anderson, your UCLA business school, offers a limited amount of
"Fellowships". You mentioned you applied for those available at
Anderson, but here it is in case you overlooked it.
Fellowships
A limited amount of fellowship support is available to exceptional
applicants to the UCLA Anderson MBA Program. All admitted students are
automatically considered for Dean's Fellowships, which are based on
the overall strength of the application for admission. No separate
application is needed. UCLA Anderson offers merit-based fellowships to
second-year students. Awards are based on students' academic
performance and leadership activities during the first year of the MBA
program. These awards are made possible through the support of private
firms, foundations, and individuals.

If worse comes to worse, there are several loan programs available:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/MBA/finaid/prvtmba.html

Wish you luck. I'm just an amateur web-surfer but happen to be a
Berkeley student interested in entrepreneurship as well. Hope you get
a proper answer soon.

-Ralph Lee
http://www.ralphlee.com/

Thanks for the info Ralph.  The comments below may help others who
have similar inquiries.

Fastweb was good but seemed more geared towards undergrad students.

I'll definitely check out the books and report back here if any of
them seem helpful.

The Fulbright scholarship seems really cool but it's too late for me
to try to go abroad.

I did apply for our fellowships at school and should here back
sometime this summer.

Thanks again for the info!