Paste an Anthropic API key to enable live web search for additional scholarships and AI-personalized essay drafts. The key stays in your browser; sent only to api.anthropic.com.
Track which scholarships you've drafted, submitted, won, or been rejected from. Stays in this browser.
how it works · transparency
Why this actually finds real scholarships.
Most scholarship "matchers" are SEO traps that show you the same 5 scholarships everyone sees, then drop you into a paid newsletter. This is different. Here's exactly how it works.
Real, verifiable scholarship data
39 scholarships in the curated database, each with a real source URL you can verify. Federal programs (Pell, SMART), major foundations (Gates, Coca-Cola, Jack Kent Cooke, QuestBridge, Dell, Hagan), demographic-specific programs (HSF, UNCF, APIA Scholars, Ron Brown, TheDream.US, Golden Door, Point Foundation), STEM programs (Goldwater, SHPE, NSBE, SWE), CA-specific (Cal Grant, MCS, San Diego Foundation), and college-specific (UC Regents, UCSD Chancellor's Associates). Source URLs link to the actual foundation site, not an aggregator.
Live web search via Claude (when an API key is provided)
The tool uses Claude Sonnet 4.5's web_search tool to find additional scholarships beyond the curated 40, formulating queries based on the student's profile. Results return with source URLs the student can verify. The exact queries used are shown in a transparency log on the matches page. Without an API key, the tool falls back to the curated database only — which is still genuinely useful.
Explainability on every match
For every scholarship, you see why it matched. Hard eligibility criteria are checked deterministically (citizenship, education level, GPA, demographics, residency, major area, financial need) — checkmarks for what matched, X marks for what didn't. Soft preferences (leadership, community service, academic record, research experience) score with explicit weights. The confidence number on each card is computed, not hand-wavy. Click any match and you see the full breakdown.
Auto-fill is your data, not made up
Common application fields auto-fill from your profile. Essay drafts use ONLY material you've entered (leadership, community service, research, challenges, career goals, existing personal statement). The system prompt sent to Claude explicitly instructs the model not to invent achievements, organizations, or experiences. Read the source.
Privacy by architecture
Single static HTML file. No server. Your profile (including financial info, demographics, essay material, family background) lives only in browser localStorage. The only data sent to any server is the prompts to Anthropic's API — and only when you've added your own API key. We do not collect, share, or sell anything.
Where it falls short.
39 curated + however many web search returns. A serious scholarship hunt should also include your school's financial aid office (often has internal scholarships not online), your major department, professional associations in your field, and local community foundations.
We don't auto-submit. Scholarships need to be submitted through each program's portal (sign-in, captchas, file uploads) — this can't be automated from a static site. We give you a copy-paste packet you upload.
Web search returns can have errors. Claude searches the live web, but URLs can be stale or scholarship details slightly off. Always verify on the source page before applying. Flagged with a SOURCE link on every match.
Auto-drafted essays need your edits. Generic = auto-rejected. Read every draft, replace bracketed placeholders, change anything that doesn't sound like you, add specific examples. The draft is a starting point.
Eligibility checks are coarse. "Pell-eligible" or "Hispanic" is a yes/no — but real scholarships often have additional rules (specific schools, citizenship subtype, GPA in certain courses). The "verify on source" disclaimer is on every page for a reason.