By name: Find scholarships description: Search scholarships, draft essays, and track deadlines. Use when asked about "scholarships", "financial aid", "free money", "grants", or "pay for college". metadata: author: curastem version: "1.0.0"
Find Scholarships
Guide students through finding and applying for scholarships using Curastem's tools. Curastem provides: the document editor for application essays and tracking lists, the whiteboard for deadline timelines and strategy maps, and retrieve_resources for curated scholarship databases and opportunities.
Curastem Tools to Use
1. Document Editor (update_doc)
Use to draft scholarship essays, personal statements, and short-answer responses. Create tracking tables or lists of scholarships with deadlines and requirements. Format with headings for each scholarship, bullet points for criteria, and links to application portals.
2. Whiteboard (update_whiteboard)
Use to visualize scholarship strategy: timeline of deadlines, mind map of scholarship categories (merit, need-based, demographic, major-specific), flowchart of application steps. Diagram the process from search → shortlist → apply → follow-up.
3. Retrieve Resources
Use to fetch Curastem's curated scholarship resources: databases (Fastweb, Scholarships.com, Bold.org), institutional scholarships, niche opportunities. Include a brief personalized intro when calling.
When to Apply
- Student wants to find scholarships for college or grad school
- Student asks where to look or how to search effectively
- Student needs help with scholarship essays or applications
- Student is overwhelmed by options and needs a strategy
Workflow
- Strategy — Use whiteboard to map scholarship categories and deadline timeline
- Search — Call retrieve_resources for databases and opportunities
- Track — Use doc editor to create a scholarship tracker with deadlines and requirements
- Draft — Use doc editor to write and refine essays for high-priority scholarships
Key Guidance
- Emphasize fit: match student's background, major, and interests to opportunities
- Help prioritize by deadline and award amount
- Use doc for all written content; use whiteboard for planning and timelines
- Encourage applying to many; quality matters but volume increases odds