Business Plan Competition
Entrepreneur Magazine hosts its own competition with seed money and free publicity.
http://www.thecampusbuzz.com/2009/04/entrepreneur-magazines-college-entr...

NCIIA Grant
Grant for students who need early stage funding for engineering, innovation and inventions. Grants are typically for students who are already using UM resources to create their inventions. - Applications due in October.
http://www.nciia.org/grants

Echoing Green Fellowship Program
To accelerate social change, Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. Through a two-year fellowship program, Echoing Green helps our network of visionaries work to solve deeply rooted social, environmental, economic, and political inequities to ensure equal access and to help all individuals reach their potential. Applications due in December. www.echoinggreen.org

Fullbright Scholar Program Grant
The Fullbright program, the U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange, was proposed to the U.S. Congress in 1945 by Senator J. William Fullbright of Arkansas. In the aftermath of WW II, Senator Fullbright viewed the proposed program as a much-needed vehicle for promoting "mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries of the world." Signed into law by President Truman in 1946, the Fullbright program awards grants for a variety of educational activities, advanced research, graduate study, and teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Since the program's inception, approximately 279,500 participants -chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential- have received the opportunity to exchange ideas and help find solutions to shared issues.
www.iie.org/fullbright