Automatically match students to scholarships they qualify for

The system scans university scholarship pages, checks eligibility against a student's profile, and sends matches.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Any that apply are taken; runs once per one per university checked.

Pattern: Multiple Instances with a priori Design-Time Knowledge (13) · Multi-Choice (6)

flowchart TD trig(("student profile request submitted")):::human s0[["check university scholarship pages"]]:::mi s1["review eligibility and deadlines"]:::task s2["compile matching scholarships"]:::task s3["post results and email student"]:::task trig --> s0 s0 --> s1 s1 --> s2 gx{"○ where to send results"}:::gate s2 --> gx p00["publish results"]:::task gx -->|"post to website or Slack"| p00 p10["send email"]:::task gx -->|"email student"| p10 p00 --> s3 p10 --> s3 out[/"personalized scholarship match list delivered"/]:::out pay{{"saves hours of manual scholarship research"}}:::pay s3 --> out out --> pay classDef task fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#34b8f0,color:#2c2a29 classDef svc fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#7c8795,color:#2c2a29 classDef mi fill:#e7f6fe,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29,stroke-width:2px classDef human fill:#fff,stroke:#0079a8,color:#0079a8 classDef store fill:#f6f8fa,stroke:#0079a8,color:#2c2a29 classDef trig fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigtime fill:#00a4eb,stroke:#0079a8,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef trigdata fill:#8ad4f5,stroke:#0079a8,color:#06314c,font-weight:bold classDef gate fill:#fff,stroke:#e8a23d,color:#6b4708,font-weight:bold classDef out fill:#1f9d6b,stroke:#167a53,color:#fff,font-weight:bold classDef pay fill:#06314c,stroke:#021f33,color:#fff
A stepRuns once per itemA personAny that applyResultPayoff
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Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

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The problem it solves

Searching every university's scholarship page by hand and checking each one against a student's grades, citizenship, and major takes hours you don't have, especially with dozens of students. Deadlines and eligibility rules change constantly, so it's easy to miss opportunities students actually qualify for.

Who it fits

School counselors and financial aid offices supporting students applying for scholarships.

How it works

  1. A request comes in with a student's profile details
  2. The system checks scholarship pages from several universities at the same time
  3. AI reviews eligibility criteria and deadlines against the student's profile
  4. Qualifying scholarships are compiled into a summary
  5. Results are posted to your website or Slack and emailed to the student, with an option to appeal a rejection
What you get

Scholarship matches surfaced for every student

Students get a personalized list of scholarships they actually qualify for, pulled straight from university pages.

What you get

A personalized list of scholarships a student qualifies for, with deadlines and next steps.

What you need

An OpenAI API key, a WordPress site, a Slack workspace, and an email account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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