How to travel for free? Where can I volunteer? How to finance my studies? Where can I find funds for my project? How can I work in a cool company without experience? Relax, all the answers can be easily found among the sources presented in this simple compilation.

1. 28 resources of
Opportunities
for you.

2. Hey!

3. Somebody told you that you can
easily find thousands of
opportunities for your studies,
travelling, project, and just to
make your life more fun and
unique?

4. They are right!

5. But first you have to:
1. Check your Internet connection.
2. Open a browser.
3. Google.
4. Google.
5. Google
6. Google…

7. Hehe, just kidding, of course.
In this simple presentation you will find
most of the answers to the questions
like

8. How to travel
for free?

9. Where can I
volunteer?

10. How to finance
my studies?

11. Where can I find
funds for my
project?

12. How can I work in a
cool company
without experience?

13. Chillax and see really good resources
that may change your life and raise a
champion in you.

14. Fasten your seat belts!

15. But why?.. You just seat in your
chair, all the work is done for
you. Really.

16. Here we go

17. Opportunity Desk
www.opportunitydesk.org
Not often but regularly you will find various
scholarships, grants, hot jobs,
competitions, and awards there.
The blog is organized as a website.

18. Hey Success!
www.heysuccess.com
Using several filters you can find
scholarships and grants that match with
your year or field of studies, location, and
language.

19. Tip
Opportunity = Opp

20. On the Move
www.on-the-move.org
Cultural mobility informational network. You
can get a chance to travel for free within
Europe and attend cool events.

21. Scholly
www.myscholly.com
An app that helps to find
scholarships for you.
Available for iPhone and
Android.
Limited to the United
States.

22. IEFA
www.iefa.org
International Financial Aid and College
Scholarship Search.
Aimed to help US and international students
who wish to study abroad. Provides users
with a range of grants, scholarships, loans
and useful info.

23. Open Society Foundations
www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants
Open Society Foundations provides serious
support for individuals and organizations
that work in the area of Education & Youth,
Governance & Accountability, Health,
Media & Information, Rights & Justice.

24. Lab for Culture
www.labforculture.org
European network for artists and cultural
workers with fresh news, projects and
funding.

25. 100+ Places to Find Funding
For Your Research
www.oedb.org/ilibrarian/100_places_to_find
_funding_your_research/
Really. If you are a scientist, save that list
and pray on it.

26. Tip
There are hundreds of sources and
thousands of opportunities
available. Making your search more
specific will help you to rediscover
the power of Google. And I am not
joking.

27. Chegg
www.chegg.com
Rent, buy, or sell textbooks; find a tutor;
select one out of 1000+ internships to start
your successful career.

28. Do you want to study in Turkey?
www.turkiyeburslari.gov.tr
A website where grants and scholarships for
studying in Turkey for local and
international students are available.

29. European Cultural Foundation
(ECF)
www.culturalfoundation.eu
Get funds for cultural projects, travel around
Europe.

30. Yahoo!Voices
http://contributor.yahoo.com/signup/
Going on internship may grant you a stipend
or even your first salary. Plus you can
travel to a different country if you decide
so.
In fact, if you are only a teenager and not
allowed to work, start writing for Yahoo!
You can stay at home, create content on
topics you like and get your first dollars to
your pocket remotely.

31. Student Competitions
www.studentcompetitions.com
A novel tool to explore world opportunities
with a CV building feature. Compete now.

32. ProQuest
www.proquest.com
An enormous data base of various grants
and career opportunities. You might need
to sign up with your institution or
organization name. The search on it may
be time consuming and confusing.

33. Tip
Highly competitive programs like
applicants’ persistence: if you failed
once, learn from your mistake and
try again. That’s how I became FLEX
finalist (more people get accepted
to Harvard than there).

34. Idealist
www.idealist.org
You are an idealist. You believe in a better
world. You do good without thinking about
rewards.
This is a great match for you! More than
100,000 organizations with volunteer
opportunities and internships across the
world.

35. Scholarships-Positions
www.scholarship-positions.com
Many scholarships and other opportunities
for you. Browse by countries.

36. OK, breathe in
and breathe out…

37. Volunteer Match
www.volunteermatch.org
Find volunteering you like nearby or help via
Internet. Thousands of vacancies! More
than 8,000,000 volunteers connected.

38. Zinch
www.zinch.com
Get in conversation with colleges, be
rewarded with scholarships. Primarily
represents USA institutions.

39. Work Away
www.workaway.info
Going to a different country for holidays or
even for a day is fun, no doubts. Your
friends who stayed at home in front of
Facebook page are jealous too. In fact,
you’ll scratch only the top of iceberg.
If you want to learn more about people and
culture, spend there at least several
months. Work abroad.

40. WWOOF
www.wwoof.net
Travel to Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe or
Pacific area to volunteer on farms in
exchange for food and an accommodation.
Good deal for your great adventures on
another side of Earth! World Wide
Opportunities on Organic Farms.

41. Tip
If you think that a scholarship is
too small for you, don’t be lazy.
Nobody could apply for it but for
you it will be a piece of cake.
Collect the whole cake piece by
piece.

42. Escape Normal Jobs
www.escapenormaljobs.com
Do escape normal! This is your chance to
spend holidays in awesome and unique
way. Travel + get paid + free food + crazy
people…
Not for everybody but here are all the right
people!

43. Couchsurfing
www.couchsurfing.com
It’s not only about free housing… You can
meet the coolest people on the planet, get
the best guide tour, experience true culture
of a country you visit and get connected
with the whole world.
Or bring the world to your home. Get started
now and find activities nearby.

44. Craigslist
www.craigslist.org
Way long back, before Couchsurfing
became even an idea, a powerful network
of communities was operating (and still
works!). Check out activities and free
housing in places where you intend to go.
Search for “Craigslist Joe Official Trailer
#1 (2012)” on YouTube to get inspired.

45. Gap Year
www.gapyear.com
A LOT of tips from experienced travellers.
Volunteering, jobs and internships abroad;
stories and their real authors. If you are a
backpacker, simply add it to your
bookmarks.
Also, www.hitchwiki.org might be handy
when you travel by hitchhiking.

46. Ukrainian resources
www.biggggidea.com/opportunities/
www.gurt.org.ua
There might be more but these are my top
choice.

47. Russian resources
www.theoryandpractice.ru/grants
www.oncampus.ru/granti-i-stipendii
You may want to have a look at various
blogs or groups in social networks like VK,
however these sources and foreign ones
are the best. Remember, your time is the
biggest value. Realize that before you turn
62.

48. There must be the thing
that will save my time and
find cool opportunities
for me!

49. That’s why we’ve come up with

50. World At Competition or WAC
The first social network of opportunities.
www.WorldAtCompetition.com

53. Set your priorities and decide now!
www.WorldAtCompetition.com