Some stuff for people going to college (and those that were affected by

[Horse with no Name]

Katrina or Rita)
I found this while I was looking for funding:

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ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT

An Academic Competitiveness Grant will provide up to $750 for the first year of undergraduate study and up to $1,300 for the second year of undergraduate study to full-time students who are eligible for a Federal Pell Grant and who had successfully completed a rigorous high school program, as determined by the state or local education agency and recognized by the Secretary of Education. Second year students must also have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. The program will be available for the first time for the 2006-07 school year for first year students who graduated from high school after January 1, 2006 and for second year students who graduated from high school after January 1, 2005. The Academic Competitiveness Grant award is in addition to the student's Pell Grant award.

NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ACCESS TO RETAIN TALENT GRANT OR NATIONAL SMART GRANT

A National SMART Grant will provide up to $4,000 for each of the third and fourth years of undergraduate study to full-time students who are eligible for a Federal Pell Grant and who are majoring in physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or in a foreign language determined critical to national security. The student must also have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in coursework required for the major. The National SMART Grant award is in addition to the student's Pell Grant award.

http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/NewPrograms.jsp

http://ifap.ed.gov/eannouncements/katrina.html

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Generally, any student who attended a designated affected postsecondary institutions whose term of study was interrupted by Hurricane Katrina or Rita and who did not receive an educational benefit for that term will be relieved of any obligation to repay federal financial aid received to attend that institution for that period of time that was interrupted.