In support of Pride Month this June, Fastweb is focusing its efforts to connect the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer student community with beneficial scholarship opportunities. Furthering educational opportunities for all students is a priority at Fastweb (www.fastweb.com), the leading website for scholarship and financial aid information and a member of the Monster.com network.

Rewarding scholarships, grants, fellowships and internships are available to students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer, as well as students passionate about advocacy regarding equal rights for the LGBTQ community. Numerous opportunities can be found in Fastweb’s featured article, LGBTQ Community Scholarships as well as those that are recognized below, including:

Scholarships:
Gene and John Athletic Scholarship – Award $5,000
IES Merit-Based David Porter Diversity Scholarship – Award $5,000
Leroy F. Aarons Scholarship – Award $3,000
Jeremy D. Protas LGBT Patent Law Scholarship - $1,000

Grants:
Wayne F. Placek Grant - $15,000
Roy Scrivner Memorial Research Grant - $12,000

Additional valuable information on scholarships, grants, internships and much more is available at Fastweb, where the focus is helping all students find ways to pay for school.

About Fastweb:

Fastweb, a top site in the Monster Worldwide (NYSE:MWW) network, is the nation's recognized leader in helping students pay for school, by providing scholarship and financial aid information, as well as information on jobs and internships. One out of three college-bound seniors use the site, and more than 50 million users have benefitted from Fastweb’s information and services. Fastweb lets students create personalized profiles that can be matched against its expansive databases of colleges and scholarships. As the oldest and most popular free online scholarship matching service, the database has more than 1.5 million scholarships totaling over $3.4 billion. To learn more about Fastweb, visit www.fastweb.com and follow on Twitter at @PayingForSchool.

About Monster Worldwide:

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:MWW), is the global leader in successfully connecting job opportunities and people. Monster uses the world's most advanced technology to help people Find Better, matching job seekers to opportunities via digital, social and mobile solutions including monster.com®, our flagship website, and employers to the best talent using a vast array of products and services. As an Internet pioneer, more than 200 million people have registered on the Monster Worldwide network. Today, with operations in more than 40 countries, Monster provides the broadest, most sophisticated job seeking, career management, recruitment and talent management capabilities globally. For more information, visit about-monster.com.