CodeAlvinCreator/Scholarship-Finder-

Scholarship finder app for African students # Scholarship Finder for African Students A web application that helps African students discover scholarship opportunities. The app combines a curated set of Africa-focused scholarship listings with **live scholarship data pulled from the Open Scholarships API**, giving users a searchable, filterable, and sortable database of funding opportunities in one place. **Live app:** 18.212.1.23 (SSL certificate is issued for `codexal.tech`, so browsers will show a security warning when visiting via IP — click "Advanced" → "Proceed" to continue. `codexal.tech` will also resolve to the same load balancer once DNS propagation completes.) **Demo video:** *[add your video link here once recorded]* **GitHub repo:** github.com --- ## What the app does - Lets users search and filter scholarships by country of origin, degree level, field of study, and funding type - Sorts results by deadline, date posted, or award amount - Lets users save/bookmark scholarships to a personal list (stored in the browser via `localStorage`) - Displays detailed scholarship information in a modal (eligibility, requirements, benefits, application link) - Pulls a **second, live section of real US-based scholarships** directly from the Open Scholarships API, fetched securely through a backend proxy - Gracefully handles API failures — if the live data fails to load, the core African scholarship listings remain fully usable ## Tech stack - **Frontend:** HTML, CSS, vanilla JavaScript, Font Awesome (CDN) - **Backend:** Node.js + Express (serves the frontend and proxies API requests) - **External API:** Open Scholarships via RapidAPI - **Deployment:** Two AWS EC2 web servers running Nginx as a reverse proxy in front of the Node app, load balanced by HAProxy ## API used and credit This project uses the **Open Scholarships API**, licensed under CC BY 4.0. > Open Scholarships by Grudged LLC — github.com (CC BY 4.0) A …