Excellent Scholarship Management software!
What do you like best?
This is the best scholarship management software that I have worked with. I like how I am able to customize the scholarship application for each open scholarship cycle and the custom reports that I am able to create and utilize. I have recently integrated our student information system, BannerWeb, with AwardSpring, and it is a great relief for students to utilize the single-sign on method, instead of having to create a username and password to remember. It is awesome that some of the questions pre-fill on the scholarship application through AwardSpring after integrating the two systems. I am able to ensure that eligible students are qualified and applied to the correct scholarships. Previously, there was not a feature to have two different scholarship cycles open at the same time, and now this feature has been enabled within the past year, so this is another awesome feature.
What do you dislike?
Although now the option is there to have two open scholarship cycles at the same time, I wish that there was an option to have different scholarship applications as well. For example, I open two different types of scholarships each semester, tuition and textbooks. I wish there was a way to have a separate application that I can just copy from cycle to cycle for textbooks and a separate application for tuition. This way, I would not have to change the questions and make a mistake by removing an important question that is needed.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Please allow two open scholarship applications/cycles at the same time. Please allow the ability to create and maintain an application for different scholarship cycles, without having to completely change the questions each open cycle.
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
I have not experienced any extreme problems. The import process can be a little difficult; however, once the proper research and steps are identified, it can be simple. The integration with Banner presented just a few issues; however, overall, the process was smooth.
