ScholarNestX
A scholarship management system connecting students with global funding opportunities.
Scholarship Management Platform
ScholarNestX is a full-featured MERN stack web application designed to manage scholarship listings, applications and reviews. It includes role-based dashboards for users, moderators and admins, allowing seamless interaction between students and scholarship providers. Image uploads are handled through Cloudinary, authentication uses Firebase and JWT, and Stripe powers application-fee payments, with real-time review display and status-based application tracking.
Tech stack
Key features
- User, Moderator and Admin role-based dashboards
- Scholarship listing, searching, filtering and detailed view
- Secure application system with Stripe payment integration
- Cloudinary image hosting for user photos, university logos and scholarship images
- Application review and feedback functionality
- Dynamic review and rating system with carousel display
- User role management and moderation tools
- Analytics charts for the admin dashboard
Main challenge
Managing role-based access securely and ensuring safe file uploads to Cloudinary while keeping the application and review flow smooth for users.
What is next
File verification (PDF uploads), real-time notifications, moderator-user chat and AI-based scholarship recommendations.