🎓 Scholarship Management System

A Flask-based web application that allows students to view and apply for scholarships while enabling admins to manage scholarship records, applications, and approvals. This project simplifies the scholarship process and maintains structured digital records.

✅ Features 👩‍🎓 Student Module

View available scholarships

Submit applications

Upload required details

Track status

🛂 Admin Module

Add, edit & delete scholarships

Review student applications

Approve / reject entries

Manage records in one place

⚙️ System Capabilities

SQLite database storage

Modular folder structure

HTML templates with CSS styling

Form validation

Error handling & logs

🛠️ Tech Stack Layer Technology Backend Python, Flask Frontend HTML, CSS, Bootstrap Database SQLite Tools Git, VS Code 📂 Project Structure scholarship_system/ │ ├── app.py ├── init_db.py ├── scholarship.db ├── app.log │ ├── static/ # CSS, images, JS ├── templates/ # HTML files ├── instance/ # Config & DB (ignored) ├── venv/ # Virtual environment │ └── requirements.txt

🚀 Run the Project Locally 1️⃣ Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/snehavalthaje/scholarship-system.git cd scholarship-system

2️⃣ Create & activate virtual environment python -m venv venv venv\Scripts\activate # Windows

3️⃣ Install dependencies pip install -r requirements.txt

4️⃣ Run the server python app.py

5️⃣ Open in browser http://127.0.0.1:5000/

✅ .gitignore (Important) venv/ pycache/ instance/ *.db *.log .env

📌 Future Enhancements

User authentication (login/signup)

Email notifications

Admin dashboard UI improvements

Cloud deployment (Render/Railway)