In the United States, a scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education. "Scholarship" has a different meaning in the United States than it does in other countries, with the partial exception of Canada. Outside the U.S., scholarship is any type of monetary award to fund education. In the United States, the only country with a national system that determines a student's financial need (see Expected Family Contribution), and where universities are far more expensive than in other countries, a scholarship is money the student has to qualify for in some way, and the term "grant" - an award the student receives because of financial need - is used for what in other countries are called scholarships.