A selective guide to scholarships for the study of business or law.
HISPANIC BUSINESS® magazine
March 2002
Business Scholarships
AICPA Minority Scholarship
Academic & Career Development Division
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
(212) 596-6224
www.aicpa.org
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants awards a maximum of $5,000 to undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate students who are not CPAs must be pursuing a master’s degree in accounting or taxation; students pursuing an MBA must have an undergraduate degree in accounting.
Qualifications: Applicant must be in a five-year accounting program or have been an undergraduate accounting major who has been accepted into a master’s-level accounting, business administration, finance, or taxation program, or have had any undergraduate-level accounting instruction and have been accepted into a master’s-level accounting program. Must be a minority as defined by AIPCA. Students must also be enrolled full-time.
Deadline: July 1
American Society of Women Accountants Scholarship
1595 Spring Hill Road, Suite 330
Vienna, VA 22182
(800) 326-2163
aswa@aswa.org
www.aswa.org
This scholarship is open to both women and men who are pursuing a BA or MBA in accounting or a Certificate of Accounting. Applications may be submitted through local chapters of ASWA, which can be found on the Web site. Awarded on the basis of academic achievement and financial need, scholarships range from $1,500 to $4,500. Contact your local chapter of AWSA for more information.
Qualifications: Students who have completed a minimum of 60 semester credit hours with a major in accounting may submit a completed application to a local ASWA chapter.
Deadline: Early April
Association for Financial Professionals Scholar’s Award
Certification Department
7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 600W
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 907-2862
Fax: (301) 907-2864
www.afponline.org
A $5,000 scholarship for students of business and finance is awarded to graduating seniors, candidates for graduate degrees, or participants in AFP’s Professional Studies Program. Apply online.
Qualifications: Selection is based on an original paper, not submitted to any other award program. See the Web site for recommended subjects.
Deadline: June 1
Consortium for Graduate Study in Management
5585 Pershing Ave., Suite 240
St. Louis, MO 63112
(888) 658-6814
frontdesk@cgsm.org
www.cgsm.org
The Consortium, a 14-university alliance designed to hasten the entry of minorities into managerial positions in business, seeks college-trained minorities, including Hispanics, for graduate fellowships. The merit-based fellowships offer full tuition for two years of full-time MBA study at one of the 14 schools: University of California at Berkeley, Indiana University at Bloomington, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, New York University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Rochester, University of Southern California, University of Texas at Austin, University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Dartmouth College, Emory University, and Carnegie Mellon University. Apply online.
