
Scholarships
Amount: $5,000-$15,000. About: Offered by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the Jeffrey L. Esser Career Development Scholarship is meant to advance the public finance careers of those employed for at least three years by one or more state or local governments. Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents, be part-time students…
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), the Betty Jo Harker Professional Development Scholarship (formerly, Government Finance Professional Development Scholarship) is awarded to part-time graduate students who work in government with a career interest in state and local government finance. Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents, be…
Amount: $10,000. About: Offered by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), Clark Burrus Public Service Academic Scholarship (formerly, Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship) recognizes minority students pursuing careers in government finance. Applicants must be U.S. or Canadian citizens or permanent residents and must be a member of one of the following ethnic groups: African-American, Asian/Pacific…
Amount: $1,000. About: The American Legion Department of Kansas, the Kansas state branch of the largest veterans organization in the United States, offers the Charles W. and Annette Hill Scholarship to Kansas high school seniors, college freshmen, and college sophomores who are the descendents of wartime veterans and who have been members of the Kansas…
Amount: $10,000, $5,000, $2,500, $1,000. About: The Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship Program awards undergraduate and graduate students who are pursuing careers in fraud examination. Applicants must be enrolled full-time at an accredited four-year college or university, have declared a major in accounting, business administration, criminal justice, or finance, and have a desire to pursue an anti-fraud…