
Scholarships
Amount: $5,000-$10,000. About: A part of the AICPA Foundation Legacy Scholars program, the AICPA Foundation Scholarship for Future CPAs provides financial assistance to outstanding students to encourage their pursuit of accounting as a major and their ultimate entry into the profession. It offers $5,000-$10,000 awards to undergraduate or graduate degree students interested in pursuing the
Amount: $5,000. About: A part of the AICPA Foundation Legacy Scholars program, the AICPA Foundation Two-Year Transfer Scholarship offers $5,000 awards to students looking to transfer from a two-year college to a four-year institution to complete their degree in accounting or an accounting-related field. To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate some financial need, be currently
Amount: Up to $7,000. About: The American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) Foundation offers two kinds of scholarships for students studying hospitality: self-nominated and school-nominated. Self-nominated scholarships are open to all hospitality-related degree seeking students enrolled in a U.S. college or university regardless of affiliation or school affiliation with the AHLA. In total, the AHLA
Amount: $2,500. About: The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) offers three scholarships for students interested in pursuing a career in research, regulatory work, or quality control, or teaching in an area related to food, drug, or consumer product safety. In order to qualify, students must be in their third year of undergraduate study.
Amount: Up to $3,500. About: The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) offers two merit scholarships for students whose parents or guardians are Foreign Service employees and members of the AFSA: Academic Merit Scholarship and Art Merit Scholarship. Applicants must be high school seniors and the legal dependents of a U.S. government Foreign Service employee. For
Amount: $500-$5,000. About: The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America holds an annual college scholarship essay contest for high school seniors, for which the grand prize winner is granted a $5,000 scholarship. Entrants must write a 1,200 to 1,500-word essay describing the impact of Alzheimer’s disease on themselves, their families, or their communities, and what they have