Opportunities for Business

Accounting Scholarships            www.aicpa.org
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  Various scholarships, plus listing of other scholarship sources for accounting students.  Apps available January; deadlines early March.

AIGC Accenture                            http://www.aigc.com
Up to $20,000 for American Indian; financial need; starting graduate studies in medicine, law, engineering, or business.  Deadline June 1.

American Society of Women Accountants                www.aswa.org/scholarship.html
To $4,000  Fem accounting or finance major, full- or part-time; w/ min. 60 sem hrs; Deadlines vary.

Beneventi MBA Scholarship              www.dar.org/natsociety/edout_scholar.cfm
$2,000; full-time enrolled MBA program, 3.25+ GPA.  Deadline April

CDS Internships                     www.cdsintl.org
Germany, Spain, Argentina.  Also possible are Swiss or German work authorizations, for recent grads.

FORD Business Award            www.goldenkey.org
$10,000    Undergraduate and Master's level.  October 15

Fulbright Binational Business Grant to Mexico                     www.fulbrightonline.org/us
Intern placement.  Must have fluent Spanish.  Graduate or law student preferred, with two years’ experience.   Campus deadline Sept. 28

Horizons Scholarship, Women in Defense                 http://wid.ndia.org/horizon/
$500; female U.S. citizen; need; full-time or part-time grad, or undergrad junior or senior, pursuing career related to national security, 3.25+ GPA.  Deadlines July 1 and Nov. 1.

For Minority Accounting Students    http://ceae.aicpa.org/Resources/Scholarships+and+Awards/
Declared accounting major, soph+; min. 3.3 GPA; minority; citizen. Deadline June 1.

KPMG Future Diversity Leaders                                www.kpmgcampus.com
$1,000 scholarship, internship, mentoring. First-yr or soph minority business major, GPA 3.5+. March

Ritchie-Jennings Scholarship              See site for Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
$1,000  accounting major; undergrad or grad; essay on accounting fraud.  Deadline May.

Scherer Foundation Scholarship         See site for Karla Scherer Foundation
Undergrad or grad female, major economics or finance, planning career in corporate sector.  March 1

U.S. Dept. of State Internships            http://careers.state.gov/students/programs.html#CEP
Summer, fall, or spring; in Washington D.C. or at embassies overseas; paid or unpaid.  U.S. citizen; apply as a junior, senior, or grad student.  Deadline July 1.