Scholarships and Awards

Student Scholarships AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship The AICPA/Accountemps Student Scholarship program provides financial assistance to students who are currently majoring in accounting, finance, or information systems. Five scholarships are awarded annually to AICPA student affiliate members. Application deadline: April 1, 2009 Learn More>>   John L. Carey Scholarship The AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship program provides financial assistance to liberal arts degree holders pursuing graduate studies in accounting and the CPA designation. Up to ten $5,000 scholarships are awarded annually. Application deadline: April 1, 2009 Learn More>> Scholarship for Minority Accounting Students This scholarship program provides awards of up to $5,000 to outstanding minority students to encourage their selection of accounting as a major and their ultimate entry into the profession. The program has been in existence for more than 20 years and has awarded more than $6 million in scholarships. Application deadline: March 6, 2009 Learn More>>   Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop In its fourteenth year, the AICPA Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop is an annual invitational program for minority accounting students who plan to pursue the CPA designation. This event aims to strengthen students’ professional skills and understanding of the limitless possibilities and benefits of earning the CPA credential. Registration Opens: February 1, 2009 Learn More>>

Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students The primary objective of the AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students program is to enable more minorities to enter and move ahead in the accounting profession and academe. Fellowships of up to $12,000 are awarded once a year to full-time minority accounting scholars who show significant potential to become accounting educators. Application deadline: April 1, 2009 Learn More>>   NcCPAp/AICPA Scholarships for Graduating High School Seniors Administered by the National Conference of CPA Practitioners (NcCPAp), this program offers competitive merit-based scholarships to outstanding graduating high school seniors planning to pursue careers as a certified public accountants. The AICPA funds the individual $1,000 awards. Application deadline: window now closed. Learn More>>

Educator Awards The Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Teaching Award The Bea Sanders/AICPA Innovation in Teaching Award recognizes successful practices in the first course sequence in accounting. Candidates are selected from accepted submissions to the AAA Annual Meeting Effective Learning Strategies Forum. Nomination deadline: January 12, 2009 Learn More>> The Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award The AICPA Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Award is designed to recognize full-time college accounting educators distinguished for excellence in teaching and for national prominence in the accounting profession. Nomination deadline: January 19, 2009 Learn More>>   AICPA/AAA Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award This award is designed to recognize outstanding articles, books, monographs, AICPA-sponsored research studies, or accounting literature appearing in other types of publications. Academic and practitioner nominations are welcome. Nomination deadline: January 31, 2009 Learn More>>