Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship
Eligibility: Citizen of U.S. or Canada; full- or part-time upper-division undergraduate or graduate minority student
Deadline: February 22 2013
Website: www.gfoa.org. Click on "Student Opportunities".
The Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship of $5000 is available for award in 2013 to an upper-division undergraduate or graduate student of public administration, (governmental) accounting, finance, political science, economics, or business administration (with a specific focus on government or nonprofit management).
Eligibility requirements include:
- Currently a full- or part-time upper-division undergraduate or graduate student
- Belong to one of the following groups (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau): Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino
- Citizen or permanent resident of the U.S. or Canada
- Recommendation by student's academic advisor, department chair (undergraduate student) or dean of the graduate program (graduate students)
- Student has not been a past winner of a scholarship program administered by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
Applications and additional information are available at the website or by contacting: Scholarship Committee, Government Finance Officers Association, 203 North LaSalle Street, Suite 2700, Chicago, IL 60601-1210
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