Government Finance Officers Association Minorities in Government Finance Scholarship

• Eligibility: Currently a full- or part-time upper-division undergraduate or graduate student in public administration, governmental accounting, finance, political science, economics or business administration and expecting to be enrolled in the spring 2016 semester (including spring 2016 graduates); 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 United States or Canada; Recommendation from your academic advisor, the dean of the graduate program (graduate students) or department chair (undergraduate 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.

1.     Requirements: Application form; Statement of proposed state and local government finance career plan and, if applicable, plan of graduate study; Undergraduate and graduate grade transcripts; Resume; Academic advisor's, department chair's, or dean's letter of recommendation; Other letters of recommendation (optional).

2.     Deadline: opens October 19, 2020

3.     Website: http://www.gfoa.org/about-gfoa/student-opportunities/scholarships-full-and-part-time-students