The IACPA Educational Foundation supports a college scholarship program that awards three $2,500 scholarships: the LeRoy C. Schmidt 150-Hour Scholarship, the Elizabeth Peters Memorial Scholarship, and the Von Haden Memorial Scholarship. Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, volunteering activities, a personal statement and letters of recommendation.
To be eligible, an applicant must:
- Become a resident of the State of New York and a U.S. citizen.
- Have full-time student status with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher at a college or university that has an accounting program that qualifies to sit for the CPA Exam.
- Have completed 120 credit hours of a degree program that qualifies to sit for the CPA Exam but not yet completed the 150-hour requirement.
- Work hard to meet the 150-hour requirement and plan to apply for a New York State CPA license.
Recipients will be announced and notified in April, with scholarships distributed by September.
For more information about each scholarship and answers to frequently asked questions, please review the College Scholarship FAQs or contact Tammy Hofstede.