Austin CPA Chapter/CPE Foundation Scholarship Program

Scholarship applicants are urged to read the following instructions closely. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

GUIDELINES AND INSTRUCTIONS

The Austin CPA Chapter/CPE Foundation established a scholarship program whose purpose is to provide scholarship assistance to junior, senior and graduate accounting students who plan to become Certified Public Accountants and enter the accounting profession. To be considered for this Scholarship, a student must:

• Be a current TSCPA Student member.
• Be a junior or senior accounting major or graduate student in accounting attending a university in the Austin Chapter Area, or a student of Austin Community College’s Professional Accountant, Advanced Technical Certificate program, with the intent of becoming a Certified Public Accountant and entering the accounting profession upon graduation.
• Submit the following to the Austin CPA Chapter/CPE Foundation Scholarship Committee, Austin CPA Chapter, 3305 Northland Drive, #406, Austin, TX, 78731, to be received by December 1, 2009:
  • A typed or neatly printed application, signed by the chairperson of the university’s accounting department.
  • Official cumulative college transcript(s) through the end of the spring 2009 semester to include credit hours earned from all colleges and universities and cumulative GPA.
  • A typed letter addressed to the Scholarship Committee, Austin CPA Chapter/CPE Foundation, explaining why you want to become a CPA.

At least four (4) $1,500 scholarships and one (1) $2,500 Bette Williams Scholarship will be awarded. Checks will be made payable to the university for the benefit of the student and mailed to the university in time for the spring semester.

Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

THIS APPLICATION WILL BE FOR USE BY THE AUSTIN CPA CHAPTER ONLY, AND IS NOT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO ANY THIRD PARTIES, IN COMPLIANCE WITH TEXAS OPEN RECORDS LAW AND FEDERAL EDUCATION RIGHTS AND PRIVACY ACT OF 1974.

Applicants may download a PDF of the scholarship application here, or click the button below to submit an application online.

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