North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA)
The North Carolina Association of CPAs’ (NCACPA) charitable foundation, the NC CPA Foundation, Inc. annually awards accounting scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $5,000, to deserving North Carolina accounting students.
Eligibility: The award is available to deserving North Carolina accounting students who:
- Have a NC residence
- Enroll in a NC college or university
- Have completed at least one college or university level accounting course
- Have completed at least 36 semester hours (or equivalent) by the start of the spring semester of the year of application
- Enroll or are enrolled in an academic program leading to a degree in accounting or its equivalent, either currently or during the first semester following the awarding of the scholarship
- Are sponsored by two accounting faculty members who sign the application form
- Provide evidence of academic achievement with GPA (including accounting subjects and overall) of 3.0 or higher on 4.0 scale
- Submit typed essay on topic of “What role do CPAs play in society and should that role change, given events of the past few years?”