AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students 2014-15

Fellowship Overview

The AICPA Fellowship for Minority Doctoral Students ensures that CPAs of diverse backgrounds are visible in college and university classrooms. The program's goal is to increase the number of minority CPAs who serve as role models and mentors to young people in the academic environment. The AICPA Foundation awards annual fellowships of $12,000 to full-time minority accounting scholars who demonstrate significant potential to become accounting educators.

For the 2013-14 academic year, 22 accounting doctoral-level students were selected as recipients of this prestigious honor. View the 2014-15 AICPA Minority Doctoral Fellowship recipients.

Program Eligibility Requirements

Eligible applicants must meet the following requirements:

a) Applied to a doctoral program and awaiting word on acceptance; b) been accepted into a doctoral program; or c) already matriculated in a doctoral program and pursuing appropriate coursework
Earned a Master’s Degree and/or completed at least 3 years of full-time experience in the accounting practice
Minority student of Black or African American; Hispanic or Latino; or Native American ethnicity
Attend school on a full-time basis and plan to remain enrolled full-time until attaining doctoral degree
Agree not to work full-time in a paid position or accept responsibility for teaching more than one course per semester as a teaching assistant, or dedicate more than one quarter of my time as a research assistant
CPA or plan to pursue the CPA credential
U.S. citizen or permanent resident (green card holder)

What materials are required to apply for this program?

A completed application form
An official academic transcript from each institution from which you have received a degree
Confidential references from two individuals