CFA® Scholarship

CFA Institute scholarships are part the commitment to promoting the highest standards of ethics, education, and professional excellence. CFA scholarships help make the CFA® charter more attainable and give more people an opportunity to advance their career.  

This variety of scholarships allow more people to participate in CFA Program. View the full list of scholarships below:

CFA® Institute Access Scholarship Program

This scholarship is for individuals who may not be able to afford the program fees. Applicants must meet all CFA Program enrollment requirements. 

Scholarship Award: Exam registration reduced to USD 250

Application Deadline: The scholarship application will be open from mid-May through 15 September.

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CFA® Institute Women Scholarship Program

This scholarship is for women who are interested in earning the CFA charter, do not qualify for other CFA Institute scholarships, and have not yet registered for their next exam. 

Scholarship Award: Exam registration reduced to USD 350

Application Deadline: Applications will be accepted for the December 2020 exam cycle beginning on 5 February 2020.

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CFA® Institute Student Scholarship Program

This scholarship is for students currently attending an affiliated university and have not yet registered for their next exam.

Scholarship Award: Exam registration reduced to USD 350

Application Deadline: 8 August for the December 2020 exam.

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CFA® Institute Professor Scholarship Program

This scholarship is for full-time college/university professors or administrators/department heads who teach a minimum number of credit hours at qualified institutions and have not yet registered for their next exam.

Scholarship Award: Exam registration reduced to USD 350

Application Deadline: 15 August for the December 2020 exam.

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CFA® Institute Regulator Scholarship Program

This scholarship is for full-time, qualified employees of non-profit entities that supervise or regulate the operations, standards of practice, or business conduct of the investment management industry and have not yet registered for their next exam.

Scholarship Award: Exam registration reduced to USD 350

Application Deadline: 15 August for the December 2020 exam.

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CFA® Institute Media Scholarship Program

This scholarship is for full-time or contract employees of media organizations that communicate and distribute financial news, data, and education and have not yet registered for their next exam.

Scholarship Award: Exam registration reduced to USD 350

Application Deadline: 15 August for the December 2020 exam.

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How to apply the scholarship?

There are different rules for different types of scholarships. But, step-by-step in general are: 

Create an account at the CFA Institute website. Then, register for scholarship you desire (read the Official Rules for the Scholarship Program and make sure you meet CFA exam Program entrance requirements.). Subsequently, you need to wait for your scholarship is awarded first. Then, register for your CFA exam and make the reduced payment as listed before.

register with CFA Institute ⇒ apply scholarship ⇒ wait for scholarship is awarded ⇒ register for your exam & make the payment


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