SCHOLARSHIPS
The Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting (EFWA) annually awards scholarships to women who are pursuing accounting degrees.
Whether you are pursuing an associate’s degree, a bachelor’s degree or an advanced degree, the Foundation has a scholarship designed for you. These opportunities are developed to financially support, empower and encourage women pursuing a career in accounting.
Each year the application period opens in January and closes March 30 for all scholarship applications.
Before applying, please see our scholarship FAQs.

Scholarships include:
- Aspire Scholarship
- American Dream Scholarship

Scholarships include:
- Horizons Scholarship
- EFWA Undergraduate Scholarship
- EFWA Global Undergraduate Scholarship
- IMA Undergraduate Scholarship

Scholarships include:
- EFWA Graduate Scholarship
- IMA Graduate Scholarship

- Laurels Fund
Partners
IMA® is one of the largest and most respected associations focused exclusively on advancing the management accounting profession. Globally, IMA supports the profession through research, the CMA® (Certified Management Accountant), CSCA® (Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis), and FMAA™ (Financial and Managerial Accounting Associate) certification programs, continuing education, networking, and advocacy of the highest ethical business practices. Twice named Professional Body of the Year by The Accountant/International Accounting Bulletin, IMA has a global network of about 140,000 members in 150 countries and 200+ professional and student chapters. Headquartered in Montvale, N.J., USA, IMA provides localized services through its six global regions: The Americas, China, Europe, Middle East/North Africa, India, and Asia Pacific. For more information about IMA, please visit www.imanet.org.
This compilation tackles the different methods supporters of the EFWA see as the best ways to support the organization, and in turn, women in accounting.