Who Can Apply:
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- Black or LatinX;
- A current or rising undergraduate sophomore, junior or senior student (students enrolled in a 4+1 MS Finance degree program are eligible, but must be a rising junior, senior or graduate student in the 4+1 MS Finance program);
- Enrolled or planning to enroll full-time at one of the following CME Group Foundation partner schools for the entire upcoming academic year:
Partner Schools:
- DePaul University
- Loyola University Chicago
- National Louis University
- Northern IL University
- Southern IL University – Carbondale
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- University of IL – Chicago
- University of IL Urbana – Champaign
- St. Xavier University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
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- Majoring in:
- Information Technology
- Computer Science
- Finance
- Data Science
- Cyber Security
- Math
- Statistics
- Financial Engineering
- Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent);
- Willing to attend a one-day market education program at CME Group in Chicago in August 2021 to learn about the industry and summer internship opportunities. Recipients will be reimbursed for travel expenses for the day. Market Education Day may be virtual, based on health guidelines.
Submission: A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Unofficial or online transcripts must display student name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
Deadline: April 1, 2022
Amount: $20,000
Learn More: https://learnmore.scholarsapply.org/cme-scholars/