Access Scholarships by CFA

Access Scholarships provide needs-based scholarship opportunities for those unable to afford the full price of the CFA Program enrollment and registration fees.

Award
Waive the CFA Program enrollment fee and reduce the exam registration fee (includes access to the curriculum eBook) to US$250.*

Award Cycle
Access scholarships are awarded in December to be applied to exams in the following year. If awarded, the recipient can apply the scholarship to the

• June exam (Levels I, II, and III) or
• December exam (Level I only)

Important Dates
Application for 2014 exams: Available now
Must be completed by 15 September 2013

In collaboration with our member societies around the world, Access Scholarships are being awarded beginning with the 2013 exam cycle.

Over 2,600 scholarships will be awarded to CFA Program applicants each calendar year.

Note: Scholarship applicants who register for an exam while their Access Scholarship application is pending will be deemed ineligible and their application will be voided. However, scholarship applicants may purchase the curriculum separately by contacting us. After scholarship notifications occur in December, credit will be given for the advance purchase curriculum to applicants who register for an exam.

• Once you submit your scholarship application, changes cannot be made.
• If a candidate's financial situation changes, Access Scholarship applicants can withdraw their application from consideration before 1 November of the year in which they submit their application.
• If you receive a scholarship and register, you must sit for the exam in the relevant exam year awarded or you may be ineligible for future Access Scholarships.

Begin, complete, or withdraw your application (login required)

Source: http://www.cfainstitute.org/programs/cfaprogram/scholarships/Pages/index.aspx