First Sentier Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist current undergraduate sophomores who plan to continue college at a 4-year college in New York City for the upcoming academic year with an interest in the financial services industry and pursuing an eligible major*.
The program is administered by Scholarship America®, the nation’s largest designer and manager of scholarships and other education support programs for corporations, foundations, associations, and individuals. Eligibility for individual programs is determined at the sole discretion of the sponsor and eligible applications are reviewed by Scholarship America’s evaluation team.
Applicants to the First Sentier Foundation Scholarship Program must:
*Eligible majors to include: Finance, Business Management, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Statistics, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence in Finance, Compliance, and Risk Management.
First Sentier Investors employees and their immediate family members (spouses and dependents) are ineligible.
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive a $2,500 award. Up to four (4) awards will be granted.
Awards are renewable up to one year or until a bachelor’s degree is earned, whichever occurs first, on the basis of satisfactory academic performance (maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale), full-time enrollment at an accredited four-year college or university in New York City, and continued study in a financial services major or eligible major.
Awards are for undergraduate study only.
Awards are for qualified education-related expenses only (tuition, fees, books, and required supplies/equipment).
All applicants will be notified in June.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of First Sentier Foundation. Payment is made in early August.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Financial need will be weighted as 40% of the evaluation.
Selection of recipients is made by Scholarship America. In no instance does any officer or employee of First Sentier Foundation play a part in the selection. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
Recipients may be offered mentorship opportunities with First Sentier Investors staff members.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically.
