Franco Family Accounting Scholarship

This scholarship will be awarded for the 2024-2025 Academic Year
$2,500 in Fall 2024 and $2,500 in Spring 2025 (please note: scholarship recipient must be enrolled in at least 1-unit in Fall 2024 and 1-unit in Spring 2025 in order to receive the funds for the respective semester)

  • Awarding Department: Accounting Department
  • Scholarship Intent: The Franco Family Accounting Scholarship is designed to serve economically disadvantaged students majoring in accounting who have demonstrated a commitment to enhancing diversity. Preference will be given to undergraduate students who are or have been involved in civic, cultural or business organizations that support underserved communities.
  • Criteria:
    1. Undergraduate students majoring in accounting or graduate students pursuing a Master of
    Science in Accountancy.
    2. Students must demonstrate financial need as determined by the Free Application for Federal
    Student Aid (FAFSA) or the California Dream Act application.
    3. Students must provide a written statement describing their involvement in organizations that
    enhance diversity as well as their educational and career goals
  • Major: Multiple: MS in Accountancy, and MS in Accountancy (in the Blend program/Scholars program at the graduate level), BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting (in the Blend program/Scholars program at the undergraduate level.
  • Class Level: Undergraduate: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, & Senior, Graduate: 2nd BA & Masters/MFA
  • Enrollment Status: Continuing SF State student
  • Enrollment Requirement: Undergraduate: 1 Unit, Graduate 1 Unit
  • Financial Need as determined by the FAFSA and/or CA Dream App: Yes
  • Citizenship: Any
  • Minimum GPA: GPA: 3.0 for both undergraduate and graduate
  • Contact Person: Jeff Chun
  • Email: jeffchun@sfsu.edu
  • Number of Awards: Varies
  • *Renewal: Scholarship awarded shall be for one academic year and may be renewed for up to two additional academic years for those recipients who continue to meet the listed eligibility criteria and maintain at least a 3.0 GPA overall.

Award
$5,000
Deadline
03/31/2024
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please provide a copy of your resume
  2. Please upload your SF State unofficial transcript
  3. Please describe the ways in which you have demonstrated leadership in inclusivity, including providing details on your involvement in organizations that support Black, Latine, and/or Indigenous communities. Why is this work important to you and to the future of the accounting profession? (350 Word Limit)