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Scholarships

CFA Institute scholarships are part of our commitment to promoting the highest standards of ethics, education, and professional excellence. Our scholarships help make the CFA® charter more attainable and give more people an opportunity to advance their career. 
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Explore Available Scholarships 

Our variety of scholarships allow more people to participate in CFA Program. View our full list of scholarships below. All scholarships include a waived enrollment fee and discounted registration. Scholarships are awarded on a rolling basis, allowing candidates to select from multiple upcoming exam offerings.

All fees shown are net of any local Value-Added Tax (VAT), Goods and Services Tax (GST), Sales Tax or any similar  tax payable by the candidate in their country of residence. Where CFA Institute is required to collect such taxes at the local statutory rate, this will be added to the fees shown during the payment/checkout process.

For information about taxability related to online purchases from CFA Institute, please visit our Tax Policy page.

Who Is This For? Registration Discount
Access Scholarship For individuals who may not be able to afford the program fees and have not yet registered for their next exam. Exam registration reduced to USD300
Women's Scholarship For women who are interested in earning the CFA charter, do not qualify for other CFA Institute scholarships, and have not yet registered for their next exam.   Exam registration reduced to USD400 
Student Scholarship For students currently attending an affiliated university and have not yet registered for their next exam. Exam registration reduced to USD400 
Professor Scholarship For full-time college/university professors or administrators/department heads who teach a minimum number of credit hours at qualified institutions and have not yet registered for their next exam. Exam registration reduced to USD400 
Regulator Scholarship

For employees of financial regulators, central banks, securities commissions, qualifying stock exchanges, SROs and/or government entities. Specifically, those entities that oversee or regulate operations, standards of practice or business conduct of the investment management industry and which have entered into a program agreement with CFA Institute.

Exam registration reduced to USD400 

*The media scholarship is no longer accepting new applicants. Please review the scholarships above and apply to one of our other scholarship options.

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