The AINA Foundation's Scholarship Program puts meaningful dollars in students' hands funds they can use for tuition, living expenses, books, or any other education-related cost while surfacing AI use cases that can inspire the broader profession.
Scholarship Details
- Two $5,000 scholarships are awarded
- Scholarship funds are paid directly to recipients and may be used for tuition, books, fees, living expenses, and other education-related costs
- Winners receive six months of mentorship from an AINA Advisory Council member or partner firm leader
- Recipients are featured on the AI Native Accounting Podcast and recognized through AINA publications and social channels
- Winners receive introductions to selected partner firms offering potential internship or apprenticeship opportunities
- Winning projects may be featured in AINA's student AI use case library
Eligibility Criteria
- Must be an undergraduate or master's student studying accounting, finance, taxation, or a closely related field
- Must be enrolled at an accredited U.S. college or university for the current academic year
- Applicants do not need to be pursuing a CPA, CGMA, or other professional credential
- Must submit a practical AI-enabled project or working artifact related to accounting, finance, or a closely related area
Application Process
- Complete the applicant profile with information about your school, academic program, graduation date, career plans, credentials, and professional organization memberships.
- Submit a practical AI use case project, such as a prompt library, custom GPT, Excel or Power BI workflow, automation agent, code notebook, browser extension, or another AI-enabled system you have built or configured.
- Provide a project description of no more than 500 words explaining the problem you identified, how your solution works, and how a practitioner could benefit from it.
- Record a three- to four-minute video introducing yourself, demonstrating your project, discussing how AI may reshape your intended career, and explaining its potential value to the broader profession.
The Advisory Council reviewing applications is made up of leaders actively shaping how accounting and finance firms adopt AI. They are not looking for essays about AI they want to see real work and future thinking. The Council responds to students who understand the accounting and finance work deeply enough to know what's worth improving, and who had the initiative to try.
