CME Group Foundation Scholars Program

CME Group Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist Black and LatinX students who are current or rising undergraduate sophomores, juniors or seniors or rising juniors, seniors, or graduate students enrolled in the 4+1 MS Finance degree program.

This 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 CME Group Foundation Scholars Program must:

Students who demonstrate financial need and are historically underrepresented in the fields of Finance or Computer Science;
Be a current or rising undergraduate sophomore, junior or senior student (this includes coverage for students enrolled in a 4+1 combined undergraduate and master’s degree program);

Majoring in:

Accounting
Computer Science
Cyber Security
Data Science
Finance
Financial Engineering
Information Technology
Math
Statistics

Have a minimum grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent);
Be willing to participate in a 15-30 minute virtual interview;
Be willing to attend a mandatory one-day market education program at CME Group in Chicago in August 2024 to learn about the industry and summer internship opportunities. Recipients will be reimbursed for travel expenses for the day;

Essay Topics

Why have you chosen to pursue a degree in your major and what excites you about that field?
What is a time you have faced a challenge? What did you do to respond to it?
The use of AI to generate essays or for any part of the application is prohibited. Applicants will be disqualified if they use AI.

As part of your application, you must upload the following documents:

A current, complete transcript of grades. Grade reports are not accepted. Unofficial or online transcripts must display student name, school name, grades and credit hours for each course and term in which each course was taken.
A copy of the family’s first two pages of the most recently filed IRS Form 1040 used for the Financial Information Section of the application. (You must submit the 1040 on which you are claimed.) Please black out all social security numbers and bank account information. If you are an international student, or have special circumstances, please upload a note of explanation.
Your application is not complete unless all required documents are submitted electronically through the Scholarship America Student Hub.