CME Group Foundation has established a scholarship program to assist First Generation college students from low income backgrounds who are studying in the fields of Finance or Computer Science and are current or rising undergraduate sophomores, juniors or seniors.
The CME Group Foundation Scholars Program will award renewable scholarships of up to $20,000 per year to students who are majoring in finance, information technology, computer science or applied mathematics who show financial need and are first-generation college students (the student’s parents or guardians have not completed a 4-year college degree or higher), at 12 eligible partner schools in Illinois and New Jersey.
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 CME Group Foundation Scholars Program must:
*Wilbur Wright College students must be current students in their second year at Wilbur Wright College, planning to attend one of the approved four-year colleges listed above for their Junior and Senior years.
The use of AI to generate essays or for any part of the application is discouraged.
If selected as a recipient, the student will receive up to $20,000. Award amounts may vary based on financial need.
Awards are renewable up to three additional years, or until a bachelor’s degree (or 4+1 combined
undergraduate and master’s degree program is earned), whichever occurs first, on the basis of continued full-time enrollment and satisfactory academic performance.
Awards are for undergraduate study only. This includes coverage for students enrolled in a 4+1 combined undergraduate and master’s degree program. Awards may be used for all education-related expenses.
Applicants will be notified in June.
Notifications are sent via email. When setting up your account, avoid using a school or work email. Instead, use an active, personal email address that you will continue to have access to.
Please make sure to add studentsupport@scholarshipamerica.org as well as the program email address as safe senders in your email contact list.
Scholarship America processes scholarship payments on behalf of CME Group Foundation. Payments are made in one installment in August.
Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of:
Recipients must demonstrate financial need.
Selection of recipients is made by CME Group Foundation. Not all applicants to the program will be selected as recipients. Students may reapply to the program each year they meet eligibility requirements. All applicants agree to accept the decision as final.
The use of AI to generate essays or for any part of the application is discouraged.
As part of your application, you must upload the following:
Your application is not complete unless all required materials are submitted electronically through the Scholarship America Student Hub.