Offered to high school seniors without regard to financial need who will be entering a Kansas college or university the following academic school year and plan to major in accounting.

Applicants are required to have ACT or SAT test scores submitted by a counselor or teacher and must complete and submit a comprehensive application designed to demonstrate their leadership activities and written communication skills.

The Byron Bird scholarship is named for and originally funded by Byron Bird, CPA, the first recipient of the American Institute of CPAs National Public Service Award.

The scholarship is awarded to a current graduate accounting student or graduate school candidate on the basis of undergraduate academic performance, potential for success in graduate studies, leadership, and participation in community, charitable, university, governmental and/or other civic activities. All Kansas colleges and universities are encouraged to select one candidate for the scholarship. Submission of application is required.

Funded by Kansas CPAs in honor of the KSCPA’s first full-time Executive Director, this scholarship is given to one full-time student enrolled as an accounting major in their junior year at an independent Kansas college or university. Qualified scholarship nominees must demonstrate academic success in their accounting curriculum.

Additional emphasis is placed on the nominee’s grades in English and rhetoric subjects as well as courses in business and economics. Important qualifications also include the nominee’s involvement in extracurricular activities, willingness to comply with standards of professional responsibility, and overall moral character. Contact your independent college or university’s accounting department for details.