CBAI Scholarship Contest

The CBAI Foundation for Community Banking provides $23,000 in scholarship funds for top high- school seniors statewide. One semifinalist may be chosen from each of the 13 CBAI groups via an essay-writing contest. We have the ability to award a $1,000 scholarship to a student in 12 of CBAI’s 13 groups along with $500 to a second place person in each group, which assures geographical uniformity of winners. The statewide winner will win $1,000 a year for up to four years of higher education. And, as in previous years, the high school of the overall winner will receive $500.

Competition: Competition is open to Illinois high school seniors who are sponsored by a CBAI member bank; it is not based on financial need nor plans for higher education. Student bank employees, plus the immediate families of bank employees, board members, CBAI employees, and judges are ineligible, (separate scholarship are available to these individuals.) Students are asked to write short essays on the above-mentioned theme. Length of the essay may not exceed one page of typewritten copy, double-spaced in 10-12-pt using Times New Roman font. No eligible essay may reference the movie, It's a Wonderful Life. Each essay must include a title.

The deadline for submission for the scholarship applications is January 27, 2017

Please stop by the counseling office for an application.

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