ISACA New England Announces 2010/2011 Academic Scholarship

Overview

ISACA New England is offering academic scholarships of $1,500 to two qualified students for the 2010/ 2011 academic year.

The period for applying for the scholarships ends April 30, 2010. The scholarships will be awarded in June 2010. Participants are to write an essay on the topic defined below. Submissions will be judged by IT and audit professionals who are Board Members of the New England ISACA Chapter Scholarship Review Committee. Essays will be evaluated based on relevance, clarity of thought, demonstrated understanding of the subject matter, organization, originality, spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

The winners will have their essays published in an edition of the ISACA New England newsletter and website, and will be asked to attend the ISACA NE Annual Meeting in June 2010, in order to present the scholarship and meet the membership.

Scholarship Requirements

Current full-time undergraduate students who are studying information systems, accounting, computer science or other business related degrees at an accredited college or university in any of the following states are invited to apply:

• Maine
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• Rhode Island
• Vermont

*Students who are legal residents of any of the five states listed above, studying outside of New England, are also invited to apply.

To be eligible, the applicant must meet the following requirements:

• Essay Submission – Write an essay describing the evolution of the IT audit profession.  Address the factors that led to its creation, the purpose that it serves, and your vision for the future of IT audit.
• The essay should be double-spaced and must include between 900 and 1000 words, excluding names, headers, and end-notes.
• Only one essay per author will be considered.
• The essay should be submitted in a standard word processing format such as MS Word or WordPerfect. When citing sources, essays must follow either the MLA or APA format and the essay must contain a reference page.
• During the period that the essay is under consideration, the author asserts that it has not been published elsewhere and is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
• The essay must be submitted and received no later than April 30, 2010. Any entries received after this date will not be considered. 
• Essay submissions must include the completed Academic Scholarship Application, Student Certification and Verification of Student Standing.
• Submissions not meeting the requirements defined above will be disqualified from the competition.

 

How to Apply

Complete the attached Academic Scholarship Application Form, Student Certification and Verification of Student Standing, and email the results, along with your Essay, to scholarship@isacane.org.

Following the close of the enrollment period, members of the ISACA New England Scholarship Review Committee will review each applicant’s entry. The $1,500 individual scholarships will be awarded to the top performing candidates based on the quality of their essay submissions and the students' current academic standing. Authors will be notified by May 29, 2010 of the decision. The recipients will be asked to attend the ISACANE Annual Meeting in June 2010, in order to present the scholarship and meet the membership.