Marcum LLP is a national accounting and advisory services firm dedicated to helping entrepreneurial, middle-market companies and high net worth individuals achieve their goals. Marcum offers a complete spectrum of tax, assurance, and advisory services. Marcum’s industry-focused practices offer deep insight and specialized services to privately held and publicly registered companies, and nonprofit and social sector organizations.

The Marcum Scholarship Fund serves to build the pipeline of diverse accountants by providing financial assistance to accounting majors from underrepresented groups who plan to become CPAs.

In addition, scholarship recipients will receive an internship and other engagement opportunities (mentorship, involvement in associate resource groups etc.) with Marcum.

Requirements: An eligible student must be/have:

• At full-time undergraduate student; must be at least a sophomore.

• Declared Accounting as their major.

• Overall GPA of at least 3.0.

• Involvement in at least one extracurricular activity.

• Have not accepted full time employment at another accounting firm for after graduation

• A participant in the Chicago Scholars program.