SCHOLARSHIPS

The Cubs Scholars program partners with Chicago Scholars to support a cohort of Scholars within our program, providing financial contributions and mentorship designed to promote academic achievement and post-secondary educational advancement.

Students are recommended for Cubs Scholars by Cubs Charities nonprofit partners during their junior year of high school as they apply to the Chicago Scholars program.

The Generations Scholarship was established in recognition of the impact that previous generations had on the donors’ ability to attend college; its goal is to help to initiate a cascade effect of college attendance for scholarship recipients and future generations. Applicants should be academically motivated, hard-working, ambitious students who demonstrate significant need related to financing their college education.

Awards of $5,000 per year for four years

Open to high school seniors

Application opens in mid-December.

The Invenergy Scholarship was created to support students in their pursuit of a career in the renewable energy industry.  Invenergy hopes to encourage the next generation of innovators, scientists, engineers, technologists, and business professionals who will contribute to the clean energy future.

Recipients receive college scholarships and access to career development opportunities.

Awards of $5,000 per year for four years

Open to high school seniors

Application opens in mid-December.

This scholarship was created to honor the life of Manjie Sikdar, in the hopes that her love and dedication can help others flourish. By creating this scholarship, the Sikdar family aims to bring opportunity to an individual who exhibits the ideals that Manjie’s family has always believed in: hard work, passion, and commitment.

Applicants are required to demonstrate commitment to some aspect of the performing arts

Awards of $2,000 per year for four years

Open to high school seniors

Application opens in mid-December.

The Manuel and Pat Pulido Sanchez Legacy Scholarship’s purpose is to elevate and provide scholarships for college to economically disadvantaged first-generation Americans of Hispanic descent.

Awards of $5,000 per year for four years

Open to high school seniors

Application opens in mid-December.

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.

Award includes access to a paid internship.

Awards of $2,500 per year for up to two years

Open to Accounting majors; college sophomores or older in 2022-23 school year

Stay tuned for information

The Rusty Cohen Legacy Scholarship Fund aims to ensure that young adults with an interest in careers in Environmental Health and Safety pursue their dreams of going to and graduating from college.

Award includes access to a summer internship after the recipient’s first year of college.

Awards of $5,000 per year for four years

Open to high school seniors

Application opens in mid-December.

The SBB Research Group STEM Scholarship encourages and empowers students to create significant value and countless new opportunities for society through their pursuit of higher learning, especially through interdisciplinary combinations of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

Open to current full-time college students and graduate students

One-time awards of $2,500

Rolling deadlines

The Elevating Futures Scholarship Fund’s mission is to aid qualified Chicago Public School students from low-income households in pursuing a STEM four-year college degree and launching a career in the construction or engineering industries. Recipients receive college scholarships, mentoring supports, and access to career development opportunities.

Historic scholarship partner; not currently accepting applications.

The TIAA/Nuveen Scholarship provides financial support and potential access to career development opportunities for young Chicagoans who are pursuing a 4-year degree exploring a career within the financial services industry (including Human Resources (HR), Legal, Marketing, Communications, Information Technology (IT), Finance, etc.).

Award of $1,250 per year for four years

Open to high school seniors

Application opens in mid-December.