Expanding the CAS Trust Scholarship
Entering its 20th year, the CAS Trust Scholarship Program will now award scholarships for up to eight college students per year. Up to four recipients will receive $5,000 scholarships and all-expense-paid trips to the CAS Annual Meeting (held in Washington D.C. in 2020). Up to four other recipients will receive scholarships of $2,500. The maximum amount of money awarded will be $30,000 compared to $20,000 in prior years. Brett Jaros, FCAS, chair of the CAS Trust Scholarship Committee, wrote in a CAS Roundtable blog post, “This new award structure will facilitate a greater reach of support on behalf of the CAS and recognize a broader pool of actuarial talent, which we are confident will eventually contribute to the ever-innovating professional society that is the CAS.”
To be eligible for one of these eight scholarships, college students must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Submit all sections of the CAS Trust Scholarship application by January 31, 2020. The application requires a transcript from your school(s); two letters of recommendation; a one-page essay; and information regarding your job history, extracurricular activities and actuarial exam progress.
- Attend a U.S. or Canadian college or university as a full-time student and continue as a full-time student at a U.S. or Canadian college or university for the following academic year. (This means that undergraduate seniors who will not be continuing their education in graduate school are not eligible to apply.)
- Sit for at least one actuarial exam. (Note that you are not required to have passed an actuarial exam; you simply need to have made the attempt.)
- Be a member of CAS Student Central.
Visit the CAS Trust Scholarship page for more information and to apply.
For those readers who are no longer in school, please consider passing along word of the scholarship to your alma mater’s actuarial club to promote the CAS and possibly help those who are following in your footsteps.
