Due Feb 1, 2027

Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship

Direct application

$10,000
23 winners

Eligibility

Major
Business
Education level
Undergraduate

About this scholarship

Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at accredited four-year universities who are pursuing fraud examination or anti-fraud careers may apply. Eligible majors include accounting, finance, business administration, criminal justice, or similar fraud-related fields. Undergraduates must be at least in the second half of their sophomore year; graduate students must meet enrollment hour requirements.

Twenty-three recipients receive tiered awards of up to $10,000, along with one year of ACFE membership. Funds are paid directly to the recipient's university.

Complete the online application with recommendation forms. The program honors ACFE members Larry Jennings and Tracy Ritchie, who lost their lives in a 1997 terrorist attack in Karachi, Pakistan.

Essay question

What else to submit

  • Online application
  • Recommendation forms
  • Essay describing fraud-related interests, activities, goals, and desired career path
  • Recommendation forms