Risk Management and Insurance Scholarships

RMI Scholarships

The following scholarships are resources available to Risk Management and Insurance students.

• Joe Dimmick Scholarship(Applications due September 15)
• Norm Ziegler Trailblazer Scholarship (Applications due January 15)
• Spencer Educational Foundation(Applications due January 31)
• Surety and Fidelity Intern & Scholarship Program (Application due dates vary)
• DEI on the RISE Scholarship (Applications due February 28)
• Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Endowment(Applications due February 28 on Scholarship Universe)
• Insurance Alumni Scholarship Endowment(Applications due February 28 on Scholarship Universe)
• Johnstone Educational Foundation AIPAGIA Scholarship (Applications due March 1)
• Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents Scholarship(Applications due March 1)
• Insurance Institutes President’s CPCU Scholarship(for CPCU expenses, applications due April)
• WSIA Education Foundation Scholarships(Applications due in March)
• Mid-Michigan Chapter CPCU Society(Applications due May 31)
• IABA Scholarship(Applications due March 31)
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals(Applications due June or July)
• MAIA and MI Future Foundation(Application deadline varies, multiple opportunities at this link)
• CPCU Society NextGen Scholarship (Applications deadline varies, fall and spring)
• Loman Financial Aid Program  (For internship-related costs. Application deadlines vary, apply early.)
• SET SEG Insurance and Risk Management Scholarship (Applications due March 29; HS Seniors eligible)
• Detroit RIMS Chapter (Application deadline varies; HS Senior eligible)
• Michigan Association of Professional Insurance Agents Scholarship (Applications due March 1; HS Senior eligible)
• NAMIC Mutual Foundation Insurance Scholarship (Applications due January 31; HS Senior eligible)
• Westran Insurance Scholarship Foundation (Applications due March 31; HS Senior eligible)
• The Actuarial Foundation (Application deadlines vary; HS Senior eligible)
• InVEST Scholarship (Application deadline varies; HS Senior eligible)
• National Merit Scholarship (Applications due March 22; HS senior eligible)
• National African-American Insurance Association JL Tillman Scholarship (Applications due August 31; HS Senior eligible)
• Chicago RIMS Chapter (Contact your RMI instructor for application details; Applications due late March)
• Western Michigan CPCU Chapter Scholarship(Contact your RMI instructor for application details; Applications due March 15)
• Insuring MI Future Scholarships (several opportunities!)

Please note: Application deadlines and URLs frequently change, so some of the above information may be outdated. Independent internet searching may yield more current results. Gamma Iota Sigma and/or Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) membership may be required or strongly encouraged for many of these scholarship opportunities. If you’re not currently a member, it is easy to join.

Scholarships designated by ‘HS Seniors eligible’ may consider applicants who are currently high school seniors with an intent to pursue a collegiate RMI education.  Some may require the high school student to have applied and been accepted into a collegiate RMI program at the time of their scholarship application.