Got an Outstanding Student?

Nominate your student for the CompTIA Educational Foundation IT Merit Awards by May 1.

Recognize your outstanding students who have trained for and received a CompTIA certification. Help them win at least $250 to further their pursuit of an IT career.

The IT Merit Award Scholarship program recognizes outstanding accomplishments by students and adult learners in the CompTIA Education to Careers (E2C), CompTIA Authorized Delivery Partners and existing CompTIA Learning Alliance (CLA) programs who have trained for and received CompTIA certification.

To be eligible for an award, students must have received their training from, or currently be enrolled in training offered by a CompTIA educational partner organization, such as a high school; community or technical college; not-for-profit; or government training program. The student nominee also must have received a CompTIA certification recently.  

Each spring and fall, the Foundation presents scholarships worth $250 each to 15 students nationwide who are pursuing careers in the IT industry.  The Foundation also gives out $500 awards, the Dorianne and John Venator IT Merit Award Scholarships, to 10 community or technical college students who are more advanced in their IT studies.

To help all students have a chance at winning a Merit Award, only one award per student is allowed for the lifetime of the student.

An industry endowment to the CompTIA Educational Foundation funds the awards. Since the program began in 2001, more than 400 students in the United States and Canada have received a cash award to be used toward their continuing education.

The spring deadline is just a couple of weeks away – May 1!  To nominate students, fill out the IT Merit Award Nomination Form online.