Larry B. Sawyer Student Scholarship
Larry B. Sawyer Student Scholarship
2024 Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the 2024 Larry B. Sawyer Student Scholarship recipients:
1st Place
Ziyue Zhen
Western University, Canada
2nd Place
Onewang Lemao
University of Pretoria, South Africa
3rd Place
Trang Church
The University of Texas at Dallas, USA
View the recipients winning submissions
The Scholarship
The Larry B. Sawyer Student Scholarship (formerly the Esther R. Sawyer Award) was established in 2000 by the Internal Audit Foundation Board of Trustees and funded through a generous contribution to the Foundation by the Sawyer family. Larry B. Sawyer, CIA, CPA (1911–2002), known as “the father of modern internal auditing,” was an attorney, author, and ardent advocate for the internal audit profession and original author of Sawyer’s Internal Auditing, now in its seventh edition.
The scholarship is granted to individuals who are currently enrolled in, or have recently completed, undergraduate- or graduate-level internal audit courses.
2025 scholarship applications will open soon.
Application Process & Criteria
Application: Individuals will complete the online application and attach a 3 - 5 minute video submission answering the following questions:
1. Why are you interested in a career in Internal Audit?
2. Are you planning to pursue your CIA and how will it benefit you in your career?
3. What would receiving this scholarship mean to you?
Creativity is encouraged. Applications are accepted annually by April 15. Scholarship recipients will be selected by the Internal Audit Foundation's Committee of Research Education Advisors (CREA) and approved by the Board of Trustees. Winners will be announced in August each year. Prior award recipients are not eligible.
Eligibility: The award will be granted to an individual who meets the following criteria:
- Currently enrolled in or has recently completed internal audit coursework at the undergraduate or graduate level.
- Recorded and submitted an original video answering the required questions listed above.
- Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA or equivalent
- Currently sitting for, or planning to take the CIA exam
- Current IIA student member in North America or participating affiliate country. Non-participating countries are exempt from this criteria.
Awards include:
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First place – US $5,000 to the recipient.
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US $2,000 to the IIA-IAEP endorsed school with which the student is affiliated.
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Second place – US $2,000 to the recipient.
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US $500 to the IIA-IAEP endorsed school with which the student is affiliated.
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Third place – US $500 to the recipient.
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US $500 to the IIA-IAEP endorsed school with which the student is affiliated.
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