Our Opportunities

Welcome to $hef!

Welcome to the scholarship website for enrolled and incoming students at The Culinary Institute of America.
Most scholarships require students to have a FAFSA for the current academic year. You can file the FAFSA here.

When Scholarships are Posted:

We post over 60 scholarship opportunities each semester.
Scholarships for the following semesters will be accepting applications between the corresponding dates below:

Summer 2026: December 22, 2025 – February 2, 2026
Fall 2026: April 20, 2026 – June 8, 2026
Spring 2027: August 10, 2026 – October 5, 2026

How to Apply for Scholarships:

To apply for any $hef scholarship, complete your incoming student deposit.
Your deposit will automatically create a general application, allowing you to sign in and apply for scholarships the following day.
Upon signing in, you will be brought to the “Recommended Opportunities” page which lists scholarships you likely qualify for.
To apply, click the scholarship’s name and review the description. Then, click the orange “Apply” button at the bottom.

Checking Your Scholarship Application Status:
View your application status anytime by visiting the My Applications page after logging in.

Submitted = Applications are still being reviewed.
Offered = You have been selected for the scholarship.
Not Selected = You were not selected for the scholarship.

You will only receive an email if you are selected for a scholarship.
Most scholarships will be awarded within 3-4 weeks of the scholarship’s deadline, but some may take longer.

External Scholarships:
Additional scholarships from outside organizations are posted on the External Scholarships page throughout the year.
To acess the external scholarships, hover or click on the “Opportunities” tab and click “External”. These scholarships are not managed or funded by the CIA.

Helpful Resources:

Scholarship Essay Checklist
Recipe Scholarship Tips
File the FAFSA
Learn More About $hef

Questions?
For questions about the Earn and Learn program: studentworkprograms@culinary.edu
For all other scholarship-related questions: $hef@culinary.edu

Opportunities Table

Award	Name	Actions
$6,800	Follow Your Dreams Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$2,500	Food For Yu Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$800	Grand Marnier Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements will be reviewed...	Ended
Two awards of $6,200	Gutenstein Family Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards up to $1,500	Il Circolo Squal-arship in Memory of Pasquale "Pat" and Tom Valenti Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards of $2,500 each	illy Farm-to-Table Scholarship Students participating in the Fall 2025 or Summer 2026 Farm-to-Table...	Ended
Two awards of $6,150	J.M. Smucker Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Three awards of $5,133	Joseph Amendola Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$3,838	Julia Child Fund at the Boston Foundation Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Up to $5,000	Larry Levy Expendable Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Up to $7,000	Miljenko "Mike" Grgich Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$2,000	Pass the Honey’s Regenerative Apiculture & Culinary Development Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$800	Roy L. Reynolds Memorial Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements will be automatically...	Ended
$8,000	Royal H. Durst Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$2,500	Scott, Helen and Sarah Spiro Scholarship in Memory of Joel M. Spiro, MD Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$2,500	Seth Ian Schimberg ’96 Memorial Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards of $5,400	Southern Wine & Spirits Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards of up to $3,750 each	The Danny Kaye "Chefs Without Borders" Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$3,000	The Game Changer Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$1,500	The Robert Hollander '78 Legacy Scholarship Students who meet the following criteria will be considered for this...	Ended
Two awards of $3,050	Vi Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$15,000	Enrico Monti Endowed Scholarship The Enrico Monti Endowed Scholarship is for students who have a passion...	Ended
Two awards of $2,500	IRCA Group Americas Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Varies up to $3,850	Michael Cech '80 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$2,000	Timothy Upton Memorial Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$25,000	All-Clad Future Chefs Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$6,000	Allen Family Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards of $5,000	Andrew Zimmern's Second Chances Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards of $2,000	Bill Briwa Memorial Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$8,000	C. H. Guenther & Son, Inc. Scholarship San Antonio students meeting the following requirements are encouraged...	Ended
$1,000	Chaine des Rotisseurs Scholarship This is an opportunity for students only at the San Antonio and...	Ended
Multiple Awards of $5,000	CIA Excellence Expendable Scholarship Students meeting the following criteria are encouraged to apply: Class...	Ended
Up to three awards of $10,000	Compass Group Scholarship Students meeting the following criteria are encouraged to apply: Class...	Ended
$2,000	Daniel Simón Matos Guadarrama '20 Memorial Excellence Scholarship Students who meet the following criteria may apply: Hyde Park or...	Ended
$12,500	Dr. Joseph P. DeAlessandro Memorial Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Multiple Awards, Amount Varies	FDNY Lt. Peter J. Farrenkopf Memorial Scholarship The purpose of this scholarship is to help a student or students with...	Ended
$5,000	IFMA Award for Juniors and Seniors Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$3,800	Ingram Lee Foundation Endowed Scholarship Students who meet the following criteria will be considered for this...	Ended
Two awards of $2,650	J. Frances Massie Endowed Scholarship Hudson Valley residents meeting the following requirements are...	Ended
Up to $6,000	Jack & Dolores Cakebread GS Endowed Students who meet the following criteria will be considered for this...	Ended
$1,000	Joan Porter Perline Award for Culinary Excellence Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$5,000	Joey Fecci ’17 Culinary Award Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$2,500	John C. Metz Sr. Memorial Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$3,800	John J. Profaci Legacy Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$3,250	John P. '78 and Andrea M. Dorman Endowed Scholarship Students meeting the following criteria are encouraged to...	Ended
Up to $4,400	Kepic Naeymi-Rad Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements will be automatically...	Ended
Two awards of $10,000 each	Lee Kum Kee Ambassador Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards of $2,000	Matthew Lackey Follow Your Dreams Memorial Scholarship Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
$2,500	Mattison's Restaurants and Catering Students meeting the following requirements are encouraged to...	Ended
Two awards of $5,000 each	McCormick for Chefs: Passion for Flavor Scholarship Hyde Park students who match the following criteria may...	Ended

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