Foundation Grants, Scholarships & Awards: How to Apply

Topic: CIC-SHRM Foundation: Scholarships, Grants and Awards - How to Apply

Time: Jan 29, 2026 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

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Foundation Grants, Scholarships & Awards: How to Apply

The SHRM Foundation works hard to support and celebrate everyone who makes up the HR profession from students to emerging professionals to seasoned leaders. To do that, each year, SHRM Foundation: 

1. Provides over $400,000 in scholarships to undergraduate and graduate students studying the field of HR. 
2. Provides over $200,000 in grants for emerging and established HR professionals seeking to advance their existing career in HR through conference attendance, credentialing, or certification. 
3. Celebrates the accomplishments of emerging, mid-career, and established leaders in the field of HR through a variety of awards programs, including the Leadership Awards, the Tharseo Awards, and the Pinnacle Awards.
4. CIC-SHRM contributes to Foundation fundraising through our 50/50 raffles and annual silent auction. 

Many of these grants and awards have application deadlines of March 13, 2026, and we encourage our chapter members to apply! If you'd like to hear more about the variety of grants and awards available, or want to know more about the application requirements, join this virtual meeting, hosted by Kelly Gust, CIC-SHRM Foundation Director, to learn more!