As the philanthropic arm of the AMA, the American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) seeks to elevate marketing visionaries, empower future generations, inspire a more diverse industry and ensure marketing research impacts public good. 

AMAF Scholarships are for marketing students who are leaders on campus and in the classroom who will continue to impact the industry in the years to come.

The American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) is pleased to offer a brand new scholarship opportunity this year, open to all marketing undergraduate students! AMAF acquired the Lee Epstein Scholarship from Marketing Edge, a former non-profit organization focused on preparing next-generation talent for thriving careers in marketing. This fund was established in honor of Lee Epstein, the founder of the non-profit Direct Marketers Gateway, Inc. and a lifelong supporter of integrated marketing educational programs.

AMAF is thrilled to further the legacy of Lee Epstein by offering the “Lee Epstein Scholarship Fund.” This scholarship aims to support talented undergraduate students with a passion for marketing in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
 

Am I eligible?

You are eligible if you match the following criteria:

1. You must be a full-time undergraduate student who plans to return to full-time status in the upcoming Fall 2024 semester (Spring/Summer semester 2024 graduates are not eligible).
2. You must maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 or higher and must have completed at least one full semester of school.
3. You have a passion for marketing!
4. You reside in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey or Connecticut.

AMA collegiate membership is not required to qualify for this scholarship.
 

What do I need to apply?

Here are the materials you need for your application:

• Your scholarship story (shared as a personal statement or video submission)
• Your current academic transcript
• Your current resume
• Letter of recommendation from a faculty member at your University (Optional)

When is it due?

The Submission deadline was 11:59pm CT on January 8, 2025.

Please email customersupport@ama.org with any questions.

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As the philanthropic arm of the AMA, the American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) seeks to elevate marketing visionaries, empower future generations, inspire a more diverse industry and ensure marketing research impacts public good. 

AMAF Scholarships are for marketing students who are leaders on campus and in the classroom who will continue to impact the industry in the years to come.

Marketing Leaders Celebrate Strength in Diversity!

Have you demonstrated leadership as part of your chapter activities or in other areas of your life?
Tell us!

In a few easy steps, your story could win a scholarship!
 

What is this scholarship about?

Marketing professionals are as diverse as the consumer populations that they serve. A diverse pool of talent is essential for maximizing creativity, innovation, and synergies within the marketing profession. To this end, the American Marketing Association is dedicated to developing leadership within our minority student populations to fuel the power of diversity within our profession and at large.

The diversity leadership scholarship program recognizes underrepresented students who demonstrate leadership in their chapter activities or in other areas of their lives.

Am I eligible?

You are eligible if you match the following key criteria:

1. Your “Diversity” status pertains to any of the following underrepresented groups: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. 
2. Your activities on and off campus demonstrate “Leadership” qualities:          
   • You are an AMA student leader in terms of your role in leading chapter activities, initiatives, events, projects, or other aspects of your collegiate programming.
   • You have leadership accomplishments in other areas of your life outside of your AMA collegiate chapter.

     
   
   
    

3. You are an AMA student member or part of an active AMA collegiate chapter
4. You must have an overall GPA of 2.75 or better on a 4.0 scale.
5. You are a full-time undergraduate student who plans to return to full-time status in the upcoming Fall semester.

What do I need to apply?

Here are the materials you need for your application:

• Your diversity leadership story (shared as a personal statement or video submission)
• A letter of recommendation (one page, maximum, from your AMA chapter Faculty Advisor)
• Your current academic transcript
• Your current resume

When is it due?

The Submission deadline was 11:59pm CT on January 8, 2025.

Please email customersupport@ama.org with any questions.

How are winners selected?

The AMA Diversity Leadership Scholarship Committee, made up of select AMA collegiate council members and chapter advisors, reviews the pool of completed applications to determine the scholarship award winners. Winners will be announced at the International Collegiate Conference Awards Banquet. Once approved, scholarship funds are sent to the winner’s university to be applied to fall tuition expenses, with any remainder given directly to the winner.
 

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 As the philanthropic arm of the AMA, the American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) seeks to elevate marketing visionaries, empower future generations, inspire a more diverse industry and ensure marketing research impacts public good. 

AMAF Scholarships are for marketing students who are leaders on campus and in the classroom who will continue to impact the industry in the years to come.

Marketers Change the World for the Better!

How have you made a positive impact on the environment, social justice, economic fairness, health, quality of life, or other social concerns? Tell us!

… In a few easy steps, your story could win a scholarship!

What is this scholarship about?

Marketing professionals should be good at what they do while doing good in the process. To this end, the American Marketing Association is dedicated to transforming students into professionals who foster socially responsible practices in business and in life.

The Robert DeLay social impact scholarship program recognizes those students creating this positive change in the marketing profession and in the world. “Social impact” pertains to making a positive difference at the local, regional or larger community in terms of the environment, social justice, economic fairness, health conditions, quality of life or other social concern.

This Fund honors the legacy of Robert “Bob” Delay, former president of the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) and its predecessor organizations for more than 26 years and a DMA lifetime achievement award winner.

Am I eligible?

You are eligible if you match the following key criteria:

1. You hold a leadership role within your AMA collegiate chapter and have used your marketing skills to make an impact both on and off campus:
2. You are an AMA student member and part of an active AMA collegiate chapter
3. You must have an overall GPA of 2.75 or better on a 4.0 scale.
4. You are a full-time undergraduate student who plans to return to full-time status in the upcoming Fall semester.

What do I need to apply?

Here are the materials you need for your application:

• Your social impact story (shared as a personal statement or video submission)
• A letter of recommendation (one page, maximum, from your AMA chapter Faculty Advisor)
• Your current academic transcript
• Your current resume

When is it due?

The Submission deadline was 11:59pm CT on January 8, 2025.

Please email customersupport@ama.org with any questions.

How are winners selected?

The Robert DeLay Social Impact Scholarship Committee, made up of select AMA collegiate council members and chapter advisors, reviews the pool of completed applications to determine the scholarship award winners. Winners will be announced at the International Collegiate Conference Awards Banquet. Once approved, scholarship funds are sent to the winner’s university to be applied to fall tuition expenses, with any remainder given directly to the winner.

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As the philanthropic arm of the AMA, the American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) seeks to elevate marketing visionaries, empower future generations, inspire a more diverse industry and ensure marketing research impacts public good. 

AMAF Scholarships are for marketing students who are leaders on campus and in the classroom who will continue to impact the industry in the years to come.
 

The American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) is pleased to offer the EBSCO Student Scholar Award.

The EBSCO Student Scholar Award presents tuition scholarships to exceptional marketing students involved in developing their marketing skills on and off campus, including demonstrating leadership within their AMA collegiate chapter.

Am I eligible?

You are eligible if you match the following criteria:

1. Applicants must be current AMA student members and members of an active AMA collegiate chapter. 
2. Candidate must be a full-time undergraduate student returning to full-time status in the upcoming Fall semester and have achieved an overall GPA of 3.25 or better on a 4.0 scale. 
3. The candidate should be involved in developing their marketing skills both on and off campus, including a demonstrated leadership role within their AMA collegiate chapter.

If selected as a recipient, individuals must maintain their AMA membership during the period of the scholarship.
 

What do I need to apply?

Here are the materials you need for your application:

• Your scholarship story (shared as a personal statement or video submission)
• Your current academic transcript
• Your current resume
• Letter of recommendation from a faculty member at your University (Optional)

When is it due?

The Submission deadline was 11:59pm CT on January 8, 2025.

Please email customersupport@ama.org with any questions.

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As the philanthropic arm of the AMA, the American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) seeks to elevate marketing visionaries, empower future generations, inspire a more diverse industry and ensure marketing research impacts public good. 

AMAF Scholarships are for marketing students who are leaders on campus and in the classroom who will continue to impact the industry in the years to come.

  The American Marketing Association Foundation (AMAF) is pleased to offer a brand new scholarship opportunity this year, open to all marketing undergraduate students! AMAF acquired the Dr. Charles Stryker Scholarship Fund and Mike Buoncristiano Memorial Scholarship Fund from Marketing Edge, a former non-profit organization focused on preparing next generation talent for thriving careers in marketing.

AMAF is thrilled to further the legacy of Dr. Stryker and Mr. Buoncristiano by continuing to offer the newly established “Stryker Buoncristiano Scholarship Fund.” This scholarship aims to support talented undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and with broad skill sets who have a common desire to pursue a career in marketing.
 

Am I eligible?

You are eligible if you match the following criteria:

1. You must be a full-time undergraduate student who plans to return to full-time status in the upcoming Fall 2024 semester (Spring/Summer semester 2024 graduates are not eligible).
2. You must maintain a minimum overall GPA of 3.0 or higher and must have completed at least one full semester of school.
3. You have a passion for marketing!

AMA collegiate membership is not required to qualify for this scholarship.

What do I need to apply?

Here are the materials you need for your application:

• Your scholarship story (shared as a personal statement or video submission)
• Your current academic transcript
• Your current resume
• Letter of recommendation from a faculty member at your University (Optional)

When is it due?

This application is closed. The submission deadline was January 8, 2025.

Please email customersupport@ama.org with any questions.

How are winners selected?

The Stryker Buoncristiano Scholarship committee, made up of select AMA collegiate council members and chapter advisors, reviews the pool of completed applications to determine the scholarship award winners. Winners will be announced at the International Collegiate Conference Awards Banquet. Once approved, scholarship funds are sent to the winner’s university to be applied to tuition expenses.

History

The Dr. Charles Stryker Scholarship Fund, Mike Buoncristiano Memorial Scholarship Fund and Jake Weisbarth Scholarship Fund were all established by Marketing Edge and acquired by the AMA in 2022. AMA combined these three funds to develop a new fund named “Stryker Buoncristiano Scholarship Fund.” The purpose of this scholarship is to support talented undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and with broad skill sets who have a common desire to pursue a career in marketing. The AMA is pleased to continue to honor Dr. Charles Stryker and Mike Buoncristiano. Learn more about them and their incredible work below.

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Diversity Leadership Institute (DLI) is a four-day Institute that allows an intimate cohort of diverse undergraduate marketing students from historically disenfranchised and underrepresented communities the opportunity to learn, connect and build relationships with leaders from our academic and professional communities. 

The Institute allows 20-25 marketing students from underrepresented backgrounds the unique opportunity to network with their peers and be led in small groups by representatives from our academic and professional community serving as Institute facilitators.

In partnership with our academic host institution, participants in DLI will:

• Gain foundational knowledge of the history and functions of marketing
• Gain knowledge of contemporary issues in marketing
• Participate in intergroup dialogue around issues of equity and social justice
• Collaborate with peers to research and present ethical solutions to current leadership issues in marketing
• Reflect on and articulate the influence of personal identities and histories on effective marketing leadership
• Engage in professional networking with marketing faculty and practitioners

Application Requirements: 

• All applicants must be undergraduate students carrying full-time enrollment as defined by their institution (students graduating in Spring 2025 are also eligible and encouraged to apply)
• Applicants must hold an active AMA collegiate membership (non-chapter members eligible to apply). Not yet an AMA member? Click here to join today for $29/year for undergrad collegiate membership!
• Applicants who identify as a racial or ethnic minority, identify as LGBTQ or have a documented disability are eligible to apply
• Applicants must complete the online application form that includes a letter of recommendation, résumé, specific questions regarding your interest in the program as well as demographic information

With the cost of food, travel and lodging covered, there is no reason for any student marketer to miss out on this life-changing experience!

Thank you for taking to the time to submit your FY25 Professional Chapter Annual Reporting.  In accordance with Operating Standards, chapters are required to report specific information to the AMA Support Center on a monthly and annual basis. This information helps us provide the support and resources you need to be successful.
Reporting Deadline: August 15


 Required Reporting:
 

• FY25 Strategic Plan (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025)
• FY25 Budget (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025)
• FY24 Income Statement (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024)
• FY24 Balance Sheet (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024)

 Guidelines:
 

• Create an Account: You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit your form.
• Primary Contact: We recommend designating a primary point person to coordinate your chapter reporting. While multiple people will likely be a part of preparing the information, a singular point of contact keeps everything streamlined.
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 Have any other questions or need an extension on the timeline? Please reach out to Ursula Littlejohn, Assistant Manager of Professional Communities, at ulittlejohn@ama.org

Thank you for taking to the time to submit your FY25 Professional Chapter Annual Reporting.  In accordance with Operating Standards, chapters are required to report specific information to the AMA Support Center on a monthly and annual basis. This information helps us provide the support and resources you need to be successful.
Reporting Deadline: October 31


Required Reporting
 Documents to Submit:
 

• FY24 Q1 Income Statement (July 1 -  September 30, 2024)
• FY24 Q1 Balance Sheet  (July 1 -  September 30, 2024)

Questions to Answer:
 

• Status on FY25 Strategic Goals
• Update on FY25 Board Role Vacancies
• Status Update on FY26 Succession Planning 
• Status Update on Programming Efforts
• Status Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Efforts
  
   

Guidelines:
 

• Create an Account (Or Login to Existing): You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit your form.
• Primary Contact: We recommend designating a primary point person to coordinate your chapter reporting. While multiple people will likely be a part of preparing the information, a singular point of contact keeps everything streamlined.
• Invite Collaborators: Simply select the "Invite Collaborators" button on the top right once you begin the form to get assistance from others on your team.
• Editing Form: Don't have all your reports yet? No problem. You can edit your submission at any time with updated information. Just "Save Draft" or request to edit the submission when you are ready.
• File Naming Conventions: Pay close attention to the file type and naming conventions listed for each report. Please adhere to them.
• Confirmation: You will receive a confirmation email once you have submitted your reporting. This email will have additional information worth reviewing.
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Need to update AFTER Submitting? Have the Primary Contact email Ursula at ulittlejohn@ama.org. We will open access for you to edit on the backend and you will receive an email notifying you when your submission is available to edit.


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Thank you for taking to the time to submit your FY25 Professional Chapter Annual Reporting.  In accordance with Operating Standards, chapters are required to report specific information to the AMA Support Center on a monthly and annual basis. This information helps us provide the support and resources you need to be successful.
Reporting Deadline: January 31, 2025

Required Reporting

  Documents to Submit:

• Q2 Income Statement
• Q2 Balance Sheet
• Submit Updated FY25 Strategic Plan (If Relevant)

Questions to Answer:
 

• Status on FY25 Strategic Goals
• Update on FY25 Board Role Vacancies
• Status Update on FY26 Succession Planning 
• Status Update on Programming Efforts
• Status Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Efforts
• Any Executive Marketing Programs in Place within your chapter
• Podcasts that your chapter may have in use
  
   

Guidelines:
 

• Create an Account (Or Login to Existing): You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit your form.
• Primary Contact: We recommend designating a primary point person to coordinate your chapter reporting. While multiple people will likely be a part of preparing the information, a singular point of contact keeps everything streamlined.
• Invite Collaborators: Simply select the "Invite Collaborators" button on the top right once you begin the form to get assistance from others on your team.
• Editing Form: Don't have all your reports yet? No problem. You can edit your submission at any time with updated information. Just "Save Draft" or request to edit the submission when you are ready.
• File Naming Conventions: Pay close attention to the file type and naming conventions listed for each report. Please adhere to them.
• Confirmation: You will receive a confirmation email once you have submitted your reporting. This email will have additional information worth reviewing.
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Thank you for taking to the time to submit your FY25 Professional Chapter Annual Reporting.  In accordance with Operating Standards, chapters are required to report specific information to the AMA Support Center on a monthly and annual basis. This information helps us provide the support and resources you need to be successful.
Reporting Deadline: Tuesday, April 30, 2025

Required Reporting

  Documents to Submit:
 

• Q3 Income Statement
• Q3 Balance Sheet

  Questions to Answer:
 

• Status on FY25 Strategic Goals
• Confirm Completion of FY26 Board Elections / Updated Roster
• Board Role Vacancies for FY26
• Status Update on Programming Efforts                   
  • Number of In-Person Events in Q3: 
  • Number of Virtual or Hybrid Events in Q3:
  • Number of Mentorship Program Participants (if applicable): 

   

• Status Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Efforts
  
   

Guidelines:

 

• Create an Account (Or Login to Existing): You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit your form.
• Primary Contact: We recommend designating a primary point person to coordinate your chapter reporting. While multiple people will likely be a part of preparing the information, a singular point of contact keeps everything streamlined.
• Invite Collaborators: Simply select the "Invite Collaborators" button on the top right once you begin the form to get assistance from others on your team.
• Editing Form: Don't have all your reports yet? No problem. You can edit your submission at any time with updated information. Just "Save Draft" or request to edit the submission when you are ready.
• File Naming Conventions: Pay close attention to the file type and naming conventions listed for each report. Please adhere to them.
• Confirmation: You will receive a confirmation email once you have submitted your reporting. This email will have additional information worth reviewing.
• Technology: This platform works best on Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not supported. Please make sure you are using a supported browser.

Need to update AFTER Submitting? Have the Primary Contact email Ursula at ulittlejohn@ama.org. We will open access for you to edit on the backend and you will receive an email notifying you when your submission is available to edit.


  Have any other questions or need an extension on the timeline? Please reach out to Ursula Littlejohn, Assistant Manager of Professional Communities, at ulittlejohn@ama.org

Thank you for taking to the time to submit your FY25 Professional Chapter Annual Reporting.  In accordance with Operating Standards, chapters are required to report specific information to the AMA Support Center on a monthly and annual basis. This information helps us provide the support and resources you need to be successful.

Reporting Deadline:  July 31

Required Reporting

  Documents to Submit:
 

• End of Year Income Statement
• End of Year Balance Sheet
• Updated Constitution and Bylaws (if relevant)

  Questions to Answer:
 

• Update on FY25 Strategic Goals
• Board Role Vacancies for FY26
• Status Update on Programming Efforts                   
  • Number of In-Person Events in Q4
  • Number of Virtual or Hybrid Events in Q4:
  • Number of Mentorship Program Participants (if applicable): 

   

• Status Update on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Efforts
  
   

Guidelines:

 

• Create an Account (Or Login to Existing): You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit your form.
• Primary Contact: We recommend designating a primary point person to coordinate your chapter reporting. While multiple people will likely be a part of preparing the information, a singular point of contact keeps everything streamlined.
• Invite Collaborators: Simply select the "Invite Collaborators" button on the top right once you begin the form to get assistance from others on your team.
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• File Naming Conventions: Pay close attention to the file type and naming conventions listed for each report. Please adhere to them.
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This award recognizes published responsible research in marketing, where "responsible research" is defined as work that produces both useful and credible knowledge:

Useful knowledge addresses important social challenges and provides meaningful implications that have the potential to inform policies and practices. Findings and insights from useful research will have implications beyond what is good for the financial performance of firms and will have wider societal implications beyond that of the particular consumer group, firm, or employee group studied.

Credible knowledge refers to the reliability and validity or trustworthiness of the findings, in either inductive or deductive work, using either qualitative or quantitative data, or both.

We call for nominations of published work that exemplifies the seven principles of responsible research as outlined on www.rrbm.network and described in detail in the position paper “Responsible Research for Business and Management:  Striving for Credible and Useful Knowledge.”

Examples of topics might include -societal benefits of corporate social responsibility initiatives; responsible marketing of potentially harmful products/ services; improving public health by addressing chronic disease, including obesity; responsible marketing to vulnerable consumer segments; promoting the financial well-being of at-risk consumers; improving consumer privacy protection; increasing access to quality healthcare.

Papers that received awards in previous years can be found here: AMA-EBSCO-RRBM Annual Award for Responsible Research in Marketing Recipients

Review Committee and Process

A team of academics, appointed by and coordinated through the AMA Academic Council, will assess the nominations. The Committee’s size will be determined by the number of nominations and comprises accomplished scholars, including representatives of the award sponsors. The academic members assess the nominations for credibility and usefulness of the research findings to inform societally beneficial management or business practice.

Award Recognition

Award-winning papers and books will be recognized and be featured on the RRBM, AMA, and Sheth Foundation websites.

Grants, provided by EBSCO, will be awarded to a select number of winners.

The list will be publicized via listservs of marketing associations and other forms of public or social media platforms.

Selected winners will be invited to present their work at an AMA academic conference.

Award winners will receive a certificate of recognition from the joint sponsors and a recognition letter will be sent to the relevant deans and department heads, upon request.

Submission Criteria

We accept nominations, including self-nominations, of empirical and conceptual research articles or research books published in the English language in the years 2020–2024 that meet the following criteria: 

1. Research that exemplifies the Seven Principles of Responsible Research and supports the general notion of individual, societal, and environmental well-being, emphasizing marketing’s power to foster a greater good, improve individual lives, strengthen communities, and in general make the world better.
2. The research can be on any level of analysis (individual, team, organization, society), for any kind of organization (business, nonprofit, social enterprises, government), and may focus on any population (general or more specific) and any region of the world.
3. The article should be published in a refereed journal, or book by a university or academic press, such as Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Wiley, SAGE, Routledge, etc., during the aforementioned window. Non-refereed practitioner journals (e.g., HBR, Sloan) are not eligible for the award.
4. If the manuscript has been submitted previously for consideration, the nomination letter should indicate how the dissemination of the work has substantially changed and what the impact of this has been.

Submission Procedure 

1. Submit a PDF copy of the article or the book, or a pre-print or finalized PDF manuscript for an in-press article or book.
2. Submit a nomination letter that describes why this work (research article or book) deserves to be considered for the award, in two single-spaced pages or no more than 1,000 words. If possible, provide: (a) evidence on the “usefulness” of the research (e.g., how it has made a positive impact on practice or society), (b) information on how this work has been disseminated to stakeholders beyond the academic community, and (c) discussion of how the work aligns with the 7 RRBM principles.
3. Enter the nominator author name(s) and email(s), as well as the nominator’s name and email in the submission form.
4. Submit nomination materials (PDF of work and nomination letter) via this submission form by January 5, 2024.

Please note that self-nominations are acceptable.

The award recipients will be celebrated at the 2025 AMA Summer Academic Conference.


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