ELIGIBILITY AND CONDITIONS

PhD Scholarships

• You must be enrolled as a full-time student in an approved graduate program leading to a doctoral degree at a Canadian university for the duration of the scholarship. If you withdraw, transfer to part-time status, or fail to complete a term, you may be required to repay all or a portion of the award.
• Your dissertation proposal has been approved.
• You possess a valid student visa or are a landed immigrant or a Canadian citizen.
• You may, at the time of application, apply for one scholarship for two consecutive terms.
• You may, with your university’s approval, change to another discipline or to another approved program during the tenure of the award; however, the scope of the research may not be amended.

Academic Awards

Research grants are available to University Faculty at a Canadian university. Awards are granted based on a detailed work plan that outlines objectives, measures and outcomes.

These awards are intended for untenured faculty.

Limited Term Professorship

This is awarded to one professor at a Canadian university for a three to five year commitment. Following that, the Limited Term Professorship will be open for new submissions. The appointed professor will act as a liaison to industry representatives and undertake research in the capital markets.

Professorship applicants will be screened for qualities the Foundation believes are essential ingredients of future professional accomplishment and/or reasonable reliable indicators of future professional success. These may include:

• Exceptional intelligence and creativity with particular emphasis on those aspects related to Canadian capital markets.
• Demonstrated knowledge of, and commitment to, Canadian capital markets.
• Extraordinary accomplishments in professional studies.
• Appropriate moral and ethical values.