FINCAD Women in Finance Scholarship Program 2020

The field of finance is changing rapidly. Most recently, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused economic uncertainty and hardship throughout the industry and the world. FINCAD has long believed that deep market knowledge, transparency and trustworthiness play a critical role in making financial markets safer for all participants.

In addition, FINCAD is keenly aware that the majority of practitioners in the capital markets industry are men, and that the trend to include more women in the industry is not as rapid as it should be. For these reasons, FINCAD established our annual Women in Finance Scholarship. The goal is to encourage and support outstanding women in the field of finance, particularly those pursuing careers in financial asset management, market risk management and derivatives finance within the capital markets.

The FINCAD Women in Finance Scholarship is an award of US$20,000 to support graduate-level studies. The scholarship is open to women of citizenship who have less than 10 years work experience and are studying Finance in an accredited graduate-level program.

Requirements:

– Applications are welcomed from female citizens of all countries who are enrolled in a post-graduate program at a university
accredited by the national or international body approved for that purpose in the country where the university is situated.

– You must be enrolled and attending the program on a full-time basis during the 2020 – 2021 academic year.

• The scholarship will be awarded to a deserving applicant who is enrolled in a post-graduate program with an emphasis on finance, particularly relating to the use of derivatives in capital markets and/or financial risk management. If your field of study does not meet that description, DO NOT APPLY.

• Applicants must have no more than 10 years total work experience, and no more than five years work experience in finance.

• Applications and all supporting documents, except university transcripts must be in English.

• To submit an application, you will need to follow the link below and create a user name and password.

• Remember your user name and password. This will enable you to edit and save your application before finally submitting it.

If necessary, you may then log back in to continue working on the application later and then submit it.

• Once you submit your application you will no longer be able to edit it.

• The system will provide a prompt to confirm you have submitted your application. That means your application has been submitted and we have received it. You will NOT receive a confirmation message/email.

• Do not attempt to contact us to confirm that we have received your application. Your account will indicate a submission has been received.

• DO NOT SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION.

DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS

You will be required to attach a number of documents in the prescribed file format (jpg, pdf or gif) with the prescribed naming convention (Note: Maximum file size is 20 MB). These include:

• Your resume or CV
• Two letters of reference for the scholarship from appropriate individuals (e.g., professors or other relevant university staff, work supervisors and colleagues)
• University transcript(s) from undergraduate program(s)
• Confirmation of acceptance or enrollment in the post-graduate program for the 2020-2021 academic year
• Any authored papers (optional)

For More Information and application,please visit FINCAD Women in Finance Scholarship Program 2020