Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/publications-research/research/fellowship-program/governors-award-description/
Sponsor/Award: BANK OF CANADA - GOVERNOR'S AWARD - 2020 FALL NOMINATION

Grant Amount: $30,000 PA / FOR 2 YEARS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Nov 23, 2020
Sponsor's: Nov 30, 2020

Subject Areas: International Trade and Finance, Economic Growth, Macroeconomics, Economics, Finance
Description:

The Governor's Award provides funding to exceptional assistant and associate professors working at Canadian universities who have demonstrated the potential to make exemplary research contributions in their fields. Governor's Award recipients are required to be Canadian citizens or eligible to work in Canada; have obtained a PhD within 10 years of application for the award; be employed by a Canadian university with a program in economics or business/finance as an assistant or associate professor during the tenure of the Fellowship. A Canadian university must nominate a candidate(s) who meets the eligibility and criteria requirements of the Governor's Award. Nominations must be limited to one applicant per faculty or similar academic unit per university with a program in economics or business/finance.

A Governor's Award can last for a period of two years. Upon ascertaining that the recipient continues to meet the eligibility requirements and has continued to make a professional contribution in the fields for which the Governor's Award was established, the Bank's Governing Council will confirm the renewal of the award for a second year.

Application Details:

The purpose of the Fellowship Program is to foster excellence in research and analysis, and to develop partnerships with experts outside the Bank in areas important to the Bank's mandate; i.e., macroeconomics, monetary economics, international finance, financial markets and institutions, financial stability and regulation, labour economics, and economic growth. The Governor's Award is one of the awards available under this program.

The university is to send the appropriate documents on behalf of the nominee as individual files to fellowship-bourses@bank-banque-canada.ca

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM.

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Hall,Julaine Marie

Sponsor Contacts:

GOVAWARD-BOURSEGOUV@BANKOFCANADA.CA
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