The FIR "Finance and Sustainability" European Research Award 2009

- Call for applications -

The French Forum for Socially Responsible Investment (French SIF) is inviting students to submit their research work to the FIR "Finance and Sustainability" European Research Award 2009. PRI is proud to support the award and serve on the awards selection committee and jury.  

The FIR Award was launched to foster academic research, still emerging in the Finance and Sustainability domain. By building bridges between the academic and the finance communities, as well as their stakeholders, the FIR Award aims to widen the scope of university and academic research until it brings innovative ideas to practitioners. In addition, the Award promotes university and academic research on finance and sustainability to a larger European audience and helps legitimise Socially Responsible Invesment (SRI). Lastly, it contributes to build a network of researchers in this field.

Categories rewarded

The award accepts submissions from students or researchers enrolled at European Universities or graduate schools, written in French or English.

Three 5,000 awards and three 3,000 research grants are rewarded:

    * Master's Thesis award.
    * PhD Thesis award.
    * Academic Article award.
    * One research grant on "financial instruments".
    * One Research grant on "social issues".
    * One Research grant on "Marketing SRI".

Deadlines

    * Application deadline :October 31, 2008 at the latest
    * Selection Committee: November 20, 2008
    * Jury: December 11, 2008.
    * FIR Award Ceremony: January 19, 2009 at the Palais Brongniart (Paris)

More information on the Research Award

See the rules and regulations

Download the awards application form

Download the research grant application form

Contact award@frenchsif.org