The Professional Development Seminar (PDS) is held annually, usually in the spring in a major U.S. city.  The PDS’s goal is to help young professionals as well as students better understand theories that they can immediately apply to the workplace.  The NABE Foundation offers both full and partial scholarships to the PDS to help defray the tuition cost to those selected by the Scholarship Committee.  Here is the specific criteria regarding submitting an application for the PDS. 

Click here to download a scholarship application to the 2010 PDS

Click here to download a flyer on the scholarship

Scholarship Criteria

1) Applicants must be graduate students in the field of economics, finance or related areas of study; economics faculty; or young professionals employed in a position that uses business economics and related disciplines in their primary job responsibilities.

2) Applicants need to submit a short essay (no more than one double-spaced page) explaining why attending the NABE PDS would be a worthwhile learning experience to help broaden and deepen their understanding and application of business economics to advance their career in this field.

3) Scholarship awardees are expected to attend and actively participate in the full PDS program and use the networking opportunities to meet other students and professionals in the field.

4) A Certificate of Completion will be awarded to all participants attending the PDS as an acknowledgement of their successful study of key concepts, relationships and data in the field of business economics.

To read about the 2009 Scholarship recipients, click here

The NABE’s Annual Meeting usually occurs in the fall of the year in big cities across the country.  The NABE Foundation feels it is valuable to encourage young professionals to attend the meeting and offers both full and partial scholarships for the cost of the meeting. 

To download an application click here.  Please note that the application deadline for this year is September 2, 2009. You can also download a flyer with more information about the scholarship

Here is the specific criteria regarding submitting a scholarship application for the NABE Annual Meeting.

Scholarship Criteria

The NABE Foundation looks to award scholarships to attend the NABE National Meeting to young professionals.  To be eligible for consideration to receive the Scholarship, one must:

• Be 35 years old or younger
• Have worked in the economics field for seven years or less
• Currently be involved in a position that uses economic principles and theory
• Hold an undergraduate college degree or higher

Introduction

The NABE Foundation, the charitable arm of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) is awarding its second annual Americans for the Arts scholarship to encourage the integration of the Arts into the economic education process. We believe that good economic strategy is inherently dependent on our ability to come up with out-of-the box solutions to the challenges that we now face. Our hope is that we enable those with the gift of creative problem solving to further the profession of economics through their unique understanding of the world.

The National Association for Business Economics is the largest international association of applied economist, strategists, academics, and policy makers committed to the application of economics in decision making in the world. The NABE Foundation is supported by NABE members to provide scholarships, education, and other efforts to build the economic profession.

Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With more than 45 years of service, it is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.

Amount of the Award: $5,000

Award Requirements: The award recipient must come from an economic disadvantaged household, have attended a public school, participated in extracurricular programs including (and/or in addition to) programs supported by the Americans for the Arts (i.e. demonstrate a long term participation in the study of, creation in and/or performance in one or more art forms, including dance, music, theatre, literary, visual/media arts), excelled academically, and formally declared the intent to study and apply economics in their pursuit of higher education and professional career. This includes the direct study of economics for policy purposes, to applications in the private and public sectors.

Award Process and Notification: The top three candidates nominated by the Americans for the Arts will be reviewed by a scholarship subcommittee of The NABE Foundation Board. The subcommittee will review the applicants and interview each by phone. All bios and recommendations from the American for the Arts will also be forwarded to The NABE Foundation Board. The subcommittee will choose the final award recipient, which will then be ratified by the Board.

Deadline for Nomination: The application and attached biography of student must be received by Americans for the Arts no later than COB on Monday, September 14, 2009. Application materials may be either emailed or faxed to:

Marete Wester, M.S., Director of Arts Policy
Americans for the Arts
One East 53rd. Street, 2nd. Floor
New York, NY 10022
T 212 223 2787, ext. 1105
F 212 980 4857
Main Line 202 371 2830
Email mwester@artsusa.org

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