The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) today announced it is offering up to four scholarships in 2007, each valued at $12,500, to promote research in financial studies.
The Brian Gray Scholarships are open to final year full-time Honours and PhD students in finance, economics, actuarial science, econometrics, statistics and related disciplines. Post‑graduate students can also apply.
The scholarship program was established by APRA and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) in September 2002 in memory of Brian Gray, APRA’s former Executive General Manager of Policy, Research and Consulting. Mr Gray spent more than two decades shaping regulatory policy at the RBA and later at APRA.
APRA Deputy Chairman Ross Jones said APRA is proud to support research in financial services and our up‑and‑coming finance professionals.
“The scholarships support on-going and innovative research and study in financial studies which we expect will be of benefit to both APRA and the financial services sector,” he said.
Applications are open to Australian and New Zealand citizens or permanent residents studying topics of relevance to prudential supervision and the financial soundness of the financial services industry.
Applications for the scholarships close on 20 April 2007.
All applications must be made via the APRA website at www.apra.gov.au/Careers/Brian-Gray-Scholarship-Program.cfm.
Further information on the scholarship program is available on APRA’s website or by contacting Colleen Cassidy on email: colleen.cassidy@apra.gov.au
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is the prudential regulator of the financial services industry. It oversees banks, credit unions, building societies, general insurance and reinsurance companies, life insurance, friendly societies, and most members of the superannuation industry. APRA is funded largely by the industries that it supervises. It was established on 1 July 1998. APRA currently supervises institutions holding approximately $2.5 trillion in assets for 20 million Australian depositors, policyholders and superannuation fund members.
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Andrew McCutcheon, Public Affairs Manager
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
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APRA Contact Centre 1300 131 060
