Please note in your agenda that PRMIA’s 14th career conference will be held in HEC Montreal Tuesday March 13 2012 (10.00 to 19.00). Details will be transmitted soon.

Professional Risk Manager (PRM) ^TM Bursary Program
Application deadline for winter bursaries: February 15, 2012

PRMIA and the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) ™ Certification Program

The Professional Risk Managers International Association or PRMIA [PREE - mee - ah] is a higher standard for risk professionals, with about 60 chapters around the world and over 70,000 members from more than 180 countries.

It’s a fast growing, collaborative network of risk professionals from around the globe, defining and implementing the best practices of risk management. PRMIA is a non-profit, member-led association, with its mission to provide a free and open forum for the promotion of sound risk management standards and practices globally.

PRMIA offers the Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certification program, the global standard for the world’s top financial risk professionals, and also the new Associate PRM Program, intended for staff entering the risk management profession, or those who interface with risk management disciplines on a regular basis.

PRM Bursary Program for Quebec full time students

PRMIA’s Montreal chapter will award PRM Bursaries which essentially provide the winners with complimentary registration of the PRM exams’ registration fees and also include the cost of the Professional Risk Managers’ Handbook for preparation for the exams.  The value of this award is approximately US$900.

Application forms (PRMIA Bursary candidacy / Reference letter) can be found in on our website:  http://www.prmia.org/Chapter_Pages/Montreal/Newsletter/Uploads/Forms/Professional_Risk_Manager_Bursary_Program_Package.zip 

Rules and conditions

1. Eligible candidates for this program are all full-time students, residing in Quebec and must have obtained at least 15 credits of the program he is enrolled when applying for the bursary.
2. The candidate must be currently enrolled (full-time) in an undergraduate or graduate program preferably related to finance and/or risk management
3. The candidate must submit the completed application form (including a copy of his/her résumé, a copy of his/her academic transcript) at the following address: prmiamontreal1©gmail•com  (prmiamontreal1©gmail•com)  
4. The candidate application must have reference letter. The referee must submit the completed reference letter directly to: prmiamontreal1©gmail•com  (prmiamontreal1©gmail•com)  
5. The candidate must keep the original documents of the application and make them available to the PRMIA Montreal’s steering committee upon request.
6. Application Deadline: The application deadline is February 15, 2012 to submit their application for the winter bursary program for full time students in Quebec who wish to pass the PRM exam.  The bursary will cover the cost of the examination fees and study materials for the PRM exam with an approximate value of $900.  The bursaries are funded with the money provided by PRMIA Montreal’s chapter sponsors which currently include SAP, SAS , Laurentian Bank, Numerix, National Bank and Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec.Once that deadline is passed, members of PRMIA Montreal’s steering committee will select the winners which will be announced at the 14th Risk Management Career Conference set for  March 13, 2012 (at HEC Montréal).
7. Applications will be evaluated by members of PRMIA Montreal’s selection committee and recipients of the PRM Bursary will be presented their award during PRMIA Montreal’s next Risk Management Career Conference.
8. These bursaries are sponsored by PRMIA Montreal’s Chapter sponsors.

The Risk Management Career Conference aims at bringing together employers and graduate students interested in Finance, Risk Management, Economics, Financial Mathematics and/or Financial Engineering. Students from several different universities are present, such as HEC Montreal, ESG-UQAM, McGill, Concordia, Sherbrooke, Laval and Université de Montréal.

There are speakers during this event which are professionals working in Finance, Risk Management or Financial Engineering who will be talking about career perspectives in their industry and simultaneously organizations will have booths on the premises in order to interact with students & recruit potential employees.  In the past years, approximately 200 students and/or potential candidates attended the event and took advantage of this great opportunity to network with professionals from the largest financial institutions in Quebec. See PRMIA Montreal’s website for further detail.

You are going through a difficult situation?
The continuation of your studies could be compromised this session?
You are enrolled in full-time study (or deemed to be full-time)?

Thanks to generous donors, Student Services, through the HEC Montreal Foundation, is able to help. Scholarships based on financial needs are scholarships offered to all students who have completed at least a full-time session, regardless of their Canadian status.

For more details

1. Visit the Scholarships page to see if you qualify.
2. Access the electronic form of scholarships based on financial needs (English form can be accessed here)