This scholarship is for graduate and undergraduate students who intend to pursue a career in business journalism or financial communications. It remembers Alan Abelson, whose witty "Up and Down Wall Street" column in Barron's Magazine called out investment fads, questioned market wisdom and uncovered corporate fraud. 

The recipient will receive the $10,000 financial award for the Spring 2025 semester.

Qualifications

To be eligible to apply, a student must:

• be at least a sophomore at the time of the application

• hold a 3.2 GPA in their major

Application Timeline

The application deadline for the 2024-25 academic year is November 15, 2024.

Required Documents

To be considered, students should send the Abelson Endowed Scholarship Committee the following materials via ssilver@qu.edu

• Resume (one page)

• Statement explaining why they are interested in following the money (one page)

• A one-page proposal for a business journalism narrative or academic research project in financial communications (see below for specific instructions)  

Evaluation

Applicants will be assessed by the committee on two factors: academic standing and a proposed professional-level business journalism narrative project or academic research topic. 

The following faculty members serve on the committee:

• Iddrisu Awudu, assistant professor of management

• Margarita Diaz, associate professor of journalism

• Joseph Gaspar, associate professor of management

• Sara Silver, Alan Abelson Endowed Professor of Business Journalism/Financial Communication

• Alexander Laskin, professor of strategic communications

Generally, the recipient will post or publish their work at the end of the spring semester.