Worldquant University
NEW ORLEANS, LA
$5.6MTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Educational purpose
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Worldquant Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 26-3576736 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2024
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- Contact
- Worldquant Foundation
- Phone
- (203) 344-6459
- Http://www.worldquant.org/#apply/
- Deadlines
- Applications for fall semester are due by May 15. Notification is in July.
- Application materials
- Online application with applicant submitting a resume, essay, transcript of academic performance, and at least two letters of recommendation. Included in the resume is a section that lists scholarships, prizes, awards, publications, presentation and patents. The personal essay states the applicant's need for the scholarship, vision for the future and how he/she will figure in it, their motivation for study and success, and their ethical and moral beliefs, as evidenced through real-life experience.
- Restrictions
- Desire to study quantitative analysis.
Original filing text
- Contact
- WORLDQUANT FOUNDATION
- Address
- C/O DENA CADENA1700 E PUTNAM AVE OLD GREENWICH, CT, 06870
- Phone
- 2033446459
- HTTP://WWW.WORLDQUANT.ORG/#APPLY/
- Deadlines
- APPLICATIONS FOR FALL SEMESTER ARE DUE BY MAY 15. NOTIFICATION IS IN JULY.
- Application materials
- ONLINE APPLICATION WITH APPLICANT SUBMITTING A RESUME, ESSAY, TRANSCRIPT OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND AT LEAST TWO LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION. INCLUDED IN THE RESUME IS A SECTION THAT LISTS SCHOLARSHIPS, PRIZES, AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATION AND PATENTS. THE PERSONAL ESSAY STATES THE APPLICANT'S NEED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP, VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND HOW HE/SHE WILL FIGURE IN IT, THEIR MOTIVATION FOR STUDY AND SUCCESS, AND THEIR ETHICAL AND MORAL BELIEFS, AS EVIDENCED THROUGH REAL-LIFE EXPERIENCE.
- Restrictions
- DESIRE TO STUDY QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS.
Reported organization name: WORLDQUANT FOUNDATION
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Figures are aggregated from Worldquant Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (1 filing on file, most recent tax year 2024). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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