Scholarship Application Form - Vermillion Financial Advisors

Scholarship Application

Student Application for the 2018 Financial Planning and Investment Topic Scholarship Challenge.

Whether you are participating in this scholarship competition individually or as part of a team, you need to submit an application.
Name*
First Last
Email*
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Phone*
Year in school*
GPA*
Major
- Finance
Minor*
- Financial Planning
Are you participating as a member of a team?*
- Yes
- No
Team Name:*
Additional team member's names:
First Last
First Last
Available topics: Please choose three, first being your most ideal topic.
VFA will email you with your final approved topic.
1. Why are employees who chose to not participate in their employer sponsored retirement plans creating the biggest barrier to a successful retirement. (Retirement Planning)
2. What are the most egregious mistakes individuals make that impact their ability to accumulate wealth? (Financial Security)
3. Why are so many lump sum inheritances/windfalls squandered shortly after receipt? (Estate Planning and Behavioral Finance)
4. How to set healthy financial boundaries for adult children. (Personal Development/Elder Abuse)
5. What are the pros and cons to taking Social Security early versus delaying this benefit? (Retirement Planning/Tax Planning/Cash Flow)
6. How can individuals benefit from tax planning? (Tax Planning)
7. Studies indicate individual investors earn a rate of return that is often less than the actual return of their investment holdings. What can an investor do to change this phenomenon? (Investment Planning)
8. What are the investment biases that can lead to a poor investment and what can an individual do to avoid/minimize the impact of these biases? (Behavioral Finance)
9. How does an individual use rational and irrational decisions to select investments? (Investment Planning)
10. What are the pros and cons of different ways to create an investment portfolio? (Investment Planning)
11. Influences to consider when designing an investment portfolio and how they are prioritized. (Investment Planning)
12. Other (Alternative topics may be submitted to VFA for consideration. All alternative topics must relate to financial planning or investment advisory topics and be approved in advance by VFA to be eligible to participate in the 2018 challenge.)
First topic selection*
Second topic selection*
Third topic selection*
If you wish to submit your own topic
Please read the Acknowledgement below and check the box to explicitly state that you agree with Vermillion Financial Advisors having the ability to use any content submitted in this competition.

Acknowledgement:
All contest submissions will become the sole property of Vermillion Financial Advisors (VFA). VFA has the right to use this work in any way it deems beneficial. Photos taken during the final presentations or the awards ceremony are the property of VFA and may be reproduced in electronic or print format for marketing or related purposes. I agree to this stipulation and that I am at least 18 years of age at the time of the presentations.

It is the applicants responsibility to meet the Eligibility Requirements to be accepted into Vermillion Financial Advisors scholarship competition. Any applicant that submits a presentation, whom does not meet the eligibility requirements will not be accepted or eligible for any scholarship.
Acknowledgement Agreement*
- I have read and accept the above terms

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If you have any questions or concerns please send an email to scholarship@vermillionfinancial.com and we will do our best to reply in a timely manner

Thank you for your interest in the Vermillion Financial Advisors scholarship competition

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