This competitive program by the Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance is intended for undergraduate and graduate students from any University of Pennsylvania school or department who have demonstrated a serious interest in exploring FinTech advancements, policy, and regulation.
Purpose
The Stevens Center champions research, collaboration, and global impact in FinTech – the intersection of finance and technology. Finance is a powerful force for good. Accelerating advances in technology are fundamentally and disruptively transforming financial services and driving existential changes in business models — benefiting all. The Stevens Center, by engaging students, faculty, and industry, is uniquely positioned at the forefront of these changes, preparing world leaders to revolutionize financial services. Faculty engage in seminal research and projects leveraging cutting-edge datasets to explore critical questions in finance. More information on the Center can be found at: http://stevenscenter.wharton.upenn.edu/
Program
The Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance is an interdisciplinary research center at The Wharton School dedicated to the scholarly research of major topics at the intersection of finance, technology, and policy, including issues relating to Cryptocurrencies, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), among others. The Stevens Center Fellows program is designed to mentor students seeking to become thought leaders under the broad umbrella of FinTech. As Stevens Center Fellows, students bolster classroom learning with guidance from Wharton faculty and real-world insights from financial institution leaders. The fellowship supports mentored student research in contemporary issues and innovations in finance, as well as offers students an opportunity to network beyond the Center’s four walls.
Fellows will receive mentoring for their projects from Wharton Finance affiliated faculty, invitations to workshop their research with like-minded, passionate peers, opportunities to participate in the Center’s work around crypto lending, and training through the FinTech Lecture Series.
Participation
Fellows will be expected to attend at least 75% of the FinTech Lecture Series events during the 2024-2025 academic year. About 5-7 lectures are expected to take place. The full schedule will be announced soon. A list of last year’s speakers can be found here.
In addition, Fellows will have the opportunity to provide suggestions for future topics and speakers for the FinTech Lecture Series.
Fellows will also be asked to produce a research article for the Stevens Center’s website, under the guidance of Center faculty and researchers.
Applications are closed at this time.