John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship: Overview

Overview

The John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship provides financial assistance to Canadians to enable them to attend Harvard Business School and thereby acquire the leadership skills to make a lifelong contribution to Canadian society.

Beginning with the Class of 2011, if you are from Canada and are accepted into the Harvard Business School MBA program, you are eligible for significant incremental fellowship funds of US$20,000 per year from the John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship. This non-need-based award is for any Canadian citizen or Canadian permanent resident and is incremental to any existing HBS Fellowship*.

By helping to defray the costs of the MBA program, the John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship seeks to amplify the message that all qualified Canadians are welcome at Harvard, regardless of financial ability. The Initiative also hopes to further remove debt burden considerations from job choice and early career decisions. It is the goal of these generous alumni that future Canadian graduates of Harvard Business School make lifelong contributions to Canadian society, from wherever their career paths take them.

Please submit a completed application by the deadlines below. If you choose not to apply, remaining funds may be distributed to Canadian students with significant demonstrated financial need.

Application Deadlines for the Class of 2012 coming soon!

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*No combination of awards - including sponsorship - may exceed the cost of attendance. Dual-degree students are eligible only during their years at HBS.

Canadian students have always been an important part of HBS's diversity. The Canadian Initiative helps insure that academically qualified students can afford to attend HBS. The Canadian Initiative strives to tell Canadians of all backgrounds that they are welcome and can succeed at HBS.

An effort of the Canadian Initiative, the John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship is named in honor of the former dean of Harvard Business School (1980-1995), who is a British Columbia native. This Fellowship is funded by the generous support of several Canadian alumni to attract high potential men and women from all regions of Canada for the School's MBA program.