Recognizing Leaders

2021 Ketchum Prize Award Recipient

Shawn Spruce
Consultant, First Nations Development Institute
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The Ketchum Prize—honoring Richard G. Ketchum, the former chairman and CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and a distinguished leader in the field of securities regulation—recognizes outstanding service and research to advance investor protection, financial capability and financial inclusion in the U.S. The prize is awarded annually by the FINRA Investor Education Foundation. The prize includes a $10,000 honorarium and national recognition.

In awarding the Ketchum Prize, the FINRA Foundation gives priority to nominees that:

• Made demonstrable improvements to investor protection, financial capability or financial inclusion in the U.S. through research, education or public communications.
• Addressed the needs or circumstances of underserved audiences.
• Modeled effective collaboration or partnership-building.
• Emphasized data analysis and data application in efforts to advance investor protection, financial capability or financial inclusion.

The FINRA Foundation is now accepting nominations for the 2022 Ketchum Prize. The nomination deadline is March 3, 2022. For details about how to submit a nomination, please refer to the Nomination Form. If you have questions about the Ketchum Prize, please contact the FINRA Foundation’s Robert Ganem.

2021 NFCS Research Award Recipient

Blain Pearson
Kansas State University
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The FINRA Foundation’s NFCS Research Award recognizes a graduate student, post-doc, or any faculty member who received a Ph.D. within the past three years and produces an outstanding research paper based on data from the FINRA Foundation’s National Financial Capability Study.

In addition to providing a $1,000 prize to the award recipient, the FINRA Foundation publishes and promotes an issue brief based on the winning research as part of its Insights: Financial Capability series. The FINRA Foundation does not prevent the award recipient from publishing the research paper elsewhere. The FINRA Foundation also sponsors registration and travel costs to and from the ACCI annual conference where the award recipient is honored during a plenary session.

Applications are not currently being accepted. For questions about the NFCS Research Award, please contact the FINRA Foundation’s Olivia Valdes (561-443-8166).