RSM Annual Fund

"I WILL Give Back" 

RSM makes a difference by transforming critical thinking into practical action and – by doing so – growing new leaders with innovative ideas. RSM is a diverse community of international students, faculty, researchers, alumni, business leaders and staff with one unifying commitment: to make business, and business education, an instrument of positive change that can change the world. 

To sustain this vision of the future, we have launched another type of community initiative: an annual fund. The RSM Annual Fund ensures that the most talented, promising, and creative young leaders of the future will be part of the RSM community through our scholarship programmes. The Fund also supports development of new curriculum in our programmes and above all provides incentive to produce more relevant, high-quality management research that will fuel the future of business. 

Last year was our initial launch year. As of December 2010, we raised the modest amount of €11,000. In 2011, our target is slightly greater - € 13,500 - with the goal of having contributions sufficient for: 

• € 2,500 MBA Alumni Welcome Scholarships (2x)
• € 1,500 International Exchange Scholarships for MSc students (2x)
• € 2,500 for the most popular article to have appeared in the previous year’s RSM Insight. This amount will be awarded to the author(s) of the article, stimulating more research in the topic
• € 2500 to support the RSM MBA Kilimanjaro Leadership Project- Women Empowering Women
• € 500 to support the Green Master Thesis Award (an initiative from Greening RSM)

“I’m urging our alumni and friends of the School to support the RSM Annual Fund: I WILL GIVE BACK.”

Steef van de Velde, Dean & Professor, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University