Educational Investment Fund (EIF)
Get hands-on market experience before graduation with the TCU Educational Investment Fund (EIF). Selected graduate and undergraduate finance students manage a $2.3 million portfolio benefiting two organizations while responding to real market conditions.
Experience the risks and rewards investment professionals face every day. You’ll execute trades, present proposals, discover investment styles and learn the merits of sound asset diversification. You’ll make investment decisions.
With this experience, graduates pursue careers in investment management and finance, joining a strong network of EIF alumni.
How to Apply
- Applications are reviewed twice a year in fall and spring.
- Undergraduates: Apply during your junior year. If selected, you will participate during your senior year.
- MBA students: Apply during your first year. If selected, you will participate during your second year.
- Submit a résumé and unofficial TCU transcript with your application.
- Selected applicants will be invited to interview.
The TCU Educational Investment Fund (EIF) was established in 1973 by Alcon Laboratories co-founder William C. Conner, who launched the fund with a $600,000 gift to benefit two organizations: TCU and Baylor College of Medicine's Department of Ophthalmology. One of the first university investment funds managed entirely by students, the EIF began with five student managers under the guidance of founding faculty advisor Professor Stanley Block.
In 1978, Conner contributed an additional $100,000 to the fund. Originally, annual distributions to beneficiaries were based on the fund's realized profits. In 1983, the distribution policy changed to 6% of the fund's year-end net asset value, and in 2016, the rate was reduced to 5%. Today, the fund distributes 5% annually based on the prior year-end balance.
Since its founding, the EIF has distributed more than $3.8 million to its beneficiaries while providing generations of TCU students with hands-on investment management experience.
Students commit to two consecutive semesters: spring/summer, summer/fall or fall/spring.
Fall and Spring
Tuesdays and Thursdays
2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Summer (June–July)
Tuesdays
6:30 – 9:50 p.m.
- Applicants must be TCU juniors or first-year MBA students enrolled in the TCU Neeley School of Business.
- Completion of FINANCE 30213 Investments is required. You may apply while enrolled in the class but must successfully complete the class before participating in the program.