Claude Montmarquette, who holds a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago, was a professor emeritus in the Department of Economics at the Université de Montréal, one of the founders of CIRANO (Centre for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations) and a CIRANO Fellow. He held the Bell-Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec Chair in Experimental Economics at the Université de Montréal and was President and CEO of CIRANO for over seven years.

Author or editor of 11 books, 90 scientific articles and more than 60 public policy papers, Mr. Montmarquette has been a visiting professor at several universities and has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career, including:

• Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1998)
• Member of the Order of Canada (2013)
• Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013)
• Honorary Doctorate of Laws from McGill University
• Commander of the Order of Montreal (2016)
• National Order of Quebec (2019).

Claude Montmarquette passed away in September 2021, after a long and distinguished career in which he made significant contributions to public policy development and applied econometrics.

The Claude Montmarquette Scholarship is an initiative of his colleagues and collaborators at the Department of Economics of the Université de Montréal and CIRANO, as well as his friends, who wish to pay tribute to him and honor his memory.

The scholarship is open to students in a Bachelor of Science in Economics or a Bachelor of Mathematics and Economics (B.Sc.) of the Université de Montréal who intend to enroll in a Master's or Doctoral program in Economics and who demonstrate an interest in public policy.

The first scholarship will be offered in the 2022 fall.

For more information on the awarding of the scholarship and the fundraising campaign, you can visit the website of the Department of Economics of the University of Montreal

A tribute event will also be organized in the near future.