Get Started
Selection for LIFE is on a rolling basis — Toigo encourages you to apply early. Below are the key deadlines:
— Application Opens – October 15, 2025
— Apply by December 31, 2025 to have your application fee waived
— Application closes – March 1,2026
— Catapult – April 2026 (exact dates tbd)
Be sure to review the info below and the FAQs prior to starting your application.
If you would like to be notified when the application is live or if you have questions after reviewing the FAQs, please contact the Toigo LIFE team by email at Apply@toigofoundation.org
Qualifications
If you’re entering a graduate program and plan to pursue a career in finance – from venture and private equity to entrepreneurship, investor relations, investment management or more – you qualify. LIFE candidates are full-time candidates in programs including (but not limited to):
- MBA / Master of Business Administration
- JD MBA / Juris Doctorate and Master of Business Administration
- MFE / Master of Financial Engineering
- MRED / Master of Real Estate
- MPA / Master of Public Administration
- MPF / Master of Public Finance
- MFIN / Master in Finance
- MWM / Master in Wealth Management
- MQF / Master of Quantitative Finance
Application
You’ll be asked to share your career aspirations—why finance, what areas you hope to pursue, what makes you a strong LIFE candidate.
Selection
All criteria for welcoming candidates to the program is fact-based—the quality of your answers, written expression, clarity around a career in finance or finance-related roles, and technical assessment scores are all factors assessed to help determine knowledge and potential for success in technical skill interviews.
Application Fee
There is a $50 non-refundable fee to apply to LIFE.
