PricewaterhouseCoopers and its former CEO are teaming up to establish a research fellowship at Queen’s University’s School of Business.

The award, named the PricewaterhouseCoopers/Tom O’Neill Faculty Research Fellowship in Accounting, is being funded equally by the accounting and consulting firm and former CEO Tom O’Neill, who went to Queen’s.

“I am honoured to have the opportunity to give back to this institution,” O’Neill said.

“PricewaterhouseCoopers has, for many years, recruited some of its top students from Queen’s University,” the company said.

The first recipient was Steve Salterio, a professor and researcher in Queen’s accounting program.

O’Neill has served Queen’s University in a variety of capacities, including vice chairman of the board of trustees, and most recently as chairman of the Queen’s Centre Cabinet.