Faculty Funding Opportunities
Contact Brian Thomas, College of Management Director of Research Development, for assistance or additional details.
Internal Funding Sources
None
External Funding Sources
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Due date: continuous
American Tax Policy Institute
Due date: continuous [grants reviewed in January and July]
Request for Research Proposals to Further Scholarship about Tax Policy.
Topics of interest are “Special tax subsidies for savings” and “Tax policy and healthcare.”
Center for State and Local Government Excellence
Due date: continuous
The Center is currently funding qualitative and quantitative
research on the following topics: Structure of State and Local Government Retirement Plans, Post Employment and Retiree Health Care Benefits, Financial Wellness and Retirement Planning. They offer a $14,000 research stipend.
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
Due date: multiple
Seedcorn Funding Initiative
Due date: Continuousapplication form, guidance notes
This initiative provides an opportunity for both developing researchers and researchers looking to develop new ideas to submit research proposals.
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Due date: continuous
All logistics and supply chain management professionals and academics (CSCMP members and nonmembers alike) are encouraged to submit research ideas and proposals for the CSCMP Research Strategies Committee's consideration.
Foundation for Managed Derivatives Research (FMDR)
Due date: Continuous
FMDR is particularly interested in funding research that will enrich the body of knowledge in the field of managed derivatives and which will have far-reaching application or impact on managed derivatives. FMDR encourages proposals that address major issues facing the managed futures industry.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)
Due date: Continous
National Endowment for Financial Education
Proposals due December 1, 2008
The grants program seeks innovative research and research-based development projects that can make a profound contribution to the field of financial literacy, directly relevant to the financial well-being of the public, and able to be applied broadly.
National Science Foundation
Due date: Multiple
Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI)
Due: continuousDecision, Risk and Management Sciences (DRMS)
Proposals due August 18, 2008The Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program supports scientific research directed at increasing the understanding and effectiveness of decision making by individuals, groups, organizations, and society. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, doctoral dissertation research, and workshops are funded in the areas of judgment and decision making; decision analysis and decision aids; risk analysis, perception, and communication; societal and public policy decision making; management science and organizational design. The program also supports small grants for exploratory research of a time-critical or high-risk, potentially transformative nature (see Small Grants for Exploratory Research.)
(NEW) Science, Technology, and Society
Proposals due August 1, 2008
STS considers proposals that examine historical, philosophical, and sociological questions that arise in connection with science, engineering, and technology, and their respective interactions with society. STS has four components:
- Ethics and Values in Science, Engineering and Technology (EVS),
- History and Philosophy of Science, Engineering and Technology (HPS),
- Social Studies of Science, Engineering and Technology (SSS),
- Studies of Policy, Science, Engineering and Technology (SPS).
Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems
Proposals due June 2, 2008
The Virtual Organizations as Sociotechnical Systems (VOSS) program supports scientific research directed at advancing the understanding of what constitutes effective virtual organizations and under what conditions virtual organizations can enable and enhance scientific, engineering, and education production and innovation.
VOSS funded research must be grounded in theory and rooted in empirical methods. It must produce broadly applicable and transferable results that augment knowledge and practice of virtual organizations as a modality. VOSS does not support proposals that aim to implement or evaluate individual virtual organizations.
New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation, S.T. Lee Research Fellowship
Due date: applications accepted at any time
Application instructions available here
North Carolina Biotechnology Center
Faculty Recruitment Grant
Due date: continuous
North American Case Research Association
Proposals due June 2, 2008 (application form)
The sponsor's mission is to promote excellence in case research, writing, teaching in business and other administrative disciplines. The sponsor will make at least two grants to support case research during the 2008-2009 academic year. Please review a brief synopsis.
Robert Schalkenbach Foundation
Due date: continuous
Their funding seeks to support projects that advocate ideas and programs compatible with Henry George's philosophy of economic justice. They fund two types of projects, Research Projects: Deepening the Georgist Perspective, and Policy-oriented projects: Promoting Georgism as a Practical Philosophy