Research Grants: Current

              

Call for Research Proposals: International Accounting Education Standards
ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) are pleased to invite research proposals to support the work of IFAC’s International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB). The program supports academic research directed at informing the IAESB’s standard setting activities. Funded projects will be showcased at events involving representatives from the IAESB as well as researchers specializing in the area of accounting education and assessment. ACCA, IAESB, and IAAER plan to publish a briefing report summarising the primary research findings of the program. Research teams may publish an academic report of their individual findings in the publication of their choice. Funding for this program is provided by ACCA.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 1 September 2010.

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Research Grants: Past

KPMG/IAAER

• Round 3: Informing the IASB Standard Setting Process
• Round 2: Research on Defining, Recognizing and Measuring Liabilities
• Round 1: Reporting Financial Performance

ACCA/IAAER

• Key Research into Global Audit Issues is Announced: Informing the IAASB
• Research on International Accounting Standards: Informing the IAESB
• Paper Development Workshop Presented at AMIS 2008

ACCA

• The current global economic conditions: roles and opportunities for the accounting profession
• Social accounting in times of economic downturn
• Health financing vs health outcomes

        

IAAER and KPMG are devoted to sponsoring research that informs the IASB decision process.

Round 3: Informing the IASB Standard Setting Process
The International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER), KPMG LLP and the KPMG Foundation are pleased to invite research proposals under the Informing the IASB Standard Setting Process Research Program. The program supports scholarly research directed at informing the IASB’s decision process on any current agenda item. Up to five research grants will be awarded under this program.

Round 2: Research on Defining, Recognizing and Measuring Liabilities
The International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER), in collaboration with KPMG, is pleased to announce our Research on Defining, Recognizing and Measuring Liabilities grant recipients. The program supports scholarly research directed at informing the IASB’s decision process for the Board’s projects related to Liabilities and Equities.

Round 1: Reporting Financial Performance
Round 1 of our joint program focused on Reporting Financial Performance and provided funding for five outstanding projects. In addition to receiving funding from KPMG, each team benefited from feedback provided by standard setters and leading scholars at four project events.

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Key Research into Global Audit Issues is Announced: Informing the IAASB
Research into pressing global auditing issues has been commissioned by the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) and funded by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). The program supports academic research directed at informing the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board's (IAASB) standard setting activities. Funded projects will be showcased at three events involving representatives from the IAASB as well as renowned researchers specializing in the area of audit and assurance. Funding for this program is provided by ACCA.

Research on International Accounting Standards: Informing the IAESB
A global invitation for research proposals to advance the field of accounting education was launched jointly by the International Association for Accounting Education and Research (IAAER) and ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).  Up to five research grants of $25,000, funded by ACCA, the world’s largest and fastest-growing global professional accountancy body, have been awarded under the programme, which aims to support the work of the International Accounting Education Standards Board (IAESB).

Paper Development Workshop Presented at AMIS 2008
IAAER and the ACCA presented a Paper Development Workshop at a special session  at the AMIS 2008 Conference in Bucharest on June 19, 2008. Aiming to encourage and develop research skills among doctoral students and junior faculty, the workshop supported the goal of our two organizations to promote and develop excellence in accounting education and research internationally.

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The current global economic conditions: roles and opportunities for the accounting profession

ACCA is committed to understanding and promoting the role of the accounting profession in supporting economies and organisations through the current economic conditions – and beyond. Accordingly, ACCA’s Research Committee has made available a total of GBP50,000 (equivalent) to support one or more internationally-focused research projects and related dissemination activities.

Social accounting in times of economic downturn

ACCA wishes to commission research with policy and/or practical relevance that addresses the overarching question of how social accounting can develop in the future to meet users’ and practitioners’ needs, while still being conceptually rigorous, in times of economic downturn. Accordingly, ACCA’s Research Committee invites applications for funding from researchers internationally for projects that focus on the issues outlined in this Call. Under this initiative, ACCA’s Research Committee has set aside a total of GBP50,000 (equivalent) to support internationally-focused research projects. 

Health financing vs health outcomes

Given the increasing complexity and pressures relating to healthcare financing internationally, ACCA intends to commission international, comparative research that will help inform governments in meeting policy challenges involved in improving health outcomes whilst containing costs. In particular, as the global body for professional accountants, ACCA wishes to develop understanding of the future role(s) for the accounting profession in helping to meet these challenges. ACCA is making GB£35,000 (equivalent) available through this initiative to support BOTH an internationally-focused research project AND international travel for related dissemination activity.  The project is expected to start in February 2009 and be completed within twelve months.

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The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) invites research proposals, employing any appropriate research methodologies and with a remit addressing issues of management accounting.
 
Possible topics include changes in the management accountant’s organizational role; management accountants responses to cost reduction, efficiency improvement, investment constraint, governance strengthening or business partnering; accountants’ training, development, and leadership skills; emerging career paths for accounting operations.
 
Grants are typically between £5,000 and £40,000 depending on the scope of the project and its outputs. Proposals where co-funding with another organization has been obtained are
strongly encouraged to apply.
 
Download: CIMA Research Initiative - Beyond Recession
 
Details and application forms can be obtained at www.cimaglobal.com/research.

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ICAS supports high quality research which is timely and relevant to the accountancy profession or business. Applications are encouraged from researchers and institutions anywhere in the world. Successful applicants benefit from a close working relationship with a world class professional body which has close links with national and international policy makers and regulators. Research results are widely distributed and discussion events may be held to launch reports and encourage debate. /p>

For further details, visit www.icas.org.uk/researchfunding.

Research Centre

ICAS is committed to supporting and encouraging high quality research that is timely, relevant and useful to the accountancy profession in an international or UK perspective. Research is funded by the Scottish Accountancy Trust for Education and Research (SATER), which focuses on research that is relevant to the public interest and the accountancy profession or business. To this end, research proposals are invited on issues of broad relevance to the accountancy profession, both within and outside public practice.

For further details, visit www.icas.org.uk/research.