Deadline for submission: October 1, 2007
The Management Education <st1:personname w:st="on">Research</st1:personname> Institute, an initiative established in 2005 by the Graduate Management Admission Council® (GMAC®) to stimulate faculty research on issues affecting graduate management education, announces our third annual Call for Proposals.
The Graduate Management Admission Council seeks research proposal submissions to our Management Education Research Institute Grant and Fellowship Programs-
The Grants Program is designed to support research projects about graduate management education learning, development, and outcomes. Grants up to $100,000 each are funded for one to three year periods. More information is available at http://www.gmac.com/grants.
The Faculty Fellowships Program is designed to support innovative and thought-provoking research from management education leaders. The Institute offers year-long $50,000 faculty fellowships for research at the fellows' home institutions. More information is available at http://www.gmac.com/faculty.
The Doctoral Student Fellowships Program is designed to support doctoral students and beginning faculty to help them in their careers and support the field of management education. The Institute offers year-long $20,000 doctoral student fellowships for research at the fellows' home institutions. More information is available at http://www.gmac.com/doctoral.
Past recipients of grants and fellowships have used the funds to study a variety of topics, including factors that influence new MBAs to switch careers, the relationship between work experience and performance in business school, and factors that influence career success among women with MBAs.
Last year nine projects were awarded a total of more than $450,000 in funding for 2007 by the Institute. The winning proposals, representing 12 universities in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United States</st1:country-region>, the <st1:country-region w:st="on">United Kingdom</st1:country-region>, and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Australia</st1:country-region></st1:place>, were selected from among 76 applications rigorously reviewed by a committee of outside faculty.
For more information on the MERInstitute, please visit www.gmac.com/MERInstitute.
The Graduate Management Admission Council (www.gmac.com), based in McLean, Va., is a nonprofit education organization of leading graduate business schools worldwide dedicated to creating access to and disseminating information about graduate management education. GMAC annually surveys thousands of corporate recruiters, MBA students, and alumni. The organization also owns the Graduate Management Admission Test® (GMAT®), used by business schools around the world to assess applicants. The GMAT was created in 1954 and remains the first and only standardized test specifically designed for graduate business and management programs.
Rachel Edgington
Director, Market Research & Analysis
Graduate Management Admission Council
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