Program for Applied Accounting Research

RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM
Application Guidelines
Last updated: February, 2003

Purpose of the Program
The purpose of the Program for Applied Accounting Research (PAAR) is to encourage and support high-quality, timely, applied accounting research. Applied accounting research includes both practitioner research and academic research with practice implications covering a variety of current topics facing public and private accountants. PAAR's research grant program is designed to help faculty members in the School of Accountancy cover the costs associated with the development and
completion of research projects. Collaboration between faculty and practitioners is encouraged. Grant recipients may be expected to present their research results at a PAAR research symposium, and the ultimate goal for all projects is publication of the research results in an academic and/or practitioner journal.

Types of Awards
I. Specific Project Support. Awards will be made to support the costs of specific research projects undertaken by SOA faculty. Funds will be made available to support hiring graduate research assistants and to reimburse direct research costs such as supplies, postage, data gathering, and other out-of-pocket costs incurred in executing the research project. Research proposals may be developed by individual faculty members, groups of faculty members, or by teams of faculty members and practitioners. These awards are limited to a maximum of $2,000 per research project.

II. Research Program Support. Awards will be made to support the overall research programs of the SOA faculty through the acquisition of such resources as data bases and shared software. Funds will be made available to acquire resources when the acquisition will increase the overall research capacity of the SOA. Funds will be disbursed for actual expenditures. Proposals for research program support grants should be submitted jointly by SOA faculty members who plan to use the resource.

Application Instructions
I. Specific Project Support The researcher(s) should submit a proposal consisting of the following:
(1) cover page (prescribed form),
(2) abstract (maximum of one-half page, single-spaced) including research objectives, methods to be employed, and significance of the project,
(3) project descriptions (maximum of four single-spaced pages) describing (a) the objectives of the proposed research and the expected significance of the findings, (b) the research design, (c) a work program indicating each phase and the expected completion of the project,
and (d) the funding requirements (itemized).

All SOA faculty and practitioners who are Research Council members are eligible to submit research proposals so long as there is a faculty member involved in the project. Practitioners with research ideas may contact the Director of the School of Accountancy for assistance in locating a faculty collaborator. Applicants who have been funded by PAAR in the past must
provide one of the following related to each funded grant: copy of the publication, working paper, or evidence of progress toward completion according to the work program in the prior grant application.

Since practitioners will be on the review committee, conceptual descriptions should supplement any technical research designs or statistical techniques included in the study.

II. Research Program Support
Applications for research program support should include a detailed description of the resources) to be acquired, the research issues which may be addressed using the resource, and the expected usage of the
resource by SOA researchers.

Submission Deadlines
Awards will be made semiannually. Applications must be submitted to the PAAR Director by the second Monday in September or the first Monday in February.

PAAR Directors
Dr. Ernest Larkins, Professor, School of Accountancy
Dr. Ram S. Sriram, Professor, School of Accountancy

Review Procedures
Proposals for research will be submitted to a review committee consisting of all practice representatives having Full Membership in the Accounting Research Group, the faculty directors) of PAAR, and one other faculty member appointed by the Director of the School of Accountancy. The
review committee will make funding recommendations to the Director of the School of Accountancy.

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