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Price College Team Receives $25K for COVID-19 Research Proposal

Winners of the IMA Research Foundation 2020 Special COVID-19 Call for Research Proposals

Brant Christensen, Dipankar Ghosh and Deonette Lambert
(left to right: Brant Christensen, Dipankar Ghosh and Deonette Lambert)

COVID-19 has impacted every facet of management accounting, with both short and long-term effects that are unprecedented and transformative. The academic community plays a critical role in identifying how COVID is influencing critical organizational functions like corporate governance, revenue management, supply chain management, and digital transformation. Therefore IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants) is pleased to announce the winners of the IMA Research Foundation (IRF) 2020 Special COVID-19 Call for Research Proposals. We received 36 proposals from around the world, and seven received funding totaling over $120,000. Congratulations to this year’s winners:

  • ($25,000) “Corporate governance response to concurrent internal and external risk,” Brant E. Christensen, Dipankar Ghosh, and Deonette Lambert (all at The University of Oklahoma, USA)
  • ($15,000) “COVID-19 and SME revenue management,” Jodi Moll and Ogan Yigitbasioglu (both at Queensland University of Technology, AUSTRALIA)
  • ($14,500) “COVID-19 Motivated Changes to Executive Compensation and Incentives,” Mary Ellen Carter (Boston College, USA), Luann Lynch (University of Virginia, USA), Xiaoxia Peng (University of Utah, USA)
  • ($10,000) “Development of cost-deployment-based metrics for the measurement of financial impact of ISO14001 implementation,” Tom G. Geurts (Bucknell University, Pennsylvania, USA), Beate Klingenberg (The International Institute Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, ITALY)
  • ($8,000) “COVID-19 and Abnormal Excess Capacity for Manufacturers: Impact on Inventory Valuations and the Adequacy of SFAS 151 Disclosure in 2020 Financial Statements,” Benjamin P. Foster (University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
  • ($24,500) “Rolling with the Punches: Improving Business Resilience and Decision-Making Through Advanced Information Technology,” Shirley J. Daniel and Yuangzhang Xiao (both at University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA), and Ting-Tsen Yeh (Louisiana State University, USA)
  • ($24,500) “Revenue management by the U.S. Commercial banks during COVID-19 pandemic,” Nancy Seelye (First Financial Bank, Ohio, and Indiana Wesleyan University, USA), Brian Routh (Meredith College, North Carolina, USA)

The IRF is dedicated to funding relevant, thought-provoking research that furthers the knowledge and scope of accounting and financial management globally. In the last 10 years, it has awarded more than $1.1 million in research grants to academics and doctoral students.

Ongoing grant programs accept grant proposals throughout the year. These include the Academic Research Grant program for faculty, Doctoral Scholars program for students at different stages of their doctoral studies, and the IMA Incubator Grant Program for small “proof of concept” or pilot-type projects that may lead to more in-depth research. 

For more information, go to www.imanet.org/educators/research-foundation. Questions can be sent to Kip Krumwiede, IMA director of research, at kkrumwiede@imanet.org.