March 16, 2007
Condensed VITA
Name: Jack D. Becker
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND GRANTS RECEIVED
Total Funded Grants, Research Projects, Scholarship (actual $US dollars (excludes
software/hardware grants), through 3/2007): $1,863,000
SIM Grant for DFW SIM Chapter Website Maintenance ($4,000). $1,000 each year: 2004,
2005, 2006, and 2007.
UNT Center for Study of Work Teams/Information Systems Research Faculty Grant,
2001-2002 from MBNA Hallmark Information Systems in Dallas, TX. $126,000+ grant
“Facilitation of Virtual Teams Study.” Also, Co-PI with Dr. Rodger Ballentine.
UNT Information Systems Research Faculty Grant, 1999-2000. $10,000 grant received.
“Benchmarking Virtual Teams Study.” Also, with Co-PI withDr. Rodger Ballentine; Doctoral
student research assistant, Karon Tedford.
Grant from ARCO International, Inc. Aug, 1998. $27,000 awarded through UNT Research
Grants Office for the “Study of Virtual Teams and Collaborative Technologies in
Organizations.” Co-Principle Investigator (PI) with Dr. Rodger Ballantine, Center for Study of
Self-Managed Work Teams.
Information Systems Research Center 1990 - 1998. Approximately $1,000,000 in corporate
donations, scholarships, and membership fees received by Information Systems Research
Center, since 1990. Excludes software gift from AMR Training and Consulting for World
Tutor Software ($15,000), 1994.
Philip Rauch Business Communications Center Research Grant. Multimedia Approach to
Listening Skill Training and Testing with Robert G. Insley. (Submitted for $8,000; not
received). September, 1996.
Texas Instrument Software University Research & Partnership Program. Organizational
Considerations for and Individual Perceptions of Intranet-based Information Systems: A Case
Study Investigation with Mark Myerscough and Thomas Richards. ($6,000, not funded).
August, 1996.
UNT COBA Faculty Research Grant. ($1,000). Summer, 1995. Principal Investigator (with
Dr. Robert Insley), IS Majors Communication Skills Research Project. Separate grants from
BCIS and Management department for research assistants of nearly $8,000.
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Wall Data Corporation Grant. ($18,000). Fall, 1993 - Spring, 1994. ISRC was the
administrative authority for grant to faculty principle investigators, Dr. Thomas Marshall,
Auburn University and Dr. Lee Pelley, UNT. To study the effects of Semantic Object Database
Design tools on the database design.
UNT COBA Faculty Research Initiative Grant. ($2,650). Summer, 1993. Principal
Investigator, IS Majors Communication Skills Research Project.
Bombay Corporation/CRT Grants ($40,000); Fall, 1992-to Fall, 1995 (Present). Principal
Investigator. To continue the 1991-1992 study for improving the communications skills of
BCIS majors. In addition, a $15,000 Software Grant from AMR for World Tutor Software (see
ISRC grants above).
LTV/TI/ISRC JOINT Grant ($12,000 total); Winter, 1991-2. To study the impact of CASE
methodology on quality and productivity of software development. Also, to investigate the
impact of CASE on organization structure and culture. Study to be performed by Drs.
Kappelman, Pelley and Vanecek.
IBM Corporation Grant ($1,500); December, 1991. To underwrite TEXIS Conference in
April, 1992.
Bombay Corporation/CRT Grant ($3,700); Winter, 1991-2. To fund a study for improving
the communications skills of BCIS majors.
Texas Advanced Research Program Grant request ($377,000; not funded); Summer, 1991.
To develop BOARDROOM 2000 Project. $135,000 in matching funds already raised.
BCIS Distinguished Faculty Professorship ($350,000 funding level by 1997); $150,000
raised by 1992, while I was BCIS Chair. Texas Utilities, Jerry Farrington, donor.
Southwestern Bell Telephone Award ($150,000) to University of Missouri--St. Louis. To
foster excellence in instruction and research in the field of management information systems.
Award was a direct result of the IBM Grant Proposal as part of a matching grant contingency.
Award distributed in equal $50,000 installments from 1986 to 1989.
IBM Grant for the Management of Information Systems ($2,000,000 requested, not
funded), Project Co-director and Co-author. The grant request was the culmination of five
months of effort by the faculty of the School of Business Administration, University
Administration, the University Computer Center, and St. Louis Area Business Leaders.
IBM Planning Grant for the Management of Information Systems ($12,000 funded),
principle author, 1984.
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Finalist in Society for Management Information System's Annual Paper Competition,
1982. Paper published MIS Quarterly, 1983.
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