Gordon Ford College of Business
Summer Research Grants Program
Program Description
Purpose The Gordon Ford Summer Research Grant Program is established to support the Mission of the
College by providing funding to fulltime faculty members in the Gordon Ford College for the successful
engagement and completion of high quality research activities. GFCB Summer Research Grants are competitively
awarded based on a review of project proposals.
Nature of the Grants There are two types of Summer Research Grants (SRG). “Aim High” and “General.” These
grants are to support research activity and production by the fulltime faculty members in the Gordon Ford
College.
Both grants offer the faculty member the option of taking the grant amount as salary stipend, professional
development (PD) funding, or a combination of both. Grant funding will be distributed to the awardees by June
15 of each year.
TIER 1 “General” SRGs are for $5,000. $1,000 of this grant will be withheld until the awardee has submitted
a complete “publication ready” version of the research paper to the Associate Dean for Graduate Programs
and Research in accordance with the time line of the policy.
TIER 2 “Aim High” SRGs will be up to $10,000. Aim High SRGs require that the proposer explicitly make the
goal of the research project publication in one of the peer-reviewed journals listed on one of the
departmental lists of top applied journals. To support this, each department will submit a list of the top 2 or
3 applied journals in the each of the disciplines in the department to the GFCB Research Excellence
Committee. Each department will also supply indicators why each journal qualifies as being among the top 2
or 3 journals and how each journal matches the applied mission of the college. Lists may be modified by the
GFCB Research Excellence Committee based upon the recommendations of the department.
Eligibility All fulltime faculty members are eligible including executives in residence, endowed professors, and
department chairs. Faculty are eligible regardless of other current commitments and awards, participation in
university or other grant programs, and/or the acceptance and timing of research grants in previous years.
All SRG project proposals must be received by the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research no later
than 4:30 pm on March 15, or the first working day after March 15 if the due date falls on a weekend, to be
eligible for either of the SRGs.
Co-Proposers Only one grant will be awarded for each research project. Multi-proposer projects are
acceptable with the grant award divided among the co-proposers based upon a specified share ratio (such as 5050%, 100-0% or other %) indicated by the lead investigator on the proposal form. An individual may be a coproposer on more than one project, but any proposer may not receive more than a total of $5,000 for all
proposals for the General SRGs or for $10,000 for Aim High SRGs during one annual grant cycle.
Policy Approved by the GFCB Faculty on 1/20/16
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Awards in Consecutive Years All fulltime faculty members are eligible to be considered for receiving these
grants each year regardless of their participation and success in obtaining grants in previous or consecutive
years.
Grant Application A grant application must be completed according to the Proposal Guidelines and submitted
to the Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research (GPR) on or before the deadline given above. Major
considerations in evaluating these proposals for funding are proposal quality, expected impact of the project
outcomes, and the documented outcomes and publication success resulting from previous grants. For Aim High
SRGs, the explicit intended outcome of the project must be to publish in a journal on the list of top applied
journals as created by the Research Excellence Committee.
Grant Proposal Evaluation The submitted grant proposals will be evaluated and ranked in terms of quality and
impact by the college’s Research Excellence Committee. Project grant awards will then be made by the Gordon
Ford Administrative Council (GFAC) in consideration of that ranking and evaluation.
Summer Grant Program Timeline
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Project proposals due to Associate Dean of Graduate Programs & Research (GPR)
Project rankings completed by the Research Committee and provided to GFAC:
Project awards made and distributed by GFAC:
1st Project Progress Report Due to Associate Dean of GPR
2nd Project Progress Report Due to Associate Dean of GPR
Presentation of project goals, hypotheses, methodology, outcomes or progress to date,
lessons learned, etc., to College Faculty:
March 15
April 15
June 15
September 15
February 15
By April 1
Failure to fulfill any of the reporting obligations in the Timeline of the summer grant program permanently
makes the proposer(s) ineligible from participating and receiving SRGs from the GFCB in the future.
Policy Approved by the GFCB Faculty on 1/20/16
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Journals having recognized impact
that reflect the distinctiveness of the Gordon Ford College of Business as an
applied college of business
ACCOUNTING
Accounting Practice
Accounting Perspective
Journal of Applied Accounting Research
Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting
Auditing
Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
Internal Auditing
Internal Auditor
Behavioral
Accounting, Organization & Society
Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research
Behavioral Research in Accounting
Education
Global Perspectives on Accounting Educations
Issues in Accounting Education
Journal of Accounting Education
Energy
Oil, Gas and Energy Quarterly
Financial
CPA Journal
Journal of Accountancy
Strategic Finance Magazine
Forensic
Journal of Forensic Accounting Research
Journal of Forensic and Investigative Accounting
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General
Accounting Review
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Journal of Accounting Research
Government
Government Finance Review
Journal of Government Financial Management
Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management
History
Accounting History
Accounting History Review
Accounting Historians Journal
Information Systems
Journal of Information Systems
International Journal of Accounting and Information Management
International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
Interdisciplinary
Accounting and Business Research
Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance
Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change
International
International Journal of Accounting
Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Tax
Journal of International Accounting Research
International Auditing/Systems
International Journal of Accounting Information Systems
International Journal of Auditing
Judgmental/Experimental
International Journal of Behavioral Accounting and Finance
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance
Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
Managerial
CMA Magazine
Journal of Management Accounting Research
Management Accounting Quarterly
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Other
Accounting Horizons
Contemporary Accounting Research
Review of Accounting Studies
Public/Regulation
Journal of Accounting and Public Policy
Research in Accounting Regulation
Systems
Advances in Information Systems
Information Systems and Control Journal
Journal of Information Systems
Tax
ATA Journal of Legal Tax Research
Journal of the American Taxation Association
Journal of Taxation
Technology
Journal of Emerging Technologies in Accounting
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ECONOMICS
Econometrics
Empirical Economics
Journal of Applied Econometrics
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics
Economic Development
Journal of Development Studies
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development
Review of Development Economics
Economic History
Journal of Economic History
Explorations in Economic History
Economics of the Family
American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Demography
Journal of Economic Perspectives
Economics of Religion
Journal of Public Economics
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Education Economics
Economics of Education Review
Education Economics
The Journal of Economic Education
Energy Economics
Energy Economics
Energy Policy
Environmental Economics
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
Land Economics
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Financial Economics
Journal of Banking and Finance
Journal of Finance
Journal of Financial Economics
Firm/Industry Economics
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Managerial and Decision Economics
Review of Industrial Organization
General Economics
American Economic Review
Economic Inquiry
Southern Economic Journal
Health Economics
Health Economics
Social Science and Medicine
Value in Health
Housing Economics
Housing Studies
Journal of Housing Economics
Real Estate Economics
International Finance
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money
International Journal of Finance and Economics
International Finance
Labor Economics
Journal of Labor Economics
Journal of Labor Research
Macroeconomics
AEJ-Macroeconomics
BE Journal-Macro
Journal of Macroeconomics
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Microeconomics
American Economic Journal-Micro
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Monetary Economics
Journal of Monetary Economics
Journal of Money Credit and Banking
Policy Economics
Contemporary Economic Policy
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Public Choice
Political Economy
Journal of Political Economy
New Political Economy
Review of International Political Economy
Public Finance/Taxation
National Tax Journal
International Tax and Public Finance
Public Finance Review
Regional Science
Journal of Regional Science
Papers in Regional Science
Regional Science and Urban Economics
Sports Economics
International Journal of Sport Finance
Journal of Sports Economics
Journal of Sport Management
Urban Economics
Journal of Urban Affairs
Journal of Urban Economics
Urban Studies
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FINANCE
Banking
Journal of Banking and Finance
Corporate Finance
Journal of Applied Finance
Journal of Corporate Finance
Financial Education
Advances in Financial Education
Journal of Financial Education
Financial planning
Journal of Financial Planning
General
International Review of Economics and Finance
International Review of Financial Analysis
North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Insurance
Risk Management and Insurance Review
International
International Business Review
Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions, and Money
Investments
Financial Review
Journal of Financial Research
Real Estate
Journal of Real Estate Research
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Applied Information Systems
Elsevier Computers in Human Behavior
IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies
Journal of Universal Computer Science
Business Analytics
International Journal of Business Intelligence Research
Business Information Systems
Information Sciences
International Journal of Business Information Systems
International Journal of Business and Systems Research
IS Economics
Decision Support Systems
IJEC International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Journal of Management Information Systems
IS Education
Journal of Information Systems Education
IS Healthcare
Hospital Topics
International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA)
Security
Journal of Applied Security Research
International Journal Information and Computer Security
International Journal of Information Security and Privacy
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MANAGEMENT
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice
Journal of Business Venturing
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal
Human Resources
Human Resource Development Quarterly
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management Journal
Industry-Specific Applications of OM
Energy Systems
IIE Transactions
Transportation Science
International Business
Journal of International Business Studies
Research Policy
Manufacturing & Service Operations
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Production and Operations Management
OMEGA The International Journal of Management Science
Operations Management (General)
European Journal of Operational Research
Management Science
Operations Research
Optimization & Algorithms
Annals of Operations Research
Computers & Operations Research
Organizational Behavior
Academy of Management Journal
Journal of Applied Psychology
Journal of Management
Small/Family Business
Family Business Review
International Small Business Journal
Journal of Small Business Management
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Strategy
Strategic Management Journal
Strategic Organization
Strategy: Innovation and Technology Management
California Management Review
Industry and Innovation
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MARKETING
Advertising/IMC
International Journal of Advertising
Journal of Advertising
Journal of Advertising Research
Business-To-Business Marketing
Industrial Marketing Management
International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
Journal of Business-to-Business Marketing
Consumer Behavior
Journal of Consumer Psychology
Journal of Consumer Research
Psychology & Marketing
Ethics/Corporate Social Responsibility
Business Ethics Quarterly
Journal of Business Ethics
Journal of Public Policy and Marketing
General
Business Horizons
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science
Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice
International Marketing
International Journal of Research in Marketing
International Marketing Review
Journal of International Marketing
Logistics/Supply Chain Management
International Journal of Logistics Management
Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
Marketing Education
Journal for Advancement of Marketing Education (JAME)
Journal of Marketing Education (JME)
Marketing Education Review (MER)
Marketing Research/Analytics
Applied Marketing Analytics
Journal of Marketing Analytics
Quantitative Marketing and Economics
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Marketing Strategy/Management
Journal of Strategic Marketing
Journal of Marketing Management
Journal of Global Marketing
New Product Development/Innovation
Journal of Product Innovation Management
Creativity and Innovation Management
International Journal of Innovation Management
Retailing
Journal of Retailing
The Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services
The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research
Sales
Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing
Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management
Journal of Selling
Services Marketing
Journal of Services Management
Journal of Services Marketing
Journal of Services Research
Social Media Marketing
Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Journal of Interactive Advertising
Journal of Interactive Marketing
Sports Marketing
Journal of Sport Management
Sport Management Review
Sport Marketing Quarterly
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