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Research Grant Deadline Nears
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Did you know that NASBA, under the guidance of the NASBA Education Committee, offers up to $25,000 annually to support educational research? Introduced in 2011, NASBA’s Accounting Education Research Grants Program was established to support the growing need for funding to conduct research pertaining to the future of the accounting profession.
The program’s 2025 Call for Proposals is currently open through 11:59 p.m. CT on Monday, March 3, 2025. Post-doctoral researchers and professors seeking funding are strongly encouraged to submit grant proposals for consideration prior to the deadline.
Under the program, NASBA will fund and award grants totaling up to $25,000 for one-year research projects. A maximum of three research grants are awarded annually. Since the program’s inception, over $200,000 has been awarded in support of academic research nationwide.
Among this year’s research interest areas include (but are not limited to):
- Integrating data analytics and AI as part of an accounting education,
- Inclusivity within the CPA profession,
- CPA Pipeline related topics, and the
- Impact of licensing requirements on students’ decisions to pursue accounting careers.
The 2025 class of grant recipients will be announced in summer 2025, and the researcher(s) will generally be expected to finalize the research within one year of the signed agreement date. Additionally, NASBA may extend an invitation for the recipient(s) to present their findings at a NASBA Regional Meeting in June or a NASBA Annual Meeting in October of the following year.
In 2024, research teams from the University of Alabama, Morgan State University, Virginia Tech and Drexel University were awarded grant funding.
If you are a post-doctoral researcher or professor in need of research funding, visit: https://nasba.org/education/researchgrants/ to learn more about the program’s eligibility criteria, application guidelines and previous recipients. Please direct all questions regarding the submission process to [email protected].
