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ISM Senior Research Fellowship Program

The Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) may award two Senior Research Fellowships for support of out-standing research in supply management. The intent is to award two fellowships of $5,000 each to candidates who are conducting research in supply management or related fields.

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of these grants are: (1) to help support emerging, high-potential scholars who teach and conduct research in supply management and (2) to help produce useful research that can be applied to the advancement of supply management.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

The ISM Senior Research Fellowship is intended to support emerging scholars. In general, this will mean those who are assistant or associate professors (or of equivalent status) at their institutions and have demonstrated exceptional academic productivity in research and teaching. An assistant professor should have three or more years' post-degree experience. International applicants will be accepted. Current or past members of ISM committees, groups, forums or affiliated organizations are eligible to apply provided they meet the other criteria for the fellowship. Members of the Educational Resources Committee are not eligible to receive the ISM Senior Research Fellowship while they are a member of the committee. Previous awardees are ineligible.

AWARD PROCEDURES

Fellowships are paid directly to the awardees and are nonrenewable. It is expected that the ISM Fellows will present the results of this research in an ISM forum (for example, research symposium, ISM Annual International Supply management Conference and/or an ISM publication such as The Journal of Supply Chain Management). Fellowships for the year will be announced by mid-June.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Applicants for the ISM Senior Research Fellowship must submit four copies of each of the following items in one complete package to ISM by April 1.

Letter of application explaining qualifications for the fellowship.
Research proposal of no more than five pages, including problem statement or hypothesis; research methodology, with data sources, collection and analysis; and value to the field of supply management.
Curriculum vitae, including works in progress.

RESEARCH TOPICS

The purpose of the ISM Senior Research Fellowship is to encourage and support research in supply management, purchasing, or related fields. Candidates are encouraged to refer to the list below of research topics in supply management which includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Supply as a strategic tool
Alliances and supply linkage
Strategic sourcing and supplier development
Globalizations
Information systems
Supply risk and supply chain governance
Measuring supply effectiveness
Roles in supply chains/networks
Training/development approaches
Supply methodologies
Supply in product/service innovation

The ISM Senior Research Fellowship Program seeks qualified applicants from a diverse population, regardless of gender, race, creed, age, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, or disability.

QUESTIONS?

For more information, contact Joseph L. Cavinato, Ph.D., C.P.M., ISM, by phone at 800/888-6276 or 480/752-6276, extension 3029; by fax at 480/752-7890; or by e-mail at jcavinato@ism.ws. Or, visit the ISM Web site at www.ism.ws.

PLEASE SEND THE COMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGE BY APRIL 1 TO:

MAILING ADDRESS:
ISM Doctoral Grant Committee
c/o Joseph L. Cavinato, Ph.D., C.P.M.
Institute for Supply Management
P.O. Box 22160
Tempe, AZ 85285-2160
USA

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ISM Doctoral Grant Committee
c/o Joseph Cavinato, Ph.D., C.P.M.
Institute for Supply Management
2055 East Centennial Circle
Tempe, AZ 85284
USA