CDAF Bursaries
CDAF RESEARCH BURSARIES
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS 2025-2027
CDAF are offering up to Four research bursaries for the academic years 2024/25-2026/27, up to a maximum of £3,000 per bursary. This includes funding for a research project (e.g., empirical/applied/quantitative/qualitative research in accounting/finance) and dissemination of findings at a conference.
Applications from both individuals and groups are welcome. The following conditions will apply.
(a)Bursaries are intended as ‘pump priming’ for new or returning researchers, and are only available to those who are new to research OR who have taken a break from research (i.e., those in the last five years who have received no research funding from any external source AND have no refereed publications). They are not available to fund PhD programmes or preliminary work for PhDs.
(b)Each application must include a letter from the relevant Head of Department confirming departmental support for the proposal together with confirmation of the eligibility of the applicant(s) for the award.
(c)Applicants must be employed by institutions that are fully paid-up members of CDAF throughout the duration of the award.
(d)Awardees must present a paper at a relevant BAFA regional, BAFA-SIG, BAFA CDAF or BAFA Annual Conference within a maximum of 24 months of the receipt of the first instalment of the award. If satisfactory progress is not made, the bursary may be withdrawn. Successful candidates will be expected to submit a progress report, typically 12 months after the bursary is awarded.
(e)Payments will be made in two instalments, the second of which will only be paid once a satisfactory final report has been received and a paper has been presented at a relevant conference, as defined in (d) above. Payments will be paid to the applicant’s university and, given the size of the award, overheads should not be deducted by the Institution, nor included in the budget submitted in the application.
Applications:
The following should be submitted:
Research proposal, no longer than 3 sides of single spaced 12-point A4 (excluding references) (see pages 3 & 4 for more details/guidance).
A summary CV, no longer than 2 sides of A4.
- A letter of support and confirmation of eligibility from the applicant’s Head of Department.
Applications that do not comply with the above will not be considered.
Applicants should email their Research Proposal, Summary CV and Letter of Support as PDF files to:
Parminder Johal
Head of Discipline for Accounting, Economics and Finance
Closing date for application: 16th September 2024