College Provides Internal Research Awards

Faculty Research and Professional Development (FRPD) Grant

All tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply for individual FRPD Grants, but priority is given to untenured, tenure-track faculty.

• Robert Hammond, assistant professor, Department of Economics – An Experimental Investigation of Pricing in Auction and Posted-Price Markets
• David Townsend, assistant professor, Department of Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship – Early-Stage Capital Acquisition among Technology-Based Ventures

• Jing Zhao, assistant professor of finance, Department of Business Management – Golden Handshakes: The Impact of CEO Severance Contracts on Corporate R&D Spending

Gill Grant

All untenured, tenured track faculty in their first three years of employment are eligible to apply for a Gill grant.

• Thayer Morrill, assistant professor, Department of Economics – The Hungarian Auction
• Robert Hammond, assistant professor, Department of Economics – Would Consumers Buy a Car from a Bankrupt Company? Consumer Perception of a Financially-Distressed Company
• Robin Pennington, assistant professor, Department of Accounting – An Examination of the Antecedents and Moderators of Advocacy and Skeptical Attitudes in Accounting Professionals
• David Townsend, assistant professor, Department of Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship – Early-Stage Capital Acquisition Among Technology-Based Ventures
• Jing Zhao, assistant professor of finance, Department of Business Management – Carrot or Stick: Termination Threat, Severance Contracts, and CEO Pay-for-Performance Incentives
• Bartley Danielsen, assistant professor of finance, Department of Business Management – The Impact of School Choice on Family Relocations
• Eileen Taylor, assistant professor, Department of Accounting – Whistleblowing in Audit Firms – Organizational Response and Power Distance

• Christian Rossetti, assistant professor of supply chain and operations, Department of Business Management – Structure of the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: An Autonomous Agent Examination of Consolidation and Productivity in Drug Delivery

Ernst & Young Grant

All department of accounting tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible apply for an Ernst & Young Grant, with priority going to faculty not currently receiving research funding from other sources.

• Donald Pagach, professor, Department of Accounting – Changes in Derivative Usage Around ERM Implementation

Research Innovation Grants

All College of Management tenured and tenure-track faculty are eligible to apply for Research Innovation grants. Proposals from all departments and fields of research are encouraged.

• Bartley Danielsen, assistant professor of finance, Department of Business Management – Family Relocations and the Environmental Impact of School Choice
• John McCreery, associate professor, supply chain and operations, Department of Business Management – Lean Implementation for Rural Hospital Improvement: Development of an Inter-organizational Collaboration Model
• Douglas Pearce, professor, Department Head of Economics and John Lapp, professor, Department of Economics – Economic News and Expected Changes in Monetary Policy
• David Townsend, assistant professor, Department of Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship and Steve Barr, Professor, Department of Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship – Cognitive Insight in Entrepreneur Decision-making: An Experimental Investigation of Self-Reflectiveness in Opportunity Identification
• Beverly Tyler, associate professor, Department of Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship and Turanay Caner, assistant professor, Department of Management, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship – The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Orientations on Incremental and radical Innovation in the U.S. Biopharmaceutical Industry

• Richard Warr, associate professor of finance, Department of Business Management – Investment in audit services and the external financing needs of the firm