Management Accounting Section Dissertation Award
Sponsored by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)

Purpose:

This award recognizes an outstanding doctoral dissertation in the area of cost/management accounting. The award provides a plaque and a $1,000 check to the winner and a plaque and $250 check to the runner-up.

Eligibility and Application Procedures:

An entry may be nominated by either (a) the student who authored the dissertation, or (b) one or more members of the dissertation committee. The entry may NOT be simultaneously submitted to other dissertation competitions sponsored by other sections of the American Accounting Association. All entries must include a letter from the dissertation chairperson stating that the dissertation has been completed and accepted by the degree-granting institution between January 1 and December 31 of the year prior to the current meeting year. For example, the 2009 award recipient must have completed his or her dissertation during 2008.

Four copies of the dissertation or a sole-authored working paper from the dissertation should be sent to the Chair of the Awards committee. Submissions will not be returned to the author. While the committee would prefer working paper submissions, no advantage will be given to submissions in that form.

Membership of the Dissertation Award Committee:

The Dissertation Award in Management Accounting is made by the Dissertation Award Committee of the Management Accounting Section. Typically, the Committee consists of three (3) members, including the Chair, serving one (1) year terms.

Selection of Committee Members:

The President-Elect of the Section appoints the Chair of the Dissertation Award Committee to serve for the following academic year. The appointment begins at the Annual Meeting of the AAA. The Chair of the Committee appoints the other committee members.

Award Committee and Mailing Address:

The chair of the Dissertation Award Committee is Mike Shields(Michigan State University). All completed applications should be forwarded by March 1, 2008 (via hard copy or as file attachment to an e-mail) to:

Mike Shields
Accounting and Information Systems Department
The Eli Broad College of Business
Michigan State University
Phone: (517) 432-2915
Fax: (517) 432-1101
Email: shields@msu.edu

Selection Process:

The Committee will review the submissions and determine the Award winner. The award winners will be notified in July.

Presentation of Award:

The Award will be presented at the Annual Meeting and announced in the MAS Newsletter.

Prior Award Winners