Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award

Nominations Deadline: January 31 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time
 

History and Previous Award Recipients
 

Thank you to the Deloitte Foundation for generously supporting this award!

The Deloitte Foundation Wildman Award Committee is currently accepting nominations for the 2025 Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award.

Award Intent

The following rules govern the award:

• Subject to the further conditions as to eligibility set out in the following paragraphs, the medal and the related financial award is awarded annually at the American Accounting Association’s Annual Meeting to the author(s) of the article, monograph, book or other work, reflecting the results of their research or the application of the research of others, which is judged to have made or will be likely to make the most significant contribution to the advancement of the practice of public accountancy (including audit, tax and management services).

Award Selection Criteria

• Eligible works must have been published or posted as an online early publication during the five calendar years preceding the year of the award. For 2025, work would have been published or posted as an online early publication between 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, or 2024.
• Evidence of the advancement of the practice of public accountancy could include, but is not limited to:
  • References to the work by regulatory authorities such as the PCAOB, the FASB, and the SEC, especially as they relate to proceedings that influence ultimate decision-making by these bodies.
  • Citations in the popular press, business press, and/or  practitioner journals.
  • Citations (year-adjusted; see Dechow et al. 2020, Accounting Horizons).
  • Influence on accounting firm policies.
  • Published commentaries on the work.
• It is required that the recipient(s) be a member of the AAA on February 1 of the year in which the published work is being considered. In the case of co-authored work, at least one author must meet the AAA membership test. However, the monetary award and gold medal(s) will go only to the author(s) who do meet the membership test.
• Although the award generally recognizes a single publication, two or more related publications stemming from the same program of study, addressing a well-defined research objective, and with an identical author group, may be considered for a joint nomination. In this case, each related publication must comply with all other eligibility requirements. Justification for considering the nominated publications as a whole must be provided in the nomination letter.
• At its meeting in March 1990, the AAA Executive Committee voted that the Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award and the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award recognize contributions to practice and the literature, respectively, and it would be rare that one work would be the recipient of both of these awards.
• The Deloitte Foundation will periodically decide whether to extend this program.

While the Deloitte Foundation is a proud sponsor of the Wildman Medal Award, the Deloitte Foundation or Deloitte & Touche LLP does not endorse individual recipients or the associated articles, monographs, books, or other works.

Instructions for Submitting Nominations

• Any person or group may make nominations.
• Self-nominations are encouraged.
• Members of the committee are encouraged to solicit and submit nominations. 
• Current committee members who are nominated for the award will be asked to either recuse themselves from the committee or remove their nomination from consideration.
• Beginning with the 2025 submissions, nominations may include work that was not selected for the award in a prior year, as long as the eligibility requirements continue to be met.
  • Eligible nominations will not automatically roll-forward to the following year, although the award committee has the option to recommend eligible nominations be rolled forward. The nominator will be informed of the nomination status at the completion of the award cycle, and updates to the nomination letter are encouraged even for nominations that are selected to be rolled forward. 
• ​​Each nomination must include:
  • The DOI link and an electronic copy (PDF) of the article, monograph, book or other work published during the five calendar years preceding the year of the award that meets the award criteria, and
  • A nomination letter - a brief supporting statement (up to 500 words) summarizing reasons for the nomination that are consistent with the award selection criteria. 
  • If a manuscript has been submitted previously for consideration and the work was not selected by the award committee to be rolled over, it is recommended that the nomination letter highlight what features of the nominated work have materially changed, referring directly to the award criteria.
  • Submissions without nomination letters will not be considered. Incomplete nominations can be finalized within two days of the submission deadline.
• Please attach an electronic copy of the article, monograph, book or other work and nomination letter to an email and send to Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison at awards@aaahq.org with "Deloitte Foundation Wildman Medal Award" in the subject line of your email.
• Upon receipt of your nomination you will receive an acknowledgment message from Barbara Gutierrez, Professional Staff Liaison.
• All documents submitted in support of your nomination become the property of the American Accounting Association.
• Deadline: January 31st (11:59 pm Eastern Time).

Award Presentation

• The recipient will receive a medal at the AAA Annual Meeting.
• A financial award of $5,000 accompanies the medal. In the event of multiple award recipients, each recipient would receive $2,500 (up to three recipients; $7,500 maximum per year).
• The recipient will be announced on the AAA website and in multi-topic mass emails.