Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Awards Emerging Scholar Award To recognize an early-career researcher with an exemplary body of research in financial reporting. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Darren Roulstone (roulstone.1@osu.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Midyear Meeting Emerging Scholar Best Paper Award To recognize the paper presented at the Midyear Meeting, and written exclusively by untenured co-authors, that has the most potential to advance our understanding of financial accounting and reporting. Nomination Deadline: March 15, annually Committee Chair: Dina El Mahdy (Dina.Elmahdy@morgan.edu) Rules and Guidelines Best Dissertation Award To recognize the author of an outstanding financial accounting/reporting dissertation. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Ethan Rouen (eroun@hbs.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Midyear Meeting Best Paper Award To recognize the paper presented at the Midyear Meeting that has the most potential to advance our understanding of financial accounting and reporting. Nomination Deadline: March 15, annually Committee Chair: Luo Zho (luozuo@nus.edu.sg) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Midyear Meeting Connecting to Practice Award To encourage research that focuses on topics relevant to practitioners, standard-setters, regulators, and other financial reporting users. Nomination Deadline: March 15, annually Committee Chair: Alvis Lo (loki@bc.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Lifetime Service Award The Lifetime Service Award recognizes distinguished service contributions to the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: John X Jiang (jiangj@msu.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Distinguished PhD Mentoring Award To recognize an individual's distinguished efforts in teaching and mentoring doctoral students in the financial accounting research area over the course of his/her career. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Karthik Balakrishnan (karthik.balakrishnan@rice.edu). Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Nomination Form Excellence in Reviewing Award To recognize reviewers that demonstrate excellence in reviewing papers as part of the paper selection process for the FARS Midyear Meeting and AAA Annual Meeting. Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Innovation in Financial Accounting Education Award To recognize efforts to develop something new or different that increases student interest in the study of financial accounting or that improves the effectiveness and efficiency of financial accounting education. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Matt Wieland at wielanmm@miamioh.edu Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Nomination Form Notable Contribution to Financial Accounting Literature Award To enhance interaction among academic and practicing members and provide an incentive for researchers to focus their efforts on topics relevant to the practicing profession and standard-setters. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Hans Christensen (Hans.Christensen@chicagobooth.edu) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Lifetime Achievement Award To recognize an individual's achievements in outstanding thought leadership in financial accounting research over the course of his/her career. Nomination Deadline: September 15, annually Committee Chair: Karthik Balakrishnan (karthik.balakrishnan@rice.edu). Rules and Guidelines Nomination Form Outstanding Discussion Award To recognize discussants that provide outstanding discussions of papers presented at the FARS Midyear Meeting. Nomination Deadline: March 15, annually Committee Chair: Luo Zho (luozuo@nus.edu.sg) Past Recipients Rules and Guidelines Placeholder 6 Accessing the Journal 2016 JTLR Editor's Report To access JLTR articles and abstracts go to the AAA publications site View/Download Recently Accepted JLTR Manuscripts Publication Information President's Letter Dear FARS Section Members, Welcome to the 2025–2026 academic year! I am excited to serve as your Section President and to continue the strong tradition of scholarship and community that makes FARS such a special home within the AAA. I would like to thank John Jiang for his thoughtful leadership this past year. Under his guidance, the section had a successful year filled with high-quality research presentations, thoughtful discussions, and meaningful connections. The Annual Meeting last month was also a great success, with 475 submissions. I am grateful to all of you who contributed by presenting, reviewing, moderating, or attending. Looking ahead, I am pleased to share that our 2025–2026 committees are already staffed and ready to get to work. Thank you to those of you who volunteered to serve—your time and effort are critical to advancing the section’s mission. Continue Reading... Journal The Journal of Financial Reporting (JFR) is the academic journal of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section of the American Accounting Association. Learn More Research FARS Research Objectives: A. to encourage, facilitate, and publicize research in financial accounting and reporting. B. to communicate interests, intentions, and actual work-in-process in the area. C. to identify areas in need of research. D. to provide opportunities for public exposure of research results through AAA meetings (annual, regional, and special meetings devoted solely to financial accounting and reporting) and publications (including working papers and a separate journal for financial accounting and reporting, if warranted).
