Midyear Meeting Connecting to Practice Award Purpose: The FARS Midyear Meeting Connecting to Practice Award is intended to encourage research that focuses on topics relevant to practitioners, standard-setters, regulators, and other financial reporting users. The award will be made to the author(s) of a paper presented at the FARS midyear meeting that is judged to have the greatest potential to provide unique insights to the academic community about practice as well as insights that would be relevant to the practitioner community (e.g., insights related to standard-setting or policymaking). Nature of Award: The FARS Midyear Meeting Connecting to Practice Award carries with it a $1,500 cash prize and engraved plaques for the author(s) of the selected paper. The recipient(s) will be announced and recognized at the upcoming Section's midyear meeting, on the FARS website, and through all FARS’ social media accounts. Rules and Submission Procedure: After the FARS Midyear Meeting, the FARS Integrating Research and Practice Committee will contact meeting attendees to ask for nominations. The FARS Integrating Research and Practice Committee will obtain copies of all nominated papers and determine the award recipients. Members of the FARS Integrating Research and Practice Committee can opt to include practitioners in the selection process as they see fit. The selected paper will be exemplary in its ability to relate directly to practice, encourage innovation in practice or in future practice-oriented research. Nomination: To submit a nomination, e-mail a PDF of the nominated paper and accompanying nomination letter to the Chair of the FARS Integrating Research and Practice Committee. Chair of the FARS Integrating Research and Practice Committee: Alvis Lo (loki@bc.edu) Deadline for nominations: March 15th, annually Note: If any paper authored by a member of the FARS Integrating Research and Practice Committee are nominated for this award, the relevant committee member must either recuse themselves from the vote or remove their paper from consideration. 2024 FARS Midyear Meeting Connecting to Practice Award 2025 Stefano Cascino and Maria Correia, Behind the Corporate Veil: How Business Groups Arbitrage ESG Disclosure Mandates. 2024 Scott Asay, University of Iowa, Michael Durney, University of Iowa, and Patrick Witz, University of Wyoming Private Access and Professional Investor Judgments. 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).
