The Financial Accounting & Reporting Section Doctoral Consortium Doctoral Consortium Nomination Process Midyear Meeting of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section Doctoral Consortium Nominations Are Now Closed Doctoral Consortium Nomination Process The Financial Accounting & Reporting Section (FARS) Doctoral Consortium will be held in person from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Thursday, January 19, 2023, in Phoenix, Arizona at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown prior to the FARS Midyear Meeting. In order to attend, students must be nominated by their doctoral-granting schools. The nomination deadline will be Monday, October 3, 2022. To encourage AAA doctoral student member attendance, FARS does not charge a registration fee to attend the Doctoral Consortium. However, individual participants are responsible for their own transportation, accommodation, and other expenses. In addition, if participants are interested in attending the FARS Midyear Meeting, they should register for, and pay related fees to attend, the FARS Midyear Meeting. There are a small number of need-based scholarships available from FARS. Along with the Consortium nomination, the doctoral program chair (not the PhD student) should submit a letter of interest in one of these scholarships to Rachna Prakash, Scholarship Committee Chair, rprakash@olemiss.edu. The letter should include written justification of the respective Consortium candidate’s need (e.g., by estimating the expected travel costs and attesting to the amount of the candidate’s annual travel budget). Scholarship funds will then be allocated by a separate scholarship committee. In prior years, demand has exceeded capacity. Nominating a student does NOT ensure participation in the 2023 FARS Doctoral Consortium. Nominations will be reviewed, and applicants will receive notification of being accepted or waitlisted on or about Monday, October 17, 2022. Student Eligibility The Consortium is open to accounting Ph.D. students from doctoral-granting institutions who have a primary interest in financial accounting research. Students may be at any stage in their program, although students in the second or third years of doctoral study will receive the greatest benefit. We expect to be able to accommodate one student per university. However, program chairs may nominate a second student and rank order the two students on the nomination form. Second-ranked students will be considered as space permits. Students who have previously attended the consortium are eligible to be nominated for this year’s consortium. President's Letter Kristi Rennekamp 2023-2024 FARS Section President Dear FARS Members and Visitors, The Financial Accounting and Reporting Section was created in 1993 with 49 members as a provisional section of the AAA. The section has since grown to around 1,500 members from around the world! As we head into our 30th year, this is truly an exciting time to be involved with FARS. In just the past few years, the section has launched initiatives with a focus on (1) integrating research and practice, (2) mentoring junior faculty, and (3) prioritizing diversity and inclusion. This year we will continue these initiatives and look for ways to expand them further in order to best serve our section members. The mission of FARS is enduring, and calls for us “to give greater attention to financial accounting and reporting, and to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of education, research, and professional practice by: (1) disseminating and evaluating teaching methods and materials; (2) encouraging, facilitating, and publicizing research interests and projects; and (3) creating opportunities for interchange and cooperation between academics and practitioners.” 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 Call for Participants FARS and JFR 3rd Annual Research Proposal Conference (Remote Format) September 21–22, 2023 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).
