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The CAQ, in connection with the Auditing Section of the AAA, established a program designed to facilitate accounting and auditing academics’ ability to obtain access to audit firm personnel to participate in their research projects.
The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA) have implemented a program designed to facilitate accounting and auditing academics’ ability to obtain access to audit firm personnel to participate in their research projects. The Access to Audit Personnel program has the backing of the CAQ Governing Board, which is committed to its success. The first phase of this program was limited to projects where the Principal Investigator is a doctoral student or an assistant professor seeking tenure. The second phase includes an expansion to accept proposals where the principal investigator is a tenured faculty member. However, the Access Review Committee will continue to reserve awards to doctoral students and tenure-track professors. There is no funding available for this program–only a commitment by the firms to help obtain access to audit staff for your research.
The submission date for the 2021 Access to Audit Personnel grant cycle has passed. The CAQ will begin to accept submissions for the 2022 grant cycle in late Fall 2021. The deadline for submitting proposals will be Thursday, February 3, 11:59 pm PST.
To learn more about the application and review process, click here.
If you are interested in conducting private company assurance research, please consider submitting a proposal to the AICPA’s Assurance Research Advisory Group.
Resources:
- Journal Articles – Access to Audit Personnel Grants
- Primary Differences Between the Access to Audit Personnel and Research Advisory Board Grant Programs
- Access to Audit Personnel Request for Proposals, 2019
- Access to Audit Personnel Application and Review Process
- Access to Audit Personnel Grant Recipients
- CAQ Panel at 2017 AAA Annual Meeting: Insights into Developing a Successful Proposal for the Access to Audit Personnel Program
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Announce Awards for Access to Audit Personnel Program
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Announce Awards for Access to Audit Personnel Program
- At Five-Year Mark, CAQ and AAA Expand Program to Connect Academics with Audit Practitioners for Research
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Announce Four Awards for Access to Audit Personnel Program (May 2016)
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Seek Proposals for Access to Audit Personnel Program (August 2015)
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Announce 2014 Access to Audit Personnel Program Awards
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Seek Proposals for Access to Audit Personnel Program (January 2014)
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Announce Inaugural Awards for Access to Audit Personnel Program
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Announce Access to Audit Personnel Program
- Access to Audit Personnel Request for Proposals, 2020
- CAQ and AAA Auditing Section Announce 2019 Awards for Access to Audit Personnel Program
- Access to Audit Personnel Request for Proposals, 2022