The Business Council’s Faculty Support Committee is pleased to announce a successful conclusion to our 2025 Summer Research Grant award cycle. Read about this year’s grant recipients and how past recipients’ research supports the University.
This year, thirteen professors (tenured and tenure-track) submitted research grants spanning the business disciplines of Accounting, Economics, Finance / Investment, Management, and Marketing. All but one proposal constituted new research considered for the first time by the Council’s Faculty Grant panel, and three proposals invited undergraduate and MBA student participation.
In all, the Summer Research Grant (SRG) Committee awarded $21,400 to twelve Grant Applicants this year. Roughly half of the proposals funded have been submitted for academic journal consideration, being in the summary manuscript stage of production. Research subjects with high potential relate to Sovereign Wealth Fund investment, International Infrastructure Investment impacts, and AI-Generated Marketing Campaign Influence.
Also of note, a prior 2023 grant recipient, Dr. Tjeerd Boonman, had an article, “Portfolio capital flows before and after the Global Financial Crisis,” published in the Journal of Economic Modeling. The research explores how global liquidity since the GFC has influenced emerging market economies, particularly with shifts in risk appetite and the search for investment yield. Through its examination and methodology, its research highlights the sensitivity of overseas capital flows to sentiment changes during times of market dislocation and economic stress. This work is a strong example of cutting-edge faculty research supporting the Business School’s AACSB accreditation and is a point of pride for our SRG Committee members who are pleased to have supported it.