APICS: Research Grants

Sponsor: APICS The Association for Operations Management

The primary purpose of the E&R Foundation is to foster education and development in the field of resource management. By building working relationships between industry practitioners and academicians, the foundation is able to promote applied research on significant real-world industry issues. Subjects include supply chain management, curriculum development, information management, performance benchmarks, and process improvement throughout organizations and are addressed through a range of research vehicles. This interaction and exchange of ideas and information lead to new models, applications, theories, and processes, all of which benefit the resource management industry and continually add to the APICS body of knowledge.

Grant Guidelines

The E&R Foundation seeks to define and expand the APICS body of knowledge to achieve excellence in resource management. The primary customers for the grant products are APICS members, practitioners and academicians, and CPIM and CIRM candidates.

To meet this goal of enhancing the APICS body of knowledge, the foundation awards grants to researchers developing innovative ideas for industry improvement including enhancing existing products and services. The foundation supports;

• research monographs
   

• case studies
   

• training materials
   

• workshop development
   

• educational games or software
   

• journal articles
   

• conference proceedings.

Deadline: Grants will be reviewed quarterly.

For further information, please visit: http://www.apics.org/Education/ERFoundation/research