IBM: Center for the Business of Government Research Stipends

The mission of the Center for The Business of Government is to provide cutting edge knowledge to government leaders. The Center is dedicated to stimulating research and facilitating discussion of new approaches to improving the effectiveness of government at all levels in the United States and across the world.

Since its creation by IBM Corporation, the Center for The Business of Government has awarded nearly 200 research stipends to leading public management researchers in the academic and non-profit communities. These stipends have resulted in over 125 reports, which are available on this site (go to Center Publications). Our reports focus on the major issues facing all governments today: e-government, financial management, human capital management, managing for performance and results, market-based government, and innovation, collaboration and transformation. This website also contains information on how one can apply for future research stipends.

IBM Center for The Business of Government Research Areas 2005-2006

Collaboration, Transformation, and Leadership: Areas of interest include the enhancing of public sector performance, service delivery improvement, profiles of outstanding government public sector leaders, collaboration between organizations, change management, and managerial flexibility.

E-Government: Areas of interest include government to business, government to citizen, government to employees, capital investment strategies, customer relationship management, enterprise architecture, supply chain management, and e-government on demand.

Financial Management: Areas of interest include asset management, auditing, cost accounting, erroneous payment, financial and resource analysis, internal controls, risk management and modeling, systems modernization, and financial management on demand.

Human Capital Management: Areas of interest include the alignment of human capital with organizational objectives; workforce planning and deployment; the recruitment, retraining, and retention of talent; pay for performance; leadership and knowledge management; e-learning; workforce development; workforce protection; and human capital on demand.

Managing for Performance and Results: Areas of interest include strategic planning, performance measurement and evaluation, balanced scorecards and performance reporting, performance budgeting, and program delivery.

Market-Based Government: Areas of interest include contracting out, competitive sourcing, outsourcing, shared services, privatization, public-private partnerships, government franchising, and contract management.

Center for Global Issues Research Areas 2005-2006

Demographics (social models): Areas of interest include the aging population, population migration, bringing children out of poverty, workforce development, and accessibility.

Economy: Areas of interest include economic development, fiscal policy and deficit management, distributed benefits of globalization, e-commerce, and encouraging entrepreneurship.

Education: Areas of interest include quality education for underserved segments and educational system performance.

Energy: Areas of interest include increased demand for energy and the stabilization of energy supply and price.

Environment: Areas of interest include climate change, sustainable use of natural resources, and pollution management.

Governance: Areas of interest include corporate responsibility, progress performance and accountability, the facilitation of civic engagement, and the building of democracies.

Healthcare: Areas of interest include rising healthcare costs; the modernization of healthcare technology and processes; the quality of healthcare and services; and the eradication of disease, malnutrition, and hunger.

Security: Areas of interest include protection of the homeland, intelligence, defense capabilities improvement, technology infrastructure security, continuity of government, global movement of people and goods, prevention of inter- and intra-state conflict, and disaster relief.

Center for Innovation Research Areas 2005-2006

Education: Areas of interest include innovations in education, e-learning, and the role of education in innovation.

Global Movement Management: Areas of interest include new approaches to the global movement of people, cargo, information, and data, with an emphasis on security, end-to-end visibility, and accountability.

Healthcare: Areas of interest include new models for making healthcare accessible to the overall population, delivering improved services, developing an integrated electronic patient record, harvesting information in order to prevent disease, and developing consumer-centric healthcare systems.

Network Centric Operations (NCO): Areas of interest include track-and-trace capabilities, transferability of technology across sectors, integration of equipment and services, and new approaches to the seamless integration of telecommunications technologies.

Postal: Areas of interest include innovations in the postal industry across the globe, how to meet the demands of communication in a growing electronic world, and best practices in service delivery

Amount: $20,000 for each research paper.

Deadline: November 1, 2007

For further information, visit: http://www.businessofgovernment.org/main/apply/index.asp