MSI: 2007 Alden G. Clayton Doctoral Dissertation Competition

Sponsor: The Marketing Science Institute (MSI)

The Marketing Science Institute is pleased to announce the 2007 Alden G. Clayton competition for the best doctoral dissertation proposals on important marketing subjects. This annual competition is named in honor of former MSI president Alden G. Clayton, who retired in 1986 after more than a decade of leadership at the Institute. MSI will grant up to five awards of $5,000 each for dissertation proposals.

Submissions will be accepted between January 1 and July 31, 2007.

Entrants must be candidates for the doctorate in marketing or a related field (e.g., organizational behavior, consumer psychology, economics, strategy, management, finance etc.) in a fully accredited university.

The dissertation must be no more than fifty percent completed at the time of submission, and the primary thesis advisor must approve submission of the proposal for the competition. Submissions must be accompanied by a letter from the primary thesis advisor certifying that the dissertation is no more than fifty percent completed at the time of submission.

A letter from the primary thesis advisor approving the submission and certifying that the dissertation is no more than fifty percent completed at the time of submission must be sent/postmarked by July 31, 2007.

To be eligible for the competition, an electronic version of the proposal (in Microsoft Word or PDF format) must be received at MSI by July 31, 2007. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. Submissions should be e-mailed to Ross Rizley, Research Director, at rizley@msi.org.

For blind reviewing purposes, please omit any identifying information (name, school, etc.) from the proposal itself. Please include with your submission a separate file/hard copy sheet containing your name, the title of the dissertation, school, and detailed contact information for both the entrant and his/her thesis advisor(s).

Proposals must include a brief statement of the problem area to be researched, relevant theory addressing that problem, hypotheses to be tested, methodology to be employed, analysis to be performed on the data collected, and an indicative bibliography. Attention should also be given in the proposal to the managerial relevance of the expected results.

Maximum length of proposals is 25 double-spaced pages including tables, exhibits, and references. The first page should be a one-page, self-contained summary of the proposal.

Participation in other grant or award programs does not preclude being considered for the MSI AGC award.

Amount: MSI will grant up to five awards of $5,000 each for dissertation proposals.

Deadline: Submissions will be accepted between January 1 and July 31, 2007.

For further information, please visit: http://www.msi.org/awards/index.cfm?id=63