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August 2016
Background
A primary mission of the Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (DIIE)
is to stimulate and support research in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship.
To date the Institute has made grants totalling 850k to 72 research projects across
seven Subject Areas.
We are now inviting proposals for our 8th round of funding with a deadline of Friday,
16th September 2016. The DIIE Review Panel1 will consider proposals in early
October with funds made available for successful proposals immediately thereafter.
This document provides guidance to faculty who would like to apply for research
funding from the Institute, particularly with regard to the following:
The scope of research covered under the themes, innovation and
entrepreneurship;
The types of research activities that will be funded;
The application process.
The Panel has asked me to emphasise that although the process is deliberately,
light touch it does need to see applications that address all the criteria set out in
this document. If you are in doubt then talk to me and I can even show you examples
of proposals that the Panel considered exemplary.
The scope of research that will be funded
The Institute wants to increase the number of publications on the topic of innovation
and entrepreneurship in the Schools list of A-journals, and those S-journals which
are considered equivalent in quality and reputation to A-journals in the relevant
subject area.
There are no definitive boundaries around the scope of studies that we will fund. The
DIIE welcomes proposals from all areas of the School recognising that innovation
and entrepreneurship can be examined through the lens of any functional area or
discipline.
So we leave it to those applying for support to argue the relevance and impact of
their work to innovation and/or entrepreneurship. Applicants can expect that the
Review Panel will be open-minded in its interpretation of these terms. This definition
from the Entrepreneurship and Innovation department of Management Science might
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(This panel comprises Kamalini Ramdas (chair), Francesca Cornelli, Sendil Ethiraj, Jrmie Gallien, Anja
Lambrecht,)
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Applicants should confirm that, in consideration of the support, they are happy:
To help the Institute to create written and video content, both at the outset of
the project and later when results and working papers are available. In
common with other of the Schools publications, Faculty have editorial rights.
To provide a short bi-annual update to be used for the Institutes submission
to the Schools Research Centre Review Committee (RCRC).
To make us aware of any presentations, working papers and publicity arising
from the research.
To acknowledge DIIE support in publications (We are grateful to London
Business Schools Deloitte Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for
supporting this research).
To share their insights by delivering a talk as part of the DIIE Academic
Seminar Series
To provide one briefing to an audience of Deloitte Senior Managers/clients at
a mutually agreed time and venue.
Where the funds will be used to purchase a database, to state the extent to
which that database could be made available to other faculty at the School.
We will award grants of a few thousand pounds (which is often all thats needed) up
to 25k for more ambitious and ground-breaking proposals. It is possible to apply for
more than one research project.
The deadline for this round of proposals is Friday 16th September. These should be
sent to the Secretary to the Review Panel (jskinner@london.edu). Proposals will be
considered by the Review Panel in mid-October with awards announced later that
month. For small sums (up to 2500) we transfer funds direct into your IFB. For
larger sums we ask that a dedicated Account Code is created (we can help with this).
If you have any questions or would like to discuss a potential project then please
email or call Jeff Skinner.