CIMA’s charter to advance the science of management accountancy forms the core of our academic research strategy and guides our research goals. CIMA is keen to identify and work with academics who are doing research in innovative areas of management accounting of relevance to our members and the business community more broadly. Each application is judged on its academic rigour, quality, originality and potential contribution to CIMA’s research objectives and accountants in business.
Successful Proposals must have a clear application to management accounting and control practice, demonstrable throughout the bid.
More about our Grants
We offer grants to both early career and experienced researchers via both global and regional calls for proposals.
Early Career Grants are available to are available to both Ph.D. students and post-doctoral researchers within five years of completing a Ph.D
Experienced Grants are available to researchers who can display a proven track record of leading research projects and academic publications. Previous recipients of early-career grants are welcome.
Global and Regional Calls
Our Global Calls are held once a year and are available to applicants from anywhere in the world to investigate aspects of management accounting practice which have relevance across multiple geographical and industry sectors.
Regional Calls are targeted at management accounting researchers looking to investigate these topics within their business and regulatory context. Regional Calls also seek to support scholars who may not be successful in applying for a global grant.
Our Current Calls for Proposals
Topic Specific Global Calls
Early-career grants of up to £5,000 (£3.000 for Ph.D.) are available to both Ph.D. students and those within five years of completing a Ph.D.
Grants of up to £25,000 are available to experienced researchers, who should display a proven track record of leading research projects and academic publications. Previous recipients of early-career grants are welcome to apply.
For information on the call, please download our Global Call for Research Proposals Flyer, alongside the application form and guidelines for early-career and experienced researchers.
Southern African Regional Calls
For information on our next call, which will be open to researchers from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mauritius, Lesotho and eSwatini (Swaziland) please email research@aicpa-cima.com
Central and Eastern European (CEE) Regional Call
For Information on our next call, targeted at researchers in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Poland, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Ukraine please contact research@aicpa-cima.com