CCPA Canada–CAAA: Financial Accounting, Assurance & Tax Research Grant

Call for Proposals

Letters of Intent due: March 31, 2016

Proposals due: June 30, 2016

The Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada has made a research fund available to members of the CAAA. There will be one call for proposals per year.

Purpose

The broad purpose of this fund is to encourage Canadian academics to undertake projects of relevance to the accounting profession. The research under this program need not lead to publication in a scholarly journal, although it may lead to one or more such publications. The research project may result in a report that is both useful to practitioners and provides background in an area that could be the subject of further academic exploration.

Funding criteria  

The main funding criteria are that the work be relevant to the accounting profession, be completed on a timely basis, and be of satisfactory quality.

The first criterion is to be ensured by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada's review of the letter of intent. The timeliness criterion is addressed by requiring a detailed time line in the proposal showing expected dates for production of reports or working papers. The reports or working papers must be completed within 24 months. The quality is ensured by the expertise provided by the CAAA Research Committee’s examination / approval of the proposal.