Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

27 July 2006

CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) Seedcorn Funding Initiative is now inviting developing and established researchers looking to develop new ideas to submit proposals.

As the world’s largest chartered professional accountancy body with a sole focus on business, CIMA has recognised that it can be difficult for developing researchers to obtain funding or for established researchers to fully evaluate the merits and feasibility of a research idea without first undertaking preliminary investigations.

Applicants may apply for funding of up to £2,000 on projects that are consistent with the areas outlined in the CIMA Research Strategy. This has to include a practical application to business.

Richard Mallett, Director of Technical Development, CIMA said: “We are looking forward to offering developing researchers and researchers – both academics or practitioners, the opportunity to submit proposals for the Seedcorn Funding Initiative. The initiative is very important to CIMA as the information from these projects has the potential to become an important part of our publication and website material for professional accountants in business.“

CIMA advises that the project length of these studies would not normally be more than six months and projects submitted by developing researchers would need to be supported with a written commitment from a researcher mentor.

Application forms for the CIMA Seedcorn Funding Initiative can be found on the CIMA website at www.cimaglobal.com/research

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For further information, please contact:

Lottie Muir, Press & PR Manager, CIMA
+44 (0) 20 8849 2407
lottie.muir@cimaglobal.com

Notes to editors

1. CIMA (the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) is the only international accountancy body with a sole focus on business.  It is a world leading professional institute that offers an internationally recognised qualification in management accountancy, focusing on accounting in business, in both the private and public sectors. CIMA is the voice of over 155,000 members and students in 158 countries and is responsible for the education and training of management accountants who work in industry, commerce and not-for-profit and has more members in the public sector than any other UK based body.  CIMA prides itself on the commercial relevance of its syllabus, which is in tune with the activities of high performance organisations, and evolves continually to reflect the latest developments in global business.  It is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy.  For more information about CIMA, please visit http://www.cimaglobal.com/
2. For further information on the Seedcorn Funding Initiative or for other research related inquiries , please contact CIMA’s Technical Department on + 44 (0) 20 8849 2220 or research@cimaglobal.com
3. CIMA Research Strategy can be found on  www.cimaglobal.com/research
4. The Seedcorn Funding Initiative welcomes two types of application:

a. Applications from developing researchers, which may include those researchers with experience only as research assistants, those without previous funding awards or those who have not previously acted as a principal researcher.
b. Applications from researchers with an idea/concept that they wish to develop or feasibility studies. A feasibility study may be an evaluation or analysis of a proposed research project including reviewing issues that could impact its success. This would be conducted to assist the researchers in determining whether or not to proceed with a full research project.

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