Grants

BAM Grants and BAM & Partner Grants (ANZAM, IAM and SIMA) 2025 schemes launching soon! 

The next funding round for BAM Grants and BAM and Partner Grants will be launching soon.  Look out for more information on the BAM website and in the BAM newsletter for announcements 

The British Academy of Management (BAM) together with the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), the Irish Academy of Management (IAM) and Società Italiana di Management (SIMA) are pleased to offer the BAM and Partner grant schemes.

These schemes are part of BAM’s mission to build a thriving, pluralistic research community by supporting relevant, ethical and innovative management and business research.

  • BAM Transitions 1 Research Grant (maximum £6,000 per project for up to 2 projects) for early career researchers
  • BAM Transitions 2 Research Grant (maximum £6,000 per project for up to 2 projects) for established researchers
  • BAM Management Knowledge and Education (MKE) Award (maximum £6,000 per project for up to 2 projects)
  • BAM/ANZAM Collaborative Research Award (maximum £6,000 for 1 project)
  • BAM/IAM Collaborative Research Award (maximum £4,000 for 1 project)
  • BAM/SIMA Collaborative Research Award (maximum £4,000 for 1 project)

The BAM and Partner Grant Schemes 2023 grant holders were announced in September 2023.  Project summaries are available here: 

BAM and Partner Grants 2023 - project summaries

 

For any enquiries on the grant schemes, please contact the BAM Grants Administrator, Stuart Hull, by email to [email protected]

SAMS/BAM Research and Capacity Building Grant Scheme 2025 applications open this Autumn! 

The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) and the British Academy of Management (BAM) are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of the fourth round of funding for the SAMS/BAM Research and Capacity Building Grant Scheme. 

The scheme partnership strengthens the commitment of both organisations to support management research and promote capacity building. 

The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) and BAM successfully launched a new grant scheme in 2019, and has funded four projects since then.

 

The scheme partnership strengthens the commitment of both organisations to support management research and promote capacity building.

  • SAMS-BAM Research and Capacity Building Grant Scheme

 

Timeline and deadlines for 2025 grant scheme: 

  • Late September 2024: Funding documents and online grants portal available 

  • January 2025 (dates to be confirmed): Application submission deadline and deadline for institutional approvals 

  • June 2025: Interviews for shortlisted project teams 

  • September 2025: Earliest start date for awarded project 

SAMS/BAM Research and Capacity Building Scheme - awarded grants