24 Sep 2024

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 third 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 SAMS-BAM Research and Capacity Building grants, worth up to £75,000 for one project in 2025, are aimed at UK-based researchers who want to boost their research capacity and/or network within and beyond academia by: 

  • extending or adding a new dimension to a substantial existing research project.
  • undertaking a substantial new research project highlighting the social value of management research on their own or with a small team of co-investigators.  
  • connecting with other scholars across disciplines to produce collaborative outputs or build an interdisciplinary and/or international investigator team as a foundation for further research. 
We particularly welcome applications:
  • from interdisciplinary and/or international investigator teams; investigator teams involving members from underrepresented ethnic groups, countries, or regions; and investigator teams involving practitioners. 
  • for which other funding (at least in-kind) from the Principal Investigator’s Host Institution and/or a third party has been secured. 
  • in which a long-term trajectory of research is apparent.
** Current members of BAM Executive, SAMS Council and/or the Grant Award Committee are not eligible to apply as Principal Investigators or be named as Co-Investigators ** 

Applicants are encouraged to register for the optional online information session and ensure that they have read the guidance, including the financial guidelines, and Terms and Conditions before applying to this Scheme.

Funding available

We are expecting to fund up to one project up to a maximum value of £75,000 for this funding round

Timeline for funding

This fourth round of funding is launched in September 2024  

  • Thursday 3rd October 2024 – application form and call documents available at Grants (bam.ac.uk)
  • Date tbc November 2024 – optional information session – a recording will be available for anyone who cannot attend 
  • Thursday 9th January 2025 - Optional deadline for pre-submission application administrative check by email to [email protected]
  • Thursday 30th January 2025 at 17:00 (UK time) Deadline for applicants to submit their application in the grants portal for Head of Department/School/Institutional approval 
  • Thursday 6th February 2025 at 17:00 (UK time) Deadline for nominated Heads of Department/Schools or other institutional approvers to approve the application in the grants portal 
  • Interviews are planned to be held in May/June 2025.  Dates will be confirmed nearer the time 
  • The earliest project start date is September 2025 and the latest project start date is December 2025. One grant will be awarded in this fourth funding round. 

Please visit the BAM grants page Grants (bam.ac.uk) for more information as the scheme is launched, and for more information on previously funded grants.

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

Stuart Hull
BAM Grants Administrator

 

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