Recipients of the 2023 ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Early-Stage Research Grants
The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) would like to announce the winners of the 2023 ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Early-Stage Research Grants.
The recipients are (in alphabetical order):
Arpit Agrawal (University of Houston)
Chen Cao (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Ada Choi (University of New South Wales)
Kyungdon Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Yilian Du (University of South Carolina)
Zipei Lu (University of Maryland)
The recipients were chosen from a set of strong submissions by a selection committee consisting of Professors Juanjuan Zhang (chair, MIT), Marnik Dekimpe (Tilburg and KU Leuven), Tony Ke (Chinese University in Hong Kong), and Jacquelyn Thomas (Southern Methodist University).
Each recipient will be awarded a $4,000 grant from ISMS to facilitate their research endeavors.
ISMS Doctoral Dissertation Early Stage Research Grants
The INFORMS Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) is pleased to announce its new initiative to provide support to PhD students conducting marketing science research. These grants will be need-based and preference will be given to candidates whose universities or advisors are not in a position to help them collect data, buy data or equipment, or pay for RA support.
ISMS encourages applications from PhD students of all backgrounds, universities, and research traditions and actively encourages applications from PhD students from underrepresented minority groups in marketing academia. ISMS is committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion within our field.
Grant Committee
The dissertation proposals will be reviewed and ranked by members of a committee of experts.
Application Eligibility Criteria
Any student member of ISMS is eligible to participate in this competition, provided that:
- There is a demonstrable financial need for the research award. For example, the student needs money to: collect data, obtain software, access cloud-computing resources, run experiments, pay research assistants.
- The candidate or his/her advisor/chair has been a dues-paying member of ISMS for at least two years (including the current year).
- The candidate is registered at an accredited university to receive the degree of PhD in business or marketing.
- The candidate’s advisor/chair certifies that the dissertation will not be completed by December 31st of that year.
ISMS encourages applications from PhD students of all backgrounds, universities, and research traditions and actively encourages applications from PhD students from underrepresented minority groups in marketing academia. ISMS is committed to ensuring diversity, equity and inclusion within our field.
Evaluation Criteria: The committee will judge the proposals both based on need for money and merit of the research.
The winner(s) are expected to be announced by December 31 of that year.
Responsibility of Award Recipients
A year after they receive the award, recipients should email the VP of Education at ISMS to summarize how they have used the money, and the research that has been produced.
For any further questions and information regarding the submission of both proposals, please contact:
Jiwoong Shin, VP Education, ISMS
Professor of Marketing, Yale University
jshin.isms@yale.edu