The MERInstitute sponsors the following programs:
Grants—The Grants Program is designed to support research that will impact management education. The Institute supports primary research as well as research that uses data from GMAC® surveys. Grants up to US$100,000 each are available.
Faculty Fellowships—The Faculty Fellowships Program is designed to support innovative and thought-provoking management education leaders. The Institute offers up to four (4) annual year-long faculty fellowships with awards up to US$50,000 each for research at the fellows' home institutions.
Doctoral Student Fellowships—The Doctoral Student Fellowships Program is designed to support doctoral students and beginning faculty, assisting in their careers and supporting the field of management education. The Institute offers up to four (4) annual year-long doctoral student fellowships with awards up to US$20,000 each for research at the fellows' home institutions.
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The Graduate Management Admission Council® established the Management Education Research Institute in 2005 to stimulate faculty research on issues affecting graduate management education.
Through its Fellowship and Grants Program, the MERInstitute funds data-driven research related to graduate management education around the world—research that develops knowledge and innovation and identifies best practices and areas for improvement in areas of admissions, curriculum, career, and outcomes.
We seek research that improves educational practice. Universities and colleges constantly strive to achieve their institutional missions in the face of increasing competition and limited resources. Traditionally, most deans and other academic administrators have based decisions on their professional experiences, observations, and judgments. In the future, however, evidence-based research should play a more central role in decision-making.
With effective evidence-based decision-making, higher education administrators and faculty can more accurately identify trends, pinpoint areas that need improvement, engage in scenario-based planning and discuss fact-based decision making options and likely outcomes. These advanced decision-making capabilities benefit an institution not only with respect to long-term planning, but also in assisting routine decision-making that—when acted upon throughout an institution—can add up to tremendous performance improvements over time.