SEEDCORN FUNDING INITIATIVE

APPLICATION FOR RESEARCH GRANT

To be word processed and sent by electronic mail. PLEASE READ THE GUIDANCE NOTES BEFORE FILLING THE APPLICATION FORM.[1]. Please ask your institution to review and agree the clauses ofthe CIMA’s research contract[2] prior to submitting your application. If you need any assistance please contact CIMA research staff on

Principal Researcher

Name:

Job Title:

Address for communication:
Business Telephone:
Business Fax:
Mobile Phone:
Email Address:
Web:

PROPOSAL TYPE:

SEEDCORN DEVELOPING RESEARCHER PROJECT  SEEDCORN FEASIBILITY STUDY 

Other researchers (name and contact details)

1

2

Name of mentor / supervisor (for seedcorn developingresearcherprojects)

Name:

Job Title:

Address for communication:
Business Telephone:
Business Fax:
Mobile Phone:
Email Address:
Web:

Name of academic referee, who must have knowledge of your work (for seedcorn feasibility studies)

Short Title of Project

Project timetable

Duration in months
(The research should normally not exceed 6 months. Please refer to guidance notes)
Start date
End date

Budget - Please read the guidance notes for maximum grants and what costs can be included

Grant requested from CIMA (currency and amount) £
(Please see the guidance notes for information regarding accepted currencies)
Detailed budget analysing the grant.

Finance Officer administrating the grant

Name:

Telephone:
Fax:
Email Address:
web:

To be completed in sequence on attached sheets

  1. PROJECT DETAILS (including brief bibliography), either[3]:
  • DEVELOPINGRESEARCHER PROJECTS – Description of planned research
  • FEASIBILITY STUDIES – Description of the planned research and explanation of how the project will develop the science of Management Accounting and support and/or development of professional accountants in business.
  1. One page CV, including brief references to previous research.
  1. STATEMENT OF POSSIBLE FUTURE PROGRAM(S) OF RESEARCH LEADING FROM THE SEEDCORN PROJECT
  1. Have you requested or do you plan to request other sponsorship(s).
Yes  No 
If ‘Yes’, please provide details.

Before submitting the application, please ensure that you have:

  1. Completed the application form for CIMA research grant in fullincluding one page CV’s of all the researchers with references to any previous work. Please submit your application as one document, preferably in Word format, including all requested information.
  2. Your University has agreed with the clauses in the draft CIMA’s research contract
  3. You have approached your referees and they are willing to provide a reference for you upon a request from CIMA.

Once completed, please e-mail your application to .

[1] Guidance notes are available to download from CIMA research web site on Alternatively please e-mail CIMA research staff at

[2] The draft contract is available from CIMA’s research staff at .

[3] Please note that due to data protection act 1988 CIMA is unlikely to give researchers access to its membership database. Such request will be evaluated on a case by case basis and decision will be taken based on specific circumstances. However CIMA will actively support researchers by promoting their research using various publications, such as Insight, Velocity, FM magazine or by promoting the project on the CIMA web site.