Faculty CSR Research Fellowships

The focus of the BNY Mellon Faculty Fellowship program is to support and stimulate innovative thinking, research and practice concerning corporate social responsibility (CSR) among full-time faculty at the Katz school and College of Business Administration. Since faculty research shapes learning in the classroom and advances practices within organizations outside of the classroom, support of cutting-edge research is paramount. Accordingly, we seek to encourage faculty to examine CSR and to bring innovative thinking to academic research, business practice, and the classroom experience. Requests for consideration will be accepted from full-time faculty within any area of the school. In selecting a recipient, the Dean's Office will consider each applicant's track record of producing high-quality academic research, as well as the extent to which a proposal expands or develops a new research area related to CSR in the faculty member's discipline.

During the evaluation process, the review of proposals will include input from advisory board members and area experts as needed. Key criteria include:

1. applicant's demonstrated track record of active engagement in business research or quality of plan intended to extend existing research in to the area of CSR
2. relevance of the research proposal to CSR or key issues in CSR
3. feasibility of completing the research plan over the two-year fellowship period
4. quality of planned methodological approach
5. clarity of plan for dissemination of research findings and/or academic outcomes
6. potential impact of proposed study on future research, business practice, student learning, and/or teaching effectiveness.