Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Norman Leonard Research Award honoring student-faculty research collaboration. This $2,500 award will be given to a student to facilitate student-faculty research collaboration during the summer of 2024. Completed applications are due in the Department of Economics and Business office by 4 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2024. Conditions for applications:
- student must be a declared major in Accounting, Business, Economics, Management Economics, Finance, Finance Economics, Quantitative Economics, or International Business
- applications must be jointly submitted by a student and faculty member
- students may only submit one application
This award is given to a student selected to assist a professor in conducting faculty-led research. This summer, the following faculty are willing to consider student research assistants:
- MacLeod is interested in working with someone who wants to do financial analysis on a relatively new venture.
- Bryan is interested in working with a student to research in the area of marketplace trust.
- Younkman is interested in working with a student who wants to assist in the financial modeling, analysis, and valuation of a publicly traded company, as well as some introduction and exposure to derivative trading, hedging, and portfolio management.
In addition, you are free to approach other departmental faculty to see if they could use assistance. A complete application will include:
- the student’s unofficial transcript and a resume
- a 2-3 page research proposal addressing the following points:
- the proposed research topic
- the proposed time line of the research project
- the proposed methodology of the research project
- the expected research outcome (e.g., paper, database, presentation)
- a mini-literature review on the proposed topic
- a student statement about the student’s motivation for this project and how the project fits within the student’s course of study
- a brief comment from the collaborating faculty member (confidential – for review committee only)
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Department of Economics and Business
Contact: Goran Skosples at ggskospl@owu.edu