Investment for Impact Research Prize
University of California, Berkeley
Submission Deadline: April 3, 2017 11:59PM PST (GMT -7)
PURPOSE: The Center for Responsible Business at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business will award the inaugural Investment for Impact Research Prize for outstanding research pertaining to the social impact of capital. The prize was created to encourage rigorous academic research on the impact of capital investments and to widely disseminate findings across both the academic and practitioner community. It is sponsored in part by Allan Spivack, Haas MBA 1980.
ELIGIBILITY: The $5,000 prize competition is open to authors of studies examining the impact of capital investments made into companies, cities, organizations, individuals, and funds which have the intention to generate social and environmental impact. Studies from all business disciplines, public policy, and economics are welcomed. Both working papers and papers published since 2016 are eligible. Working papers are strongly encouraged to be submitted and should be of a quality suitable for publication in a peer-reviewed academic journal.
TOPICS: The organizers seek papers investigating all aspects of the impact of capital. Suitable topics include but are not limited to:
- Social Impact Bonds, Pay for Success (including Development Impact Bonds, Health Impact Bonds)
- Community Development Financial Institutions
- Green Bonds
- Crowd, Angel, and VC investing into Social Enterprises/Projects
- New investment into Cleantech, Education, Healthcare, Fintech, etc
- Private assets/Private Equity Funds with Social Impact
- Venture Philanthropy
- Microfinance, Credit, Insurance, Subsidized Loans, Responsible Lending/Banking
- Fair wages, labor, and ESOPs
- Grant Effectiveness
- Social Entrepreneurship, and B Corporations
- Sustainable Real Assets: Timber, Farmland, Agriculture
CRITERIA: A panel of judges with related academic and professional credentials will evaluate the papers submitted based on rigor and relevance. The Investment for Impact Prize Faculty Co-Directors Adair Morse (UC Berkeley finance group) and Ayako Yasuda (UC Davis finance group) will oversee the selection process. Honorable mentions or additional monetary prizes may be awarded at the judges' discretion.
AWARD DETAILS: The winning study's author(s) will be notified in late June 2017 and invited to the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, where the prize will be publicly announced and awarded in September 2017. They will also be invited to present their winning study in a session with audience. The winning paper author(s) will receive a $5,000 prize. They will also be reimbursed reasonable travel expenses for traveling to UC Berkeley (maximum of $2,500 and economy airfare only).
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Submit a PDF of your paper via https://responsiblebusiness.submittable.com/submit by April 3, 2017 11:59PM PST (GMT -7).
QUESTIONS: For questions regarding the Prize please contact Administrative Co-Directors Seren
Pendleton-Knoll at serenpk@berkeley.edu; or Claire Veuthey claire.veuthey@wellsfargo.com.
MORE INFORMATION:
http://responsiblebusiness.haas.berkeley.edu/research/investment-impact-research-prize.html
OUR THANKS TO THE 2017 IMPACT OF CAPITAL RESEARCH PRIZE SPONSOR:
Alan Spivack, Haas MBA 1980