Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarships
The Responsible Research in Business and Management Network’s Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarships are a great example of how a cross-cutting network can implement an award program to support and recognize doctoral students who participate in Highly Integrative Basic And Responsive research projects.
A brief description of the Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarships
The Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarship Program, sponsored by the Responsible Research in Business and Management (RRBM) network, is a great example of an award program that can recognize exemplary HIBAR projects. RRBM was created in 2015 by a group of 24 business professors from ten countries and 23 universities. The vision of RRBM is for business schools to be agents of positive change by creating and disseminating knowledge that is both credible and useful for business and management practices that will improve the wellbeing of all stakeholders, and not only shareholders.
The scholarship recognizes doctoral dissertations that address specific economic and social injustice in organizations and in society, and awards to date have recognized exemplary work in a wide range of fields, including poverty, inclusive growth, disability, entrepreneurship, education, and food security. Each scholarship is $10,000 and submissions are evaluated according to RRBM’s 7 principles of responsible research, which guide research design that will meet both credibility and usefulness requirements.
This strategic action can encourage cross-sectoral co-leadership & shared decision-making:
HIBAR projects have two important components of integration: (1) They integrate academic purpose with societal purpose, which creates new knowledge while applying it to practical challenges and (2) They integrate academic leadership with societal leadership, which creates cognitive diversity that fuels successful innovation. Shared leadership with experts in society is not a requirement for eligibility for the current implementation of the Dare to Care Dissertation Scholarships, so it is not specifically intended to recognize only HIBAR projects. However, developing the types of cross-sectoral co-led partnerships that are integral to HIBAR projects is one way that academic researchers can make it far more likely that the research results improve the wellbeing of all stakeholders, and RRBM can encourage and recognize these types of projects through the Dare to Care program.
This strategic action directly contributes to various common institutional priorities, including:
HIBAR projects enable university-based researchers and non-academic researchers and practitioners to work together on projects that strengthening commitment to research excellence and also greatly accelerate progress toward solving society’s critical problems, since co-produced research outcomes are more likely to be translated to benefit society in the long term.
Student
Success
HIBAR projects enable university-based researchers and non-academic researchers and practitioners to work together on projects that strengthening commitment to research excellence and also greatly accelerate progress toward solving society’s critical problems, since co-produced research outcomes are more likely to be translated to benefit society in the long term.
Talent
Development
HIBAR projects offer experiential opportunities that lead to many different career paths. This creates a positive feedback loop: as more HIBAR-experienced researchers enter the workforce, they can help co-create and co-lead more university HIBAR collaborations that in turn create new HIBAR research opportunities for another generation of faculty and students.
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