Seven projects have been selected, following the initial call for proposals, review process and negotiation phase. All projects start on 1 March 2005 (Cranfield's project on 1 April).

The final project selection represents cutting-edge thought leadership on corporate responsibility from across Europe, including:

• A broad range of topics such as stakeholder management, social entrepreneurship, the bottom of the pyramid, measuring the business case, the role of government, mainstream curriculum development, managerial skills, exec. development, etc.
• More than 300k EUR awarded so far to 10 leading business schools across 7 countries
• Equal support for research and education/training projects and both 1yr and 3yr projects
• A balance between business priorities and academic rigour through collaborative review process

Full details of projects and executive summaries are available on the newly created Member Intranet Project Community, under Internal Activity Funding. Please find a direct link to the details here (you need to be a member of the Project Community to be able to view the details - click here to manage your community membership).

Next Steps and Member Opportunities:

• Member Engagement in Projects – free member places at 1 workshop for each project in 2005 (7 in total), first access to all deliverables / outputs, 6 / 12 month progress reports, ongoing access to individual project “spaces” on the Intranet Project Community
• Further Funding Opportunities in First Round - 'Category C' projects for network support (July) and a competitive call inviting members to apply for mainstream case writing grants (total of 63k EUR in August)
• Second Round - to be defined (probably as follow-up of 1-year review).

Previous developments:
A call for funding proposals (Categories A and B) was launched in 2004 with a deadline of 15/10/2004, a review process took place including academic, business and Management Committee phases. They all looked carefully at the 14 projects proposals submitted by 15 members across 7 countries, for a balance of academic rigour, business relevance and support for EABIS’ founding principles. Each proposal was reviewed by 3 independent academics, 5 sponsoring companies (IBM, J&J, Microsoft, Shell and Unilever) and those members of the EABIS’ Management Committee that had not submitted a proposal.

As a result, seven projects have been invited to negotiate based on the outcomes of the review process in December. These projects were considered to represent a strong base of research, education and training projects and include 10 members from 7 countries. 5 of the 7 have been asked to make a budget cut to fit with funding availability and to take account of feedback on quality, deliverables etc. Final negotiations and arrangements have taken place with all seven projects and were concluded in February 2005. All projects have a starting date of 1 March 2005.

Seven projects have been selected, following the initial call for proposals, review process and negotiation phase. All projects start on 1 March 2005.

The final project selection represents cutting-edge thought leadership on corporate responsibility from across Europe, including:

• A broad range of topics such as stakeholder management, social entrepreneurship, the bottom of the pyramid, measuring the business case, the role of government, mainstream curriculum development, managerial skills, exec. development, etc.
• More than 300k EUR awarded so far to 10 leading business schools across 7 countries
• Equal support for research and education/training projects and both 1yr and 3yr projects
• A balance between business priorities and academic rigour through collaborative review process

Full details of projects and executive summaries are available on the newly created Member Intranet Project Community, under Internal Activity Funding. Please find a direct link to the details here (you need to be a member of the Project Community to be able to view the details - click here to manage your community membership).

Next Steps and Member Opportunities:

• Member Engagement in Projects – free member places at 1 workshop for each project in 2005 (7 in total), first access to all deliverables / outputs, 6 / 12 month progress reports, ongoing access to individual project “spaces” on the Intranet Project Community
• Further Funding Opportunities in First Round - a small amount for 'Category C' projects for network support (total of around 10k EUR in September) and a competitive call inviting members to apply for mainstream case writing grants (total of 63k EUR in June)
• Second Round - planned for the Spring 2006
  

A call for funding proposals (Categories A and B) was launched in 2004 with a deadline of 15/10/2004, a review process took place including academic, business and Management Committee phases. They all looked carefully at the 14 projects proposals submitted by 15 members across 7 countries, for a balance of academic rigour, business relevance and support for EABIS’ founding principles. Each proposal was reviewed by 3 independent academics, 5 sponsoring companies (IBM, J&J, Microsoft, Shell and Unilever) and those members of the EABIS’ Management Committee that had not submitted a proposal.

As a result, seven projects have been invited to negotiate based on the outcomes of the review process in December. These projects were considered to represent a strong base of research, education and training projects and include 10 members from 7 countries. 5 of the 7 have been asked to make a budget cut to fit with funding availability and to take account of feedback on quality, deliverables etc. Final negotiations and arrangements have taken place with all seven projects and were concluded in February 2005. All projects have a starting date of 1 March 2005.