Quick Start Research Grant Form

About the Research

Name of Proposed Research Project

Please provide the Purpose and Application

Include a situational analysis to describe context, offering relevant details such as trends, new developments, prior research and challenges

Please provide the research project’s goals

Please provide the research project’s objectives

How much funding will be necessary to complete the project:

Have you, or do you intend to, seek further sources for your research project?

Yes

Explain how the research will support and further actuarial practice

Review the CAS list of research groups, identifying which groups should evaluate the project.

I understand that if my proposal is accepted, me and fellow researcher(s), as applicable, must sign a contract within six weeks of notification.

The CAS expects its supported research will be presented at a CAS continuing education event and submitted to the CAS’s peer-reviewed journal, Variance (https://variancejournal.org/) unless another journal has been preapproved. Papers can also be published in E-Forum, as a monograph or in other applicable forms such as software.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CAS WILL BE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR FUNDING MY PROJECT WHETHER IN WRITING, DURING PRESENTATIONS OR BOTH.

I understand that the final work product’s code and data will also be placed in the CAS’s GitHub repository, https://github.com/casact, under the MPL2.0 license.

The CAS is committed to promoting its funded research through various channels including news releases, social media posts and blog posts. If you work for a company, please describe how its communications staff would work with the CAS to promote your work.

Researcher(s) Name(s)

List the researchers who will be contributing to the project starting with the lead researcher, who will be responsible for ensuring project communication and completion, along with the researcher’s title, contact information (address, email and phone number) and qualifications such as professional experience and publications containing applicant’s research.

Name

Phone

Address

Address 2

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Qualifications

Professional experience and publications containing applicant’s research

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Additional Researcher

Name

Phone

Address

Address 2

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State/Province

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Qualifications

Professional experience and publications containing applicant’s research

Additional Researcher

Name

Phone

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country

Qualifications

Professional experience and publications containing applicant’s research

Additional Researcher

Name

Phone

Address

Address 2

City/Town

State/Province

ZIP/Postal Code

Country

Qualifications

Professional experience and publications containing applicant’s research

Please direct questions to Annmarie Geddes Baribeau, CAS Research Manager, by writing abaribeau@casact.org.

Quick Start Research Grant Form

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