Sponsor: Kauffman Foundation

Thanks to a sponsorship from the Kauffman Foundation, the Academy of Management is pleased to announce two new annual awards for promising research by scholars studying gender, diversity and entrepreneurship. The purpose of the award program is to identify innovative research on gender and diversity questions related to entrepreneurship, that is relevant to entrepreneurs, their firms and employees, labor markets, the resources and the environment in which they operate. Research that has direct practical implications for action and that addresses pressing economic and/or social problems are especially appropriate for this award. One award is for the best paper, and the other is for the best student paper.

The best paper awards are chosen from those papers selected for the DEI Division program at the Academy of Management annual meeting. No nominations are necessary for these awards, but you are encouraged to self-identify on the submission website if your paper is related to entrepreneurship.

Both awards will receive $1,500 from the Academy of Management (split equally among the paper authors), a plaque, and recognition at the Academy of Management's annual meeting during the DEI Division's award ceremony.

Eligibility for the Best Paper Award:

1. Applicants worldwide are welcome to apply, but all materials must be submitted in English.
2. Applicants must have no current existing financial relationship (i.e. grants, contracts) with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Eligibility for the Best Student Paper Award:

This award is given to the student who is the sole or primary author on paper accepted by the Program Committee for the annual conference. The author must still be a student (i.e., still enrolled at the institution where the student pursued graduate work) at the time the paper is submitted to the award committee, and this status should be made clear in the Academy submission. Applicants must have no current existing financial relationship (i.e. grants, contracts) with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Award Criteria:

1. Relevance and importance of the topic to the study of gender and diversity topics related to entrepreneurship
2. Scholarly contribution to the state of existing knowledge
3. Relevance to practice               

Award Recipients

 2023

Paper Title: Equality in the Eyes of Beholders: An Ideology-Based Perspective on Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship

Award Recipients

• Shi Tang, City University of Hong Kong
• Taiyuan Wang, China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)

Runner Up

• Alicia Sheares, UCLA

Paper Title: Getting Inside: Class and Racialized Disadvantage among Black Tech Entrepreneurs

Student Award

Paper Title: A Study of Family Helpers of Chinese Women Entrepreneurs

Award Recipients

• Anna-Katharina Schaper, University of Würzburg
• William B. Gartner, Babson College 

Runner Up

• Nadja Mirjam, Harvard Kennedy School
• Ilayda Zengin, Technical University of Munich

Paper Title: Speak entrepreneur - speak male: Large natural language data shows gender bias in entrepreneurship

Committee 

• Co-Chairs: Kristin Burton and Kayla Folmer

2022
Paper Title: Gender Bias in Entrepreneurship: The Role of the Founders’ Entrepreneurial Background
Award Recipients

• Dr. Luca Pistilli, Assistant Professor, University College Dublin
• Dr. Alessia Paccagnini, Assistant Professor, University College Dublin
• Prof. Stefano Breschi, Full Professor, Bocconi University
• Prof. Franco Malerba, Full Professor, Bocconi University

Committee Members

• Lilian Otaye-Ebede