Research Underwriting and Sponsorship
AACRAO offers a limited number of AACRAO corporate members the opportunity to provide general research underwriting or project-specific sponsorship for AACRAO research.
Underwriting
AACRAO research underwriters are recognized for their support publicly and frequently through a variety of AACRAO research and marketing efforts. This includes an acknowledgment of their underwriting on a bi-monthly basis to over 15,000 AACRAO members through email and other non-sponsored research reports, as well as the AACRAO website. Corporate underwriters also receive the opportunity to meet with the other underwriters and AACRAO leadership annually at the Annual Meeting to discuss AACRAO research efforts and direction.
In addition, underwriters may request one set of custom data analyses on an AACRAO research topic of their choice per year based on one AACRAO research study. These analyses are limited to data aggregated across institutions to honor institutional confidentiality and privacy.
Sponsorship
On occasion, AACRAO and its corporate partners find a research topic of mutual interest. This alignment in a research interest provides a singular opportunity for a corporate member to be the sole sponsor of a specific research study. These studies can be quantitative in nature, qualitative, or a mixed method. Sponsorship of this type provides the corporate member with the opportunity to provide subject matter expertise, gain business intelligence from the aggregate results before they are released publicly, and be recognized as the sole sponsor of the project. Corporate members can be recognized in a number of ways, including within the report, in any applicable press release, by co-presenting the results at an AACRAO conference or an AACRAO webinar on the topic, and placement on the AACRAO webpage.
Rate: Varies, depending on the scope of the project.
If you are interested in either of these opportunities, please contact Dr. Wendy Kilgore, Director of Research, at research@aacrao.org.