CFP Board Center for Financial Planning Announces Northwestern Mutual Best Paper Award in Insurance/Risk Management

The CFP Board Center for Financial Planning is pleased to announce the Northwestern Mutual Best Paper Award that will be presented at the Academic Research Colloquium for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines in Arlington, Virginia on February 7 – 9, 2017. This Best Paper Award is the next in a series of awards that will recognize authors from a variety of disciplines and sub-disciplines that relate to financial planning.

The Northwestern Mutual Best Paper Award will be awarded to the scholar with the best paper in the area of Insurance/Risk Management, with implications for financial planning practice.

The first-ever Colloquium will gather the global academic community to showcase rigorous and relevant research within financial planning and related disciplines that directly or indirectly relates to financial planning practice and the body of knowledge.

This Best Paper Award carries with it a $2,500 cash prize for the author(s) of the winning paper.

“The Center for Financial Planning is providing new opportunities to showcase empirical research in financial planning. We are grateful for the support of these best paper awards, which contribute to the profession’s body of knowledge and expands the pool of researchers working to impact financial planning practice,” said Dr. Charles Chaffin, Director of the Center’s Academic Home.

The criteria for this award include:

• Relevance and significance of topic and research question(s) that relate to Insurance/Risk Management with implications for financial planning practice
• Clarity of research question(s)
• Thoroughness of literature review
• Appropriateness of methodology for study
• Contribution to the body of knowledge of financial planning

A complete list of Best Paper Awards that will be awarded at the Academic Research Colloquium is available at www.CenterforFinancialPlanning.org/ARC.

Additional Details

The Best Paper Award winner will be selected from among the complete papers submitted for presentation at the Colloquium. A selection committee will review all submissions, with each submission reviewed anonymously by at least two peer reviewers.

The winning paper’s author (or at least one of the authors if there is more than one) must be registered for the Colloquium to receive the award. The recipient of this award will be announced during the Academic Research Colloquium, February 7-9, 2017 in Arlington, Va. Please see the full registration information.

Paper Submission Deadline: September 15, 2016

A reminder regarding the submission

• Email your paper or abstract to CallForPapers@CFP.net.
• Include a cover page for the abstract or paper with the following details:

• Names, addresses, and institutional affiliations of all authors, with one author listed as the primary contact person
• Whether the submission should be considered for a paper presentation or a panel discussion

Other important details:

• The names and affiliations of the author(s) should not appear on the paper itself
• Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection of the paper by October 15, 2016
• One author from each accepted paper must be registered for the Colloquium prior to October 31, 2016
• Papers already accepted for publication in a refereed journal will not be considered
• Submitted abstracts are expected to result in completed papers before presentation at the colloquium
• Authors of accepted papers will also be asked to serve as discussants for other papers

Please Note: Authors who plan to present at the Colloquium only need to submit an abstract by the submission deadline of September 15, 2016; however, to be eligible for the Northwestern Mutual Best Paper Award, the author(s) must submit a complete paper by the submission deadline. Access the Call for Papers and Posters for additional information.

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