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Reminder: September 30 deadline for IIF/SAS Research Grants

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I wanted to pass along this reminder from Pam Stroud at the International Institute of Forecasters:

Grant to Promote Research on Forecasting

Pam Stroud
Pam Stroud

For the twelfth year, the IIF, in collaboration with SAS®, is proud to announce financial support for research on how to improve forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. The award for this year will be (2) two $5,000 grants. The application deadline for the grant year 2014-2015 is September 30, 2014.  For more information visit the IIF website, http://forecasters.org/activities/funding-awards/grants-and-research-awards/.

Industry forecasting practitioners should also consider applying for these grants. As a practitioner you have access to a wealth of your own company data -- the kind of data that academics have difficulty getting access to. Analysis of volatility, FVA, and the real-life performance of particular models, forecasting systems, and forecasting process would all be of interest.

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Mike Gilliland

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Michael Gilliland is a longtime business forecasting practitioner and formerly a Product Marketing Manager for SAS Forecasting. He is on the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Forecasters, and is Associate Editor of their practitioner journal Foresight: The International Journal of Applied Forecasting. Mike is author of The Business Forecasting Deal (Wiley, 2010) and former editor of the free e-book Forecasting with SAS: Special Collection (SAS Press, 2020). He is principal editor of Business Forecasting: Practical Problems and Solutions (Wiley, 2015) and Business Forecasting: The Emerging Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Wiley, 2021). In 2017 Mike received the Institute of Business Forecasting's Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2021 his paper "FVA: A Reality Check on Forecasting Practices" was inducted into the Foresight Hall of Fame. Mike initiated The Business Forecasting Deal blog in 2009 to help expose the seamy underbelly of forecasting practice, and to provide practical solutions to its most vexing problems.

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