Doctoral Consortia

As a part of the Kauffman Foundation’s work to improve the quality of research on entrepreneurship, we supported a variety of scholarly training and development activities across the United States. Typically these training opportunities happened as a part of academic annual meetings or at smaller, regional meetings with a heavy focus on doctoral scholars.

The list below consists of all entrepreneurship doctoral and early career training programs of which we are aware, both sponsored and non-sponsored by the Kauffman Foundation.

The Doctoral Consortia was part of a group of academic recognition programs established by the Kauffman Foundation that were consolidated into the Kauffman Knowledge Challenge starting in 2018.

* indicates Kauffman Foundation-sponsored doctoral consortia

Known Doctoral and Early Career Training Programs in Entrepreneurship

Meeting / Doctoral Consortium Name	Location	Consortium Date
United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Doctoral Consortium	St. Pete Beach, Florida	January 23-27, 2019
Leuphana Conference on Entrepreneurship Workshops	Leuphana University of Lüenburg, Lüenburg, Germany	January 18-20, 2018
Sustainability, Ethics and Entrepreneurship (SEE) Conference Junior Faculty & Doctoral Consortium (JFDC)	Washington, DC	March 1-3, 2019
Consortium for Competitiveness and Cooperation (CCC) for Doctoral Student Research*	University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California	March 2-4, 2018
Academy of Management (AOM) Perspectives (AMP) Paper Development Workshop	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong	March 13, 2019
The Business History Conference – Academy of Management (AOM) Learning & Education Paper Development & Reviewing Workshop	Cartagena, Columbia	March 14, 2019
European Academy of Management (EURAM) Early Career Colloquium	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Iaşi, Romania	March 15-17, 2021
Academy of Management (AOM) Perspectives (AMP) Paper Development Workshop	Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand	March 2020
Entrepreneurship as Practice (EaP) Conference & PhD Consortium	Audencia Business School, Nantes, France	April 3-5, 2019
Academy of Management (AOM) Learning & Education Paper Development & Reviewing Workshop	University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom	April 8, 2019
Journées PhD Days	Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada	May 9-10, 2019
Canadian Council for SMEs and Entrepreneurship Annual Meeting PDW by the Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship	Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	May 3-5, 2018
George Washington University’s Center for International Business Education & Research (GW-CIBER) Summer Doctoral Institute (SDI)	George Washington University, Washington, DC	May 30-July 25, 2018
Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference (BCERC) Doctoral Consortium – Academy of Management (AOM) Learning & Education Paper Development & Reviewing Workshop	Babson College, Boston, Massachusetts	June 4, 2019
St. Mary’s University Sobey School of Business International Doctoral Consortium	Bimtech, India	June 6-8, 2018
Doctoral Workshop, SMS Oslo 2018 Sharing Strategies for the Connected World	Oslo, Norway	June 7, 2018
Social Entrepreneurship Intensive Doctoral Seminar (contact Tom Lumpkin for more info at lumpkin@ou.edu)	Dublin, Ireland	June 10-15, 2018
The Medici Summer School in Management Studies	Bologna, Italy	June 11–19, 2020
SKEMA KTO Paper Development Workshop	Sophia Antipolis (French Riviera), France	June 25-27, 2018
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Entrepreneurship Research Boot Camp (ERBC)*	Cambridge, Massachusetts	July 16-20, 2018
Academy of Management (AOM) ENT (Entrepreneurship) Doctoral Consortium*	Boston, Massachusetts	August 9-13, 2019
Academy of Management (AOM) TIM (Technology and Innovation Management) Doctoral Consortium	Boston, Massachusetts	August 9-13, 2019
Iberoamerican Academy of Management Conference PDW	Boston, Massachusetts	August 9-13, 2019
Academy of Management (AOM) Mid-Career Development Consortium* (BPS, ENT, TIM)	Boston, Massachusetts	August 9-13, 2019
Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Annual Symposium PDW	Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom	August 30, 2018
West Coast Research Symposium on Technology Entrepreneurship (WCRS) Doctoral Consortium*	Stanford University, Stanford, California	September 11, 2019
SEI (Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Innovation) Doctoral Consortium	Bath, United Kingdom	September 10, 2021
European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship PhD Colloquium	Kalamata, Greece	September 19-20, 2019
Strategic Management Society (SMS) Doctoral Workshop	Paris, France	September 22-25, 20182
Academy of Management (AOM) Perspectives (AMP) Paper Development Workshop	University of Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy	October 18, 2018
Academy of Management (AOM) Discoveries Paper Development Workshop	Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan	October 23, 2018
Academy of Management (AOM) Discoveries Paper Development Workshop	Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts	October 26, 2018
Euromed Academy of Business Annual Conference Doctoral Seminars	Cyprus	October 29-November 3, 2018
Academy of Management (AOM) Discoveries Paper Development Workshop	Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas	November 3, 2018
Southern Management Association Annual Meeting – Academy of Management (AOM) Learning & Education Paper Development Workshop	Lexington, Kentucky	November 6-10, 2018
Academy of Management (AOM) Discoveries Paper Development Workshop	University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Los Angeles, California	November 9, 2018
Doctoral Workshop, SMS Hyderabad 2018 Special Conference on Rethinking Corporate Strategy in the Age of Paradox	Hyderabad, India	December 16, 2018
AOM Specialized Conference: From Start Up to Scale Up – Academy of Management (AOM) Perspectives (AMP) Paper Development Workshop	Tel Aviv, Israel	December 17, 2018
Israel Strategy Conference Doctoral Consortium	Technion, Haifa, Israel	December 17, 2017

Known Doctoral/Early-Career Awards in Entrepreneurship

Award Name	Sponsor	Due Date
Illinois Qualitative Dissertation Award	International Institute for Qualitative Inquiry	January 16, 2019
Emerging Scholar Award	Academy of Management (AOM) ENT Division	January 31, 2021
Heizer Doctoral Dissertation Award in New Enterprise Development**	Academy of Management (AOM) ENT Division	January 31, 2018
National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Doctoral Dissertation Award in Entrepreneurship and Independent Business**	Academy of Management (AOM) ENT Division	January 31, 2018
ITC Emerald Best International Dissertation Award	International Theme Committee (ITC) of the Academy of Management (AOM) and Emerald Group Publishing	January 31, 2018
TIM (Technology and Innovation Management) Best Dissertation Award	Academy of Management (AOM) TIM Division	February 2, 2018
Wiley Blackwell Outstanding Dissertation Award	Academy of Management (AOM) Strategic Management (STR) Division	February 2, 2018
Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award	Journal of Management Studies (JMS) and the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS)	February 28, 2018
Family Firm Institute (FFI) Best Dissertation Award	Family Firm Institute (FFI)	March 1 annually
Family Firm Institute (FFI) Best Unpublished Paper Award	Family Firm Institute (FFI)	April 15 annually
Alvah H. Chapman Jr. Outstanding Dissertation Award	The Center for Leadership at Florida International University	April 30, 2021
Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation Best Dissertation Award	Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation	June 1, 2018

** [ NOTE: You can only apply to one of these awards ]

Please contact us if any of the above information is incorrect or if you know of other doctoral trainings or awards in entrepreneurship.