Organizing team: Sana Chiu (Chair), Limin Fu (Co-Chair), Naomi Gardberg, Maoliang Bu, Francesco Rosati
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥: helping junior faculty build connections, sharpen their research, and think more deeply about how to produce rigorous, real-world-relevant work.
📅 Event: 9 AM - 2 PM, Saturday, August 1, 2026.
⏰ Application Deadline: April 30, 2026
📚 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦
✅ Interactive icebreaker
✅ Panel on "𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙞𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡-𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚" - We're excited to welcome an outstanding panel: Jiao Luo (University of Minnesota), Mark DesJardine (Dartmouth College), Wren Montgomery (Ivey Business School), and Sandra Waddock (Boston College).
✅ Roundtable discussions across senior mentors and junior faculty
✅ Lunch with senior mentors (sponsored by SIM)
✅ One-on-one feedback from senior faculty mentors
🌟 2026 Mentors (alphabetical):
Poonam Arora (Babson College)
Mike Barnett (Rutgers Business School)
MK Chin (Indiana University)
Nicole Darnall(American University)
R. Edward Freeman (University of Virginia)
Jennifer J. Griffin (Loyola University of Chicago)
Minna Halme (Aalto University)
Irene Henriques (Schulich School of Business)
Colin Higgins (La Trobe University)
Bryan Husted (EGADE)·
Brooke Lahneman (University of Montana)
Sergio Lazzarini (Insper Institute of Education)
Jiao Luo (University of Minnesota)·
Kate Odziemkowska (University of Toronto)·
Chang Hoon Oh (University of Kansas)·
Steve Sauerwald (University of Houston)·
Sara Soderstrom (University of Michigan)·
Sandra Waddock (Boston College)·
David Wasieleski (Duquesne University)·
Amanda N Williams (Em Lyon University)·
Harry Van Buren (University of Tennessee-Chattanooga)·
Shipeng Y. (University of Hong Kong)·
Weiting Zheng (University of New South Wales)
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👩🎓 Who should apply?
• Within 5 years of first faculty appointment, or currently a postdoc
• Actively engaged in SIM and/or ONE-related research
📝 Application materials
1. CV
2. Brief motivation letter (indicate your primary AOM division and 3-5 keywords that represent your research interests)
3. A working manuscript (<35 pages) that you are preparing for publication. It should be a sole-authored or co-authored paper you lead, and it cannot be already accepted or published.
📬 How to apply
Email your materials with subject line "SIM-ONE JFC Application" to:
Sana Chiu: schiu@bauer.uh.edu CC: Limin Fu: limin.fu@monash.edu
🌱 We may offer a limited number of travel grants for members without home-institution support, but funding is not guaranteed. To be considered, indicate in your application that you are requesting a travel grant, whether you are applying through SIM or ONE, and that your home institution cannot provide support. Decisions will be shared when PDW results are released.
Looking forward to meeting you in Philadelphia!
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