International Accounting and Auditing Center

If your idea is accepted, you will be asked to expand the summary into a 1,500-word essay. Any topic related to accounting research is of interest, but it must be well defined and amenable to summary within the word limit. Full-length essays should meet the following guidelines:

1. There should be no equations, mathematical notation, or other technical representations that hinder the conversational flow of the essay.
2. There should be no statistics other than summary measures (e.g., means) used to highlight and give perspective to key points.
3. Citations are not needed in the text itself.
4. Footnotes should be used sparingly.
5. A reference list of key papers in the topic area should be included.

Accepted essays will be made available through the center website in electronic form. Selected essays may be published in paper form as part of the center’s inBRIEF newsletter.

The Fisher School of Accounting and the International Center for Research in Accounting and Auditing welcome short-term visiting scholars. A short-term scholar is an individual engaged in conducting research, observing, consulting, teaching, training or lecturing for a period of six months or less. 

Visiting scholars will need to provide their own funding and must meet UF funding requirements and regulations. The Fisher School will provide visiting scholars access to a computer, office space, an email account and the library.

Short-term scholars must be nominated by a faculty member in their institutions and sponsored by a Fisher School faculty member. In selecting visitors, preference will be given to doctoral students who are advanced in their research program or post-docs who can contribute to the Fisher School research environment.

Application procedures

1. Nominations by each scholar’s faculty member must be sent between November 1 and March 1.
2. The nomination package should include:
   1. The scholar’s statement of purpose — no more than two pages describing the scholar’s interests and the work that he or she intends to do at the Fisher School, including any classes to be attended. The statement must also explain why the Fisher School is the appropriate place for the scholar’s planned work and how they can contribute to the research environment at Fisher.
   2. A letter from the Fisher School faculty member who will act as the sponsor.
   3. A current CV.
   4. Any published work.
   5. A statement of support from the home institution, preferably from their thesis supervisor.
   6. Evidence of financial support for the duration of the visit. (Note: If funding is conditional on acceptance of the visitor to Fisher, a conditional acceptance letter will be issued, but proof of financial support must be provided prior to arrival on campus.)
3. Students are expected to arrive near the start of a new term (August or January).

These materials should be sent by email to W. Robert Knechel, Director of ICRAA.

• Accounting Standards Board of Japan
• Australian Accounting Standards Board
• Belgian Accounting Standards Board
• China Securities Regulatory Commission
• European Commission
  • European Union Audit Market Reform
• Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Financial Reporting & Assurance Standards Canada
• IFRS Foundation
• International Organization of Securities Commissions
• Korea Accounting Standards Board
  • PCAOB Cooperative Arrangements and Announcements
• Malaysian Accounting Standards Board
• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Conceptual Releases
• U.K. Financial Reporting Council

• AAA International Section
• Association of International Accountants
• Center for Audit Quality
• Accountancy Europe
• International Federation of Accountants
• The Institute of Internal Auditors

• Accounting, Organizations and Society
• Advances in Accounting
• Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory
• Contemporary Accounting Research
• Current Issues in Auditing
• European Accounting Review
• International Accounting Bulletin
• International Journal of Auditing
• Journal of Accountancy
• Journal of Accounting and Economics
• Journal of Accounting Research
• Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation
• Journal of International Accounting Research
• Review of Accounting Studies