Research Proposal Requests

The Society of Actuaries Research Institute develops and sponsors research projects and studies with the help of researchers, actuaries and other professionals. Would you like to contribute? Explore our current proposal requests, including submission requirements and deadlines.

As a policy, the SOA Research Institute generally does not provide funding to cover academic institution overhead expenses.

Current Requests

• Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for Electronic Health Records (EHRs):
  Submissions Due: January 16, 2026
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• Advanced Reserving Techniques
  Submissions Due: January 5, 2026
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• Impact of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) on Healthcare Utilization and Access
• Submissions Due: December 5, 2025

Past Requests

• Actuarial Analysis of GLP-1 Drugs’ Impact on Medicare Costs
• Submissions Due: October 31, 2025
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• The Role of Illiquid Investments in Pension Plans
• Submissions Due: October 15, 2025
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• DC Plans Retirement Income Research Survey
• Submissions Due: October 1, 2025
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• SOA Research Institute 19th Annual Emerging Risk Survey
• Submissions Due: September 26, 2025
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• Impact of AI on Technical Skills for Actuaries
• Submissions Due: September 26, 2025
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• Evaluating the Implementation and Industry Impact of Principle-Based Reserves (PBR) 
• Submissions Due: September 19, 2025
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• AI/LLMs & Their Impact on Retirement Professionals and Retirees
• Submissions Due: September 15, 2025
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• Obesity and its Growing Impact on Future Mortality
• Submissions Due: September 15, 2025
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• The Impact of AI Supported Underwriting
• Submissions Due: September 12, 2025
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• Considerations in Developing Combination Long Term Care products
• Submissions Due: September 5, 2025
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• Pay as you Live Insurance
• Submissions Due: August 22, 2025
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• SOA Research Institute / University Partnerships for Artificial Intelligence Topics 
• Submissions Due: August 22, 2025
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• The Impact of Climate Change Risk on Retirement 
• Submissions Due: August 15, 2025
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• Past, Present, and Future Demential Mortality
• Submissions Due: August 1, 2025
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• Quantifying Mortality and Morbidity Impacts from Climate Risks: A Practical Framework for Decision Making
• Submissions Due: July 21, 2025
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• AI Solutioning for Management Reporting
• Submissions Due: July 18, 2025
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• Actuarial Research Topics for Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS) 
• Submissions Due: June 30, 2025
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• Actuarial Research Topics in 401(K) Plans
• Submissions Due: June 20, 2025
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• Model Governance/Ethics for GenAI Models
• Submissions Due: May 30, 2025
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• Evaluating Representation in Health Claims Data
• Submissions Due: May 23, 2025 
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• Evaluating Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Initiatives and Programs
• Submissions Due: April 18, 2025
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• Emerging Issues Research
  Submissions Due: April 9, 2025

• The Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models on Retirement Professionals and Retirees
• Submissions Due: March 20, 2025
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• Potential Solutions for Pet Insurance Affordability
• Submissions Due: March 14, 2025
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• Inflationary Forces on Automobile Physical Damage Insurance Loss Costs Related to the Complexity and Electrification of Modern Automobiles
• Submissions Due: February 14, 2025
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Evaluating the Drivers of Increasing Claims Cost Trends
  Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Examining the Relative Effectiveness of Highly Complex Risk Adjustment Models in the Health Insurance Marketplace
• Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Impact of Diabetes Drugs on Health Care Costs
• Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Projecting Long-Term Medical Cost Trends
  Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Use of AI to Improve Valuation
• Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict High Cost Claims and Help Mitigate Patient Outcomes
• Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
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• Generating Consistent Real World and Risk Neutral Interest Rate Scenarios
• Submissions Due: January 8, 2025
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• Measuring and Modeling Climate Liability Risks
• Submissions Due: November 1, 2024
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• Understanding Complex Assets in the Life Insurance and Annuity Industries
  Submissions Due: October 2, 2024
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• Compile Mortality, Socioeconomic, and Demographic Data for Future Research
  Submissions Due: September 16, 2024
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• LGBTQ+ Considerations for Employer-Based Health Benefit Designs
• Submissions Due: September 16, 2024
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• Synthetic Medical Claims Data
  Submissions Due: September 6, 2024
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• Topics in Pension Research
  Submissions Due: August 30, 2024
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• Research Executive Committee 2024 Emerging Issues Research
• Submissions Due: July 30, 2024
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• AI Impact on the Insurance and Healthcare Industries in Asia
• Submissions Due: July 26, 2024
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• Climate Risk, Catastrophe Modeling and Sustainability in Asia
• Submissions Due: July 26, 2024
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• Housing in Retirement
• Submissions Due: July 15, 2024
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• Enhanced Care for Chronic Conditions in China
• Submissions Due: June 28, 2024
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• Anxiety and Depression and the Impact on Mortality
• Submissions Due: June 21, 2024
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• Healthcare Insurance/Reinsurance Captive Landscape
  Submissions Due: June 14, 2024
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• The U.S. Drug Abuse Epidemic and Mortality: Past, Present, and Future
  Submissions Due: June 7, 2024
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• The Impact of Climate Change and Other Catastrophes on the U.S. Health Infrastructure
• Letters of Intent Due: May 29, 2024

• • Product Innovation
    Submissions Due: May 20, 2024
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  • Future Financial or Socioeconomic Implications of Climate-Induced Migration Patterns
  • Submissions Due: May 6, 2024 
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  • Geospatial & High-Resolution Imagery coupled with Artificial Intelligence in Loss Estimate Analytics and Underwriting
    Submissions Due: May 3, 2024
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  • Review of Offshore Life and Annuity Jurisdictions’ Reinsurance Landscapes
  • Submissions Due: April 29, 2024
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  • Modeling Approaches for Pension Plan Turnover Rates
  • Submissions Due: February 26, 2024
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  • U.S. Older Age Mortality Trends
  • Submissions Due: February 9, 2024
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  • ERM Individual Scenarios Playout
  • Submissions Due: January 19, 2024
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  • Life Insurance and Annuity Illustrations
  • Submissions Due: January 17, 2024
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  • Primer on Investment-Related Regulatory Approaches for Banking versus Insurance Industries
  • Submissions Due: January 15, 2024
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  • Population Mortality and Mortality Trend Discrepancies At Older Ages
    Submissions Due: December 31, 2023
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  • Mental Health Underwriting
  • Submissions Due: December 19, 2023
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  • Primer on Long-Term Care Wellness Programs
  • Submissions Due: December 15, 2023
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  • Innovation Lifecycle and Capacity for More
  • Submissions Due: November 15, 2023
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  • Evolution of the Effects of Pension Plans from a Corporate Financial Perspective
  • Submissions Due: November 1, 2023
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  • New ISSB Disclosure Standards for Climate-Related Risks and Sustainability-related Financial Information
  • Submissions Due: October 20, 2023 
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  • Impact of Climate Change and Wildfires on Outdoor Air Quality, Pollution and Morbidity and Mortality
  • Submissions Due: October 17, 2023
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  • Interaction of Various Efficient Computational Structure Techniques for Nested Stochastic Modeling
  • Submission Due: September 29, 2023
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  • Life and Annuity Inforce Management Transactions
  • Submissions Due: September 29, 2023
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  • Predictive Analytics and Life and Annuity Reinsurance
  • Submissions Due: September 28, 2023
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  • Mortality and Morbidity Impact of COVID-19 Beyond the Acute Pandemic Phase - Lessons for Future Pandemics
  • Submissions Due: September 22, 2023
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  • Fairness Metrics for Life Insurance
  • Submissions Due: June 16, 2023
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  • Barriers to Innovation
  • Submissions Due: May 19, 2023
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  • Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Behavioral Health
  • Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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  • Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Changes in Medical Trend Due to Provider Disruption
  • Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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  • Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Recent Changes in Medical Service Composition and Trends
  • Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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  • Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Risk Adjustment
  • Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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  • The Impact of Climate Change Risk on Retirement
  • Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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  • Compound Weather Extremes/Cascading Events
    Submissions Due: May 10, 2023
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  • Principles of Ethical Insurance Processes and Products
  • Submissions Due: April 30, 2023
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  • Understanding the Insurable Vulnerabilities of Crypto-Currency, Block Chain and other Smart-Contracts Markets RFP
  • Submissions Due: April 22, 2023