Research Proposal Requests
The Society of Actuaries (SOA) 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 Society of Actuaries generally does not provide funding to cover academic institution overhead expenses.
- Society of Actuaries Research Executive Committee 2021 Current Events Research
Submissions Due: July 2, 2021 - Cross impact between Predictive Analytics and Actuarial Transformation Initiatives
Submissions Due: July 30, 2021 - Resilience in the Context of Climate-Related Risks
Submissions Due: June 30, 2021 - Actuarial Innovation & Technology Survey of Top Actuarial Technologies of 2021/2022
Submissions Due: July 30, 2021 - Health Care Cost Trends 2021 Digital Health
Submissions Due: July 5, 2021 - Innovation in Underwriting
Submissions Due: June 30, 2021 - COVID-Focus Project Series – Mental Illness and its impact on U.S. Mortality/Longevity
Submissions Due: June 24, 2021 - Fostering Innovation
Submissions Due: June 15, 2021 - Maternal Mortality
- Submissions Due: June 8, 2021
- Innovation in Actuarial Techniques (Stochastic Modeling) and Actuarial Practices
Submissions Due: June 1, 2021 - Variable Payment Life Annuities – Setting Indexation Rules
Submissions Due: May 31, 2021 - Unhealthy Longevity
Submissions Due: May 27, 2021 - TCFD Current Practice to Best Practice for the Insurance Industry
Submissions Due: May 15, 2021 - Disparate Impact in Insurance and Retirement Industries
Submissions Due: May 21, 2021 - Artificial Intelligence and Disparate Impact
Submissions Due: May 21, 2021 - Aggregate DEI Research
Submissions Due: May 10, 2021 - Drivers of Income and Wealth Inequality
Submissions Due: May 10, 2021 - Financial Wellness and Health Care
Submissions Due: May 10, 2021 - Disaster Events and Impact on Investments
- Submissions Due: March 31, 2021
- Health Care Cost Trends 2020 Social Determinants of Health
- Submissions Due: April 12, 2021
- Health Care Cost Trends – 2021 Managed Medicaid Underwriting Margin Model
- Submissions Due: April 9, 2021
- ERM and Regulatory and Accounting Risks
Submissions Due: January 25, 2021 - Actuarial Innovation and Technology Topic-Innovation Around the Globe
Submissions Due: December 14, 2020 - Business Interruption Insurance Compendium
- Submissions Due: November 30, 2020
- Disparate Health and Property Impact of Extreme Climate Events: 2017-2020
- Submissions Due: November 17, 2020
- Actuarial Innovation and Technology Topic – Underwriting and Innovation
Submissions Due: May 15, 2020 - Actuarial Innovation and Technology Topic – Emerging Technologies and the Impact on Actuarial Science
Submissions Due: May 15, 2020 - Actuarial Innovation and Technology Topic – Customer Engagement Programs
Submissions Due: May 15, 2020 - Actuarial Innovation and Technology Topic – Data Visualization
Submissions Due: May 15, 2020 - Actuarial Innovation and Technology Topic - Insurance Policies and Human Genetics: A Primer
Submissions Due: May 15, 2020 - Data Compilation for the 2012-2018 Group Life Mortality Study
Submissions Due: April 17, 2020 - Literature Review and Environmental Exploration of Retirement-Related Fraud and Financial Exploitation
Submissions Due: April 3, 2020 - Obesity Trends and the Morbidity and Longevity Impacts
Submissions Due: April 1, 2020 - Literature Review of the Impact of a Healthy Lifestyle in Retirement
Submissions Due: March 19, 2020 - Actuarial Innovation & Technology Survey of Top Actuarial Technologies of 2020
Submissions Due: March 13, 2020 - Data Compilation for the 2014-2018 Individual Payout Annuity Mortality Study
Submissions Due: March 6, 2020 - Data Compilation for the 2014-2018 Public Pension Mortality Study
Submissions Due: February 14, 2020 - Impact of Changing Demographics on Prospective Investment Returns
Submissions Due: January 31, 2020 - Projected Changes in Insurability and Affordability of Insurance Coverages due to Climate Change
Submissions Due: January 25, 2020 - Economic Impact of Increasing Severe Weather Events and Climate Trends
Submissions Due: January 25, 2020 - Health Care Cost Trends 2020
Submissions Due: December 9, 2019 - Epigenetics & Underwriting White Paper
Submissions Due: November 15, 2019 - Predictive Analytics Actuarial Applications for Retirement Professionals
Submissions Due: December 1, 2019 - Predictive Modeling in Underwriting – Case Study
Submissions Due: September 30, 2019 - Mortality Improvement Trend - Independent Analysis
Submissions Due: September 20, 2019 - General Insurance Request for Expressions of Interest
Submissions Due: September 16, 2019 - Electronic Health Records White Paper
Submissions Due: August 30, 2019 - Insurtech
Submissions Due: September 20, 2019 - Survey of ALM Practices
Submissions Due: August 12, 2019 - Environmental Risk Introductory Paper Series
Submissions Due: July 1, 2019 - State of Key ACA Markets: The Individual Market and Medicaid
Submissions Due: May 31, 2019 - 2019 Actuarial Practice Expansion & Socially Relevant Research
Submissions Due: June 30, 2019 - Economic Impact of Opioid Abuse
Submissions Due: April 22, 2019 - Public Perception of Longevity and its Drivers
Submissions Due: April 12, 2019 - Supporting Materials for Late-in-Life Decisions
Submissions Due: March 30, 2019 - Predictive Modeling in Investment
Submissions Due: January 15, 2019 - Finance Projects