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.

• 2019 Health Section Research Annual Request for Proposals
  Submissions Due: October 15, 2018
• Managing Investment Risks of Insurance/Annuity Contractual Designs
  Submissions Due: October 15, 2018
• Data Collection and Analysis Related to Post Level Term Mortality & Lapse Experience
  Submissions Due:  September 30, 2018
• Reinsurance Treaty Recapture Provision
  Submissions Due:  September 18, 2018
• Middle Market Consumer Research
  Submissions Due:  August 27, 2018
• Life Insurance and Annuity Research Projects
  Submissions Due:  July 16, 2018
• 2018 Actuarial Practice Expansion and Socially Relevant Research
  Submissions Due: June 30, 2018
• Life Insurance and Annuity Financial Reporting Research Projects
  Submissions Due: April 30, 2018
• Resources for Communicating Defined Benefit Risk to Plan Sponsors
  Submissions Due: April 30, 2018
  
• Understanding the Impact of the Low Interest Rate Environment on the Retirement System in the United States 
  Submissions Due: January 31, 2018  
  
• Introduction for Actuaries on Integrated Assessment Models, Social Cost Of Carbon, International Framework Related to Insurance as a Mitigation or Adaptation Measure
  Submissions Due: November 15, 2017     
  
• Underwriting Methodologies and their Impact on Mortality using the Delphi Method
  Submissions Due: May 10, 2017  
  
• Finance Projects