For the 23rd year, the IIF, in collaboration and with financial support from SAS®, is proud to announce financial grants for research on how to improve forecasting methods and business forecasting practice. This grant was created in 2003 by the IIF, with financial support from the SAS® Institute, to promote research on forecasting principles and practice.
Forecasting research has seen major changes in the theoretical ideas underpinning forecasting effectiveness over the last 40 years. However, there has been less impact on forecasting practice. We aim to put this right. This grant will offer financial support for research on how to improve forecasting methods, and business forecasting practice, including organisational aspects of the forecasting process.
The awards for 2025 will be (2) $10,000 grants; in Business Applications and Methodology. The deadline for application is October 11, 2025. To learn more and to apply for this grant, visit our website.
Last year’s award recipients:
Xiaoqian Wang, Monash University, for the project proposal in the category of Methodology, Valid and Efficient Conformal Inference for Multi-step Time Series Forecasting
Jose Daniel Aromi, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Católica Argentina; María Paula Bonel, Universidad de Buenos Aires and Universidad Católica Argentina; Martín Llada, Universidad de Buenos Aires, for the project proposal in the category of Applications, High dimensional modeling of inflation narratives for price prediction