The PhD Project is fortunate to have the ongoing support of a number of committed sponsors. Our sponsors enjoy many benefits, both immediate and long-range, as a result of their affiliation with our successful initiative.

KPMG Foundation
Graduate Management Admission Council
Citi Foundation
AACSB International
212 Participating Universities
AICPA
State Street Corporation/State Street Foundation
Robert K. Elliott
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Hewlett-Packard Company
DiversityInc
The Merck Company Foundation
The Dow Chemical Company
Dixon Hughes PLLC
John Deere Foundation
Rockwell Collins
ACT-1 Group
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
California State University System
Microsoft Corporation
The Schwan Food Company
CIGNA
Sun Microsystems
American Marketing Association
Western Union Foundation
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York

* Denotes Founding Sponsor

Why DiversityInc thinks sponsorship of The PhD Project is imperative to continue the pipeline of talented diverse business school students.

Additional Support provided by:

Hyatt Hotels
Academy of Management
American Conference on Information Systems
American Accounting Association
Southern Business Administration Association
Accounting DSA Alumni Association
Western Finance Association
Management Faculty of Color
The PhD Project PLEDGE Contributors

Here are just a few of the benefits of becoming a Sponsor:

• * NEW* The opportunity to have your company's open positions distributed via email to more than 3,000 highly qualified minority individuals who attended one of our annual invitiational conferences but have not entered a doctoral program.
  
  
• Direct exposure to virtually every minority faculty member and doctoral student in all of the business disciplines through increased interaction with these influential members of the academic community.
  
  
• The opportunity to help shape the career choices of thousands of tomorrow's students.
  
  
• Visibility at, and the opportunity to attend, the annual conferences of six different organizations of minority business professors, doctoral students, and potential doctoral students.
  
  
• Enhanced corporate visibility and reputation through prominent identification and exposure on The PhD Project web site and all PhD Project display, advertising, promotional and publicity materials.
  
  
• Sharing in the recognition The PhD Project has earned. To date, The PhD Project has been spotlighted in more than 500 newspapers, television and radio programs, and magazines.

If you have contacts at companies who might be interested in sponsoring The PhD Project, please send an e-mail to Marie Zara and she will arrange to send out a formal proposal.