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
211 Participating Universities
Citi Foundation
AACSB International
AICPA
Robert K. Elliott
JP Morgan Chase Foundation
Hewlett-Packard Company
Goldman, Sachs & Company
The Merck Company Foundation
DiversityInc
ACT-1 Group
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Microsoft Corporation
The Schwan Food Company
CIGNA
The Dow Chemical Company
Dixon Hughes
Sun Microsystems

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 he will arrange to send out a formal proposal.