Ten CBE Faculty Awarded UAEU SURE Research Funding for 2016

Ten faculty in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) have been awarded SURE grants for 2016. The UAEU Research Office received a total of 70 SURE applications this year and based on the scores for each application received from the College, Department/College comments (if any), budget availability, and the completeness of the research team, the applications for funding were selected.

The purpose of the SURE program is to promote and support the engagement of undergraduate students in research experiences.  Engaging students for 4-6 weeks intensively to learn how to conduct research, organize and interpret their results and be able to communicate their findings is the goal of the SURE program.  At the end of the research experience, a final report is submitted to the UAEU Research Office.  Finally, a poster on the project is to be prepared for a Student Research Exhibit/Conference day to be held at the UAEU as well as a 15-minute presentation on the project, if requested.

CBE faculty receiving SURE funding and their project titles include:

1	Impact of the Use of Social Media on Students Learning and Co-curricular Engagement: Evidence from UAE University,	Zahirul Hoque
2	Corporate social responsibility and climate change challenges and performance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the UAE.	Walid Cheffi
3	Determinants of IPO Pricing and Long-Term Performance in the MENA Region.	Chiraz Labidi
4	Prevalence and Determinants of Overweight and Obesity Among Female Students of the United Arab Emirates University.	MD Shahadut Hossain
5	Assessing the quality of student services at UAEU using SERVQUAL model.	Younes Hamdouch
6	The Feasibility of Establishing a Women-Only Accounting Firm in Al Ain.	Rihab Khalifa
7	Abu Dhabi Environment Vision 2030: Are Abu Dhabi Organisations up to it?	Ahmed Abdel-Maksoud
8	The impact of value-added taxes (VAT) on a country’s international trade and logistics.	Youssef Boulaksil
9	Returns and volatility spillovers between oil price and sectoral stock prices in UAE: A hedging effectiveness.	Aktham Al-Maghaireh
10	Examining changes in the research human capital at UAEU. An exploration of research metrics for recently joined and recently departed UAEU faculty.	James Ryan