The Institute of Internal Auditors Research Foundation is seeking researchers and authors to help us Understand, Shape, and Advance the internal audit profession.

Bookstore content:
Proposals due date: April 15, 2011

• Continuous Auditing
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Sales Process
• The Internal Auditor’s Guide to Revenue Cycle, Billing, and Collections
• Auditing the Financial Planning and Budgeting Process
• Internal Audit of Fraud [Series]
• Leveraging Technology: A Guide to Efficiently Performing an Internal Audit
• The Internal Auditor’s Guide to Auditing Marketing & Advertising

For more information on authoring products, visit The Bookstore or contact bookstore@theiia.org.

Research topics of interest:
The Foundation is now evaluating proposals on the following research priority topics. Additional opportunities to propose on priority topics will be published later in 2011.

• Enhancing  the Chief Audit Executive’s Effectiveness in Working with the C-Suite
• The Financial Crisis: Where was ERM? Did ERM Fail?
• Case Studies in Organizational Governance: Different Approaches by Different Organizations
• Internal Auditing and Organizational Governance: Combined Assurance Frameworks
• Governance  Risk and Control (GRC): What is it? How is it Different than Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)?

Click here for more information about research opportunities in internal auditing, or contact research@theiia.org.