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College Industry Council on Material Handling Education

MHIA/CICMHE Research Funding

The Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA) through its College Industry Council on Material Handling Education (CICMHE) is dedicated to the support of material handling and facility logistics (MH/FL) research and teaching. The industry seeks to develop the faculty of tomorrow by supporting research today that focuses on topics important to development of the industry. To meet this objective, MHIA solicits proposals for material handling and facility logistics focused research projects to be conducted by academic institutions. Please see below for a summary of previous funding awards or for the latest Call for Proposals.

2010 Research Funding Call for Proposals

Proposals are being solicited for material handling and facility logistics focused research projects to be conducted by academic institutions. CICMHE and MHIA have allocated up to $100,000 in 2010 to fund two or more research proposals. Funded proposals must clearly identify significant involvement of one or more graduate students working with the Principal Investigator(s). The lead institution and principal investigator must be in the United States or Canada. Anyone interested in submitting a proposal must follow the proposal preparation guidelines and forms (closely modeled after the National Science Foundation guidelines/forms) available in the links below:

Summary of Research Funded

Summary of the 2009 Research Funding Cycle

Summary of the 2008 Research Funding Cycle

For questions regarding the program, please contact the MHIA Vice President of Educational & Technical Services, and CICMHE Managing Director, Mike Ogle.