Once you have registered for SSRN HQ and you are back on the Q-Group Welcome Page, please click "Submit a Paper to this Conference". Then click the "Start Submission" button to start your submission.
Please upload your proposal (in PDF format). Use the first browse button on the page to find and select the appropriate file. Confirm the location (path) and then click "Save" to the right of the page.
Enter title of research proposal in the Title Field and brief description of proposal in the Abstract field.
The proposal will not be made publicly available or distributed as you will be designating it (see below) to be included only in the "Privately Available Papers" area of your "My Papers" page (which also allows it to be available to the selection committee).
It is also important that you leave the question " Does the author hold the copyright for this submission, or sufficient rights, to submit the abstract (and full-text paper if submitted) to SSRN?" set to YES - with the understanding that it will not be distributed until/unless you revise it and designate it to be part of our SSRN eLibrary after your research is complete.
PLEASE NOTE: IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU SELECT THE OPTION TO MAKE YOUR SUBMISSION PRIVATELY AVAILABLE AND NOT THE SSRN ELIBRARY OPTION.Once you have completed these items, please click the "Save" button to the right of the page.
Your name will automatically be in the Primary Author section. Please click the "Add" button to search for and select any co-authors. If you search for, but do not find your co-author/research partner in our database - please select the "New Author" button and you will be able to add the person to our author database and consequently add that person to your submission. When you have added all authors/research partners, please click the "Save" button to the right of the page.
For the purposes of the Research Proposal Submissions we ask that you select "Working Paper Abstract" on this page; click "No" after the question regarding whether the paper being accepted to a working paper series; add the date; and then click the "Save" link to the right of this section.
This page should appear with an expandable tree of networks listed, which is opened to:
Management Research NetworkPlease click on the box to the left of the 2008 classification at the bottom to enter a check in the box. Once you have selected the classification - please click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. If the classification page does not appear as described above, please contact our user support team at 877-SSRNHelp (877.777.6435).
Please look over the entire page to make sure that your name (and any co-author/research partner's name) appears correctly and that your brief description is showing correctly. If it is not - you can use the links on the right side of the page to return to the Author section, Abstract section, etc. to make changes. If it is all set - please click on the "Submit to SSRN" button on the right side of the page.
A window will pop up asking you to check the box if you confirm that all of the information you entered is correct to your knowledge.
You have completed submission of your proposal to the Q-Group for funding. If the Submit to SSRN button is grayed-out, or you have questions you wish to have answered prior to completing your submissions, please contact Catherine Challand at: Catherine_Challand@ssrn.com, or call our submissions support staff at 877-SSRNHelp (877.777.6435).