Research Resources

• Report Research Accomplishments: Information on how to help us promote and track your research successes:  CBS Research Success Survey

• Each division has at least one full-time predoctoral fellow (PDFs or predocs), (official university title is Staff Associate) that is funded by the Dean’s office.  Please reach out to your predoc faculty liaison or the director of research to get their assistance.  Other forms of research assistance also available.
  • The CBS Data Analyst Program is subsidized by the Dean’s office and provides provides a team of current students from the quantitative programs (CBS MS programs (Marketing; Financial Economics; Accounting and Financial Analysis) or the joint CBS/SEAS MS programs (Business Analytics; Management Science and Engineering) and MS Data Science)to provide analytics and data science support to your projects.
  • The Columbia Undergraduate Business Scholars (CUBS) Program is a research program designed to fill the research pipeline with Columbia and Barnard undergraduates from the underrepresented communities.  By mentoring one of these students, you will receive 10 hours of research support throughout the academic year.  This program is fully funded by the Dean’s office.
  • If you require further support beyond the programs above, you may hire a personal or full-time research assistant, please follow the procedures here: Hiring Research Assistants. 
  • Copy Editors & Writers: Contact information for people who can offer editorial services.

• The S. Steven Pan '88 Business Library in Manhattanville is located in 360 Geffen Hall and offers reference and consultation services, book pickup, and a reserves collection supporting Columbia Business School courses. A paging service allows Columbia affiliates at Manhattanville to request and pick up items delivered from Morningside campus libraries, plus items from ReCAP, Borrow Direct, and InterLibrary Loan.  The librarian is Yasmin Saira and she can be reached at [email protected].

Resources

• Research Guide
• Faculty and PhD Student Research Guide
• Search the library for databases and books at CLIO Quick Search.
• List of all Business and Economics-related Databases.
• If you need help with the library or Bloomberg training, please consult with the Business Librarian, Yasmin Saira.
• Purchasing Data:  If you need to purchase or subscribe to a new database which is not included in the Library subscriptions, please follow the policy outlined here on the Databases page.
• Sharing Data: CBS has adopted the REDViS platform.  This platform allows you to share store and share your data with your peers here at CBS. For more information or to obtain an account, please reach out to Kriste Krstovski.

• If you need to request a grid account or grid training, please email Research Support.
• CBS Research Grid and Research Wiki: Research Grid provides a cutting-edge high-performance computing cluster server, named the CBS Research Grid, designed to support the academic research by faculty and doctoral students. The Research Wiki provides a new archive resource where faculty can learn and share “how to” information on using the school's research Grid.
• ARCGIS mapping software – CBS has a site license for faculty and students to use ARCGIS on their individual laptops.  To obtain a copy, please fill out a request online.
• For consulting in NLP or Machine Learning, please contact Kriste Krstovski.

• When research involves human subjects, including working with private data or conducting surveys, protocol(s) need to be submitted for review by the Institutional Review Board (IRB).
  • Human Subjects Research: Gives an overview of policies for doing Human-Subject Research.

• The Business School provides support for various administrative research-related areas and encourages faculty members to explore the available resources. For further information, please contact Anne-Carine Frederique, Associate Director, Sponsored Projects and Foundation Relations.
  • Research-Funding Support: Outlines the help and resources available to faculty members when applying for and managing grants.
  • Grant Opportunities: Includes links to information about funding opportunities.

• Center Based Research Initiatives: Lists activities of the School’s Research Centers.
• Research Newsletter - Archive Only: Links to PDFs of past issues of the "Research at Columbia Business School" Newsletter.