Newswise — Babson College economics and entrepreneurship professor Maria Minniti has been named a Distinguished Fellow of the National Science Foundation (NSF) to work on entrepreneurship and population dynamics.
A grant awarded to Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), where Minniti's co-author Moren Levesque is on faculty, allows them to host one scholar per year as a NSF Distinguished Fellow. The NSF application requires ongoing scholarly cooperation between the distinguished fellow and at least one CWRU faculty member.
Dr. Minniti is a lead researcher on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project and is a member of the Entrepreneurship Research Consortium. She has published numerous journal articles in entrepreneurship and economics, and her work has been presented at many national and international conferences, such as the American Economic Association Meeting, the Academy of Management Meeting, and the Global Entrepreneurship Research Conference. She is currently writing a book on entrepreneurship and economic growth.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency created by Congress in 1950 "to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense"¦" With an annual budget of about $5.5 billion, it is the funding source for approximately 20 percent of all federally supported basic research conducted by America's colleges and universities. In many fields such as mathematics, computer science and the social sciences, NSF is the major source of federal backing. Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., is recognized internationally as a leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson grants BS degrees through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and MBA degrees through the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to experienced managers worldwide. For information, visit www.babson.edu.
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