Research Proposal Requests

The Society of Actuaries Research Institute develops and sponsors research projects and studies with the help of researchers, actuaries and other professionals. Would you like to contribute? Explore our current proposal requests, including submission requirements and deadlines.

As a policy, the SOA Research Institute generally does not provide funding to cover academic institution overhead expenses.

Current Requests

• Finance Projects
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• The U.S. Drug Abuse Epidemic and Mortality: Past, Present, and Future
  Submissions Due: June 7, 2024
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• The Impact of Climate Change and Other Catastrophes on the U.S. Health Infrastructure
• Letters of Intent Due: May 29, 2024
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• Product Innovation
  Submissions Due: May 20, 2024
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• Future Financial or Socioeconomic Implications of Climate-Induced Migration Patterns
• Submissions Due: May 6, 2024 
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• Geospatial & High-Resolution Imagery coupled with Artificial Intelligence in Loss Estimate Analytics and Underwriting
  Submissions Due: May 3, 2024
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• Operationalizing Generative AI for Actuaries
  Submissions Due: May 1, 2024
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• Review of Offshore Life and Annuity Jurisdictions’ Reinsurance Landscapes
• Submissions Due: April 29, 2024

Past Requests

• Modeling Approaches for Pension Plan Turnover Rates
• Submissions Due: February 26, 2024
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• U.S. Older Age Mortality Trends
• Submissions Due: February 9, 2024
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• ERM Individual Scenarios Playout
• Submissions Due: January 19, 2024
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• Life Insurance and Annuity Illustrations
• Submissions Due: January 17, 2024
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• Primer on Investment-Related Regulatory Approaches for Banking versus Insurance Industries
• Submissions Due: January 15, 2024
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• Research Executive Committee 2023 Emerging Issues Research
• Submissions Due: January 15, 2024
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• The ACA@15 – A Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of this Act on the Healthcare Landscape in the Past 15 Years
• Submissions Due: January 8, 2024
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• Population Mortality and Mortality Trend Discrepancies At Older Ages
  Submissions Due: December 31, 2023
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• Mental Health Underwriting
• Submissions Due: December 19, 2023
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• Primer on Long-Term Care Wellness Programs
• Submissions Due: December 15, 2023
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• The Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models on Retirement Professionals and Retirees
• Submissions Due: December 15, 2023
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• The Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models (ChatGPT, Bard, etc.) on Investment Actuaries and Other Investment Professionals
  Submissions Due: December 15, 2023
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• Innovation Lifecycle and Capacity for More
• Submissions Due: November 15, 2023
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• Evolution of the Effects of Pension Plans from a Corporate Financial Perspective
• Submissions Due: November 1, 2023
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• New ISSB Disclosure Standards for Climate-Related Risks and Sustainability-related Financial Information
• Submissions Due: October 20, 2023 
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• Tipping Points in Climate-related Insurance Modeling
• Submissions Due: October 20, 2023
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• Impact of Climate Change and Wildfires on Outdoor Air Quality, Pollution and Morbidity and Mortality
• Submissions Due: October 17, 2023
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• Interaction of Various Efficient Computational Structure Techniques for Nested Stochastic Modeling
• Submission Due: September 29, 2023
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• Life and Annuity Inforce Management Transactions
• Submissions Due: September 29, 2023
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• Predictive Analytics and Life and Annuity Reinsurance
• Submissions Due: September 28, 2023
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• Mortality and Morbidity Impact of COVID-19 Beyond the Acute Pandemic Phase - Lessons for Future Pandemics
• Submissions Due: September 22, 2023
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• Fairness Metrics for Life Insurance
• Submissions Due: June 16, 2023
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• Barriers to Innovation
• Submissions Due: May 19, 2023
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Behavioral Health
• Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Changes in Medical Trend Due to Provider Disruption
• Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Recent Changes in Medical Service Composition and Trends
• Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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• Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Risk Adjustment
• Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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• The Impact of Climate Change Risk on Retirement
• Submissions Due: May 15, 2023
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• Compound Weather Extremes/Cascading Events
  Submissions Due: May 10, 2023
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• Differences in Earthquake Risk and Insurance Coverages by Region
  Submissions Due: May 10, 2023
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• Principles of Ethical Insurance Processes and Products
• Submissions Due: April 30, 2023
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• Understanding the Insurable Vulnerabilities of Crypto-Currency, Block Chain and other Smart-Contracts Markets RFP
• Submissions Due: April 22, 2023
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• Innovation & Regulators
• Submissions Due: April 21, 2023
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• Retirement Disparities in the U.S. by Race, Ethnicity, Age, and Income
• Submissions due: April 14, 2023
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• Statistical Approaches for Imputing Race and Ethnicity
• Submissions due: April 14, 2023
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• Research Executive Committee 2023 Emerging Issues Research
• Submissions Due: February 1, 2023