MSI supports basic or exploratory work, as well as research with the potential for more immediate application by managers.
Financial support is given in the form of standard grants or competition prizes and awards.
Nonfinancial support usually takes the form of access to data, contacts with executives, or access to interview or study sites within firms. In addition, issues of dynamics, measurement and growth cut across nearly all of the major topics and subtopics and are of particular interest. MSI accepts both proposals and pre-proposals.