By Brenda Kai, EDSF executive director

If you have ever been to a NASCAR race or watched one on TV, it seems that nothing in NASCAR is without a sponsor. Cars are covered in logos and stickers, drivers have patches from shoulder to shoulder, and every race is brought to you by one company or another.

For companies shelling out $350,000 – $500,000 for each race, calculating the return on their investment becomes critical but complicated (some companies will count the number of seconds their logo is clearly visible on the screen, and then multiply that time by the going ad rate to get an idea of how far their NASCAR dollars are getting them).

Just like NASCAR, EDSF, the international non-profit organization dedicated to the document management and graphic communications industries, needs sponsors to invest in helping students stay on course with their education, however, unlike NASCAR, it’s easy to track the returns.
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Each year the Electronic Document Systems Foundation sponsors research grants to give students an opportunity to conduct research on subjects of interest to the document management and graphic communications industry. Students work in collaboration with professors and EDSF-appointed mentors.

If you are interested in the EDSF Research Grant Program visit the EDSF’s Website and download a Research Grant Application Packet. While you’re at the site, check out the current research and a list of past academic research white papers.

The grant application deadline for this year is November 25, 2008.

If you know a student studying within the document management and graphic communications industry make sure they know about this program.

OutputLinks reports on a new education program that has been certified by Xplor International for Electronic Document Professional (EDP) continuing educational credit.

The program on Document Production Best Practiceswill be offered for the first time in the US in Boston, New York and Washington, DC on the week of June 23, 2008. The course will cover concepts, technologies, and practices associated with automated transaction document production.

The course will by administered by acadami and taught by Bill Broddy edp, William J. McCalpin edp, and Michael Turton edp.

More information on Document Production Best Practices is available on acadami’s Website.