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
- Impact of Sedentary Behavior & Physical Activity on Mortality
Submissions Due: January 11, 2027 - Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Mortality
Submissions Due: December 1, 2026 - The Policyholder Behavior in the Artificial Intelligence Era
Submissions Due: November 13, 2026 - The Right AI Tool for the Job: How Actuaries Choose Between Models, Platforms, and Architectures
Submissions Due: November 13, 2026 - Explainable AI and Regulatory Compliance
Submissions Due: November 13, 2026 - Impact of Recent ACA Enrollment Changes on Population Morbidity and Cost
Submissions Due: October 30, 2026 - Risk Adjustment
Submissions Due: October 30, 2026 - Behavioral Health Quantitative Research Study
Submissions Due: October 30, 2026
Past Requests
- Actuarial Research Topics for Long Term Services and Supports
Submissions Due: October 16, 2026 - Data Engineering Best Practices for Actuaries
Submissions Due: September 11, 2026 - Healthcare Data Trends in Middle Eastern Markets
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Critical Illness Cost Trends in Middle Eastern Markets
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Healthcare Data Trends in India Market
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Critical Illness Cost Trends in India Market
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Healthcare Data Trends in Pakistan Market
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Critical Illness Cost Trends in Pakistan Market
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Healthcare Data Trends in Asia Pacific Health Insurance Markets
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Critical Illness Data Trends in Asia Pacific Health Insurance Markets
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Medical Cost Management Strategies in Asia Pacific Health Insurance Markets
Submissions Due: August 10, 2026 - Population to Insured Mortality Translation
Submissions Due: August 3, 2026 - Call for Analysis: U.S. County-Level Mortality and Socioeconomic-Demographic Characteristics
Submissions Due: July 31, 2026 - Climate Driven Real Estate Risk & Threats to Financial Security
Submissions Due: July 29, 2026 - The Next Frontier: Digital Asset–Linked Life and Annuity Products
Submissions Due: July 15, 2026 - Expansion of Insurance Coverage Through Innovative Underwriting
Submissions Due: July 15, 2026 - 2026 Actuarial Research Topics for Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS)
Submissions Due: July 15, 2026 - Macroeconomic Indicators for Mortality Forecasting
Submissions Due: July 13, 2026 - The Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models on Retirement Professionals and Retirees – Request for Proposals – Fourth Round
Submissions Due: July 1, 2026 - Climate Scenarios to Actuarial Assumptions: A Practitioner's Framework
Submissions Due: June 5, 2026 - Resilience and Adaptation Case Studies
Submissions Due: June 5, 2026 - Healthcare Emerging Trends Survey Report
Submissions Due: June 1, 2026 - Agentic AI for Actuarial Workflows
Submissions Due: May 20, 2026 - Impact of GLP-1 Drugs under the Medicare Program – Developing An Actuarial Evaluation Framework
Submissions Due: April 15, 2026 - Leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) for Electronic Health Records (EHRs):
Submissions Due: January 16, 2026 - Advanced Reserving Techniques
Submissions Due: January 5, 2026 - Impact of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) on Healthcare Utilization and Access
- Submissions Due: December 5, 2025
- Actuarial Analysis of GLP-1 Drugs’ Impact on Medicare Costs
- Submissions Due: October 31, 2025
- The Role of Illiquid Investments in Pension Plans
- Submissions Due: October 15, 2025
- DC Plans Retirement Income Research Survey
- Submissions Due: October 1, 2025
- SOA Research Institute 19th Annual Emerging Risk Survey
- Submissions Due: September 26, 2025
- Impact of AI on Technical Skills for Actuaries
- Submissions Due: September 26, 2025
- Evaluating the Implementation and Industry Impact of Principle-Based Reserves (PBR)
- Submissions Due: September 19, 2025
- AI/LLMs & Their Impact on Retirement Professionals and Retirees
- Submissions Due: September 15, 2025
- Obesity and its Growing Impact on Future Mortality
- Submissions Due: September 15, 2025
- The Impact of AI Supported Underwriting
- Submissions Due: September 12, 2025
- Considerations in Developing Combination Long Term Care products
- Submissions Due: September 5, 2025
- Pay as you Live Insurance
- Submissions Due: August 22, 2025
- SOA Research Institute / University Partnerships for Artificial Intelligence Topics
- Submissions Due: August 22, 2025
- The Impact of Climate Change Risk on Retirement
- Submissions Due: August 15, 2025
- Past, Present, and Future Demential Mortality
- Submissions Due: August 1, 2025
- AI Solutioning for Management Reporting
- Submissions Due: July 18, 2025
- Actuarial Research Topics for Long Term Services and Supports (LTSS)
- Submissions Due: June 30, 2025
- Actuarial Research Topics in 401(K) Plans
- Submissions Due: June 20, 2025
- Model Governance/Ethics for GenAI Models
- Submissions Due: May 30, 2025
- Evaluating Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Initiatives and Programs
- Submissions Due: April 18, 2025
- Emerging Issues Research
Submissions Due: April 9, 2025
- The Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Large Language Models on Retirement Professionals and Retirees
- Submissions Due: March 20, 2025
- Potential Solutions for Pet Insurance Affordability
- Submissions Due: March 14, 2025
- Inflationary Forces on Automobile Physical Damage Insurance Loss Costs Related to the Complexity and Electrification of Modern Automobiles
- Submissions Due: February 14, 2025
- Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Evaluating the Drivers of Increasing Claims Cost Trends
Submissions Due: January 31, 2025 - Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Examining the Relative Effectiveness of Highly Complex Risk Adjustment Models in the Health Insurance Marketplace
- Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
- Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Impact of Diabetes Drugs on Health Care Costs
- Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
- Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Projecting Long-Term Medical Cost Trends
Submissions Due: January 31, 2025 - Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Use of AI to Improve Valuation
- Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
- Health Care Cost Trends Request for Proposals – Using Artificial Intelligence to Predict High Cost Claims and Help Mitigate Patient Outcomes
- Submissions Due: January 31, 2025
- Generating Consistent Real World and Risk Neutral Interest Rate Scenarios
- Submissions Due: January 8, 2025
- Measuring and Modeling Climate Liability Risks
- Submissions Due: November 1, 2024
- Understanding Complex Assets in the Life Insurance and Annuity Industries
Submissions Due: October 2, 2024 - Compile Mortality, Socioeconomic, and Demographic Data for Future Research
Submissions Due: September 16, 2024 - LGBTQ+ Considerations for Employer-Based Health Benefit Designs
- Submissions Due: September 16, 2024
- Synthetic Medical Claims Data
Submissions Due: September 6, 2024 - Topics in Pension Research
Submissions Due: August 30, 2024 - Research Executive Committee 2024 Emerging Issues Research
- Submissions Due: July 30, 2024
- AI Impact on the Insurance and Healthcare Industries in Asia
- Submissions Due: July 26, 2024
- Climate Risk, Catastrophe Modeling and Sustainability in Asia
- Submissions Due: July 26, 2024
- Housing in Retirement
- Submissions Due: July 15, 2024
- Enhanced Care for Chronic Conditions in China
- Submissions Due: June 28, 2024
- Anxiety and Depression and the Impact on Mortality
- Submissions Due: June 21, 2024
- Healthcare Insurance/Reinsurance Captive Landscape
Submissions Due: June 14, 2024 - The U.S. Drug Abuse Epidemic and Mortality: Past, Present, and Future
Submissions Due: June 7, 2024 - Product Innovation
Submissions Due: May 20, 2024 - Future Financial or Socioeconomic Implications of Climate-Induced Migration Patterns
- Submissions Due: May 6, 2024
- Geospatial & High-Resolution Imagery coupled with Artificial Intelligence in Loss Estimate Analytics and Underwriting
Submissions Due: May 3, 2024 - Review of Offshore Life and Annuity Jurisdictions’ Reinsurance Landscapes
- Submissions Due: April 29, 2024
- Modeling Approaches for Pension Plan Turnover Rates
- Submissions Due: February 26, 2024
- U.S. Older Age Mortality Trends
- Submissions Due: February 9, 2024
- ERM Individual Scenarios Playout
- Submissions Due: January 19, 2024
- Life Insurance and Annuity Illustrations
- Submissions Due: January 17, 2024
- Primer on Investment-Related Regulatory Approaches for Banking versus Insurance Industries
- Submissions Due: January 15, 2024