1985

Received Engineering Accomplishment Award from the DuPont Company for process development research.

1987

Awarded $10,000 National Doctoral Fellowship by American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

1990

Awarded Doctoral Fellowship by Society of Information Management (SIM) to attend the International Conference on Information Systems' (ICIS) Doctoral Consortium.

1992

Received $5,000 research grant from Georgia State University's Research Enhancement Program.  Project title:  IS Implementation Failure:  A Laboratory Study of Escalating Commitment to a Failing Course of Action.

1993

Received course release from GSU’s College of Business Administration based on research proposal.  Project title:  The Effect of Culture on IT Diffusion:  A Three Continent Study.

1995

Received external grant of $4,000 from the Information Systems Audit and Control Foundation.  Project title:  How Information Systems Auditors Can Identify and Prevent Information Technology Project Escalation.

Awarded course release from the GSU’s College of Business Administration based on research grant.  Project title:  Managing Software Project Risk:  An International Study.

Received “runner-up best paper” award from the OCIS Division of the Academy of Management for paper entitled: “Escalation of Commitment in Information Systems Development:  A Comparison of Three Theories.”

1996

Received “Second Place Award” for best paper from the OCIS Division of the Academy of Management for paper entitled: “Developer Responsiveness and Perceived Usefulness” (with David Gefen).

Received APEX ’96 Award for Publication Excellence for Editorial & Column Writing in Beyond Computing (with H. Jeff Smith).

1997

Received external grant of $5,000 from the David D. Lattanze Center for Executive Studies in Information Systems, Loyola College.  Project title:  Turning Runaway Projects Around:  The Prevention and Correction of Information Systems Project Escalation (with Daniel Robey).  The proposal upon which this grant was based was selected as the outstanding proposal of the year by the Lattanze Center.

Awarded course release from GSU’s College of Business Administration based on research grant.  Project title: Understanding the Nature and Extent of IS Project Escalation:  A Survey of IS Audit and Control Professionals Study.

Received “Best Paper, 1997 1^st Runner-Up Award” from the OCIS Division of the Academy of Management for paper entitled: “Information Systems Project Escalation: A Reinterpretation Based on Options Theory” (with Jerry Flatto).

Listed in Marquis’ Who’sWho in Science and Engineering.

1998

Received “Best Paper Award" from the OCIS Division of the Academy of Management for paper entitled: “Denver International Airport's Automated Baggage Handling System:  A Case Study of De-escalation of Commitment" (with Ramiro Montealegre).

1999

Awarded summer course release from GSU’s Robinson College of Business based on research grant.  Project entitled: De-Escalating Information Technology Projects:  Lessons from the Denver International Airport.

Received “Second Place Award for Best Conference Paper" from the OCIS Division of the Academy of Management for paper entitled: “The Reluctance to Report Bad News on Troubled Software Projects:  Toward a Theoretical Model” (with H. Jeff Smith).

2000

Awarded GSU’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business Faculty Recognition Award for Distinguished Contributions in Research.

2001

Received nomination for best paper at HICSS for:  Snow, A.P. and Keil, M., “The Challenge of Accurate Project Status Reporting:  A Two Stage Model Incorporating Status Errors and Reporting Bias,” Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-34), Kihei, Hawaii, January 3-6, 2001, pp. 1-10.

Awarded summer course release from GSU’s Robinson College of Business based on research grant.  Project entitled:  The Impact of Information Technology Related Failures:  An Event Study.

Awarded $20,000 research grant from The Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), University of California, Irvine. Proposal “Evaluating and Managing Early Investments in Emerging Information Technology Platforms Using a Real Options Framework,” (with Rob Fichman and Paul Tallon of Boston College).

2002

Awarded summer course release from GSU’s Robinson College of Business based on research grant.  Project entitled:  Understanding the Reliability of Software Project Status Reporting:  A Survey of Software Project Managers.”

2003

Awarded summer course release from GSU’s Robinson College of Business based on research grant.  Project entitled:  “How Real Options Affect Software Project Continuation Decisions.”

2004

Received Honorable Mention for the Best Paper of 2003 in IEEE-TEM poll of department editors for “Reporting Bad News About Software Projects:  Impact of Organizational Climate and Information Asymmetry in an Individualistic and a Collectivistic Culture”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 50, No. 1, February 2003, pages 64-77 (co-authored with Bernard Tan, Jeff Smith, and Ramiro Montealegre). 

Received Best Paper of 2003 Award in IEEE-TEM poll of department editors for “Why Software Projects Escalate:  The Importance of Project Management Constructs”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 50, No. 3, August 2003, page 251-261 (co-authored with Arun Rai, Joan Mann, and Peter Zhang).

Received nomination for best paper award at AMCIS for “The Effects of Scapegoating on Willingness to Report Bad News on Troubled Software Projects,” with Ghiyoung Im and Magnus Mähring, Proceedings of the Tenth Americas Conference on Information Systems, Nicholas C. Romano, Jr. (Ed.). New York City: Association for Information Systems, August 5-8, 2004, pp. 834-842. 

Awarded summer course release from GSU’s Robinson College of Business based on research grant.  Project entitled:  “How Government Can Encourage High-Speed Internet Access in America:  Lessons From LaGrange, Georgia.”

Keil and Montealegre (2000) paper “Cutting Your Losses: Extricating Your Organization When a Big Project Goes Awry” listed as #2 on top 10 best selling Sloan Management Review papres for the academic market for winter 2004.

Named Board of Advisors Professor of Computer Information Systems.  Robinson’s Board of Advisors announced the first honorees of the Board of Advisors Professorships. Mark Keil (Computer Information Systems) has been named Board of Advisors Professor of Computer Information Systems. The professorships are funded through board contributions and other fund raising initiatives.

2005

Awarded summer course release from GSU’s Robinson College of Business based on research grant.  Project entitled:  “Barriers to Post Mortem Evaluation of Information Technology Projects:  A Delphi Study.”

Received Georgia State University’s Alumni Distinguished Professor Award for significant and noteworthy achievements in scholarship, teaching, and service.

Awarded summer course release from GSU’s Robinson College of Business based on research grant.  Project entitled:  “Identifying the Necessary Skills to be a Successful IT Project Manager.”