The mission of the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellows is to advance entrepreneurship research by: . Identifying and sharing "best practices" involving how the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) members can facilitate high quality entrepreneurship research within their institutions. . Identifying leading edge research issues and domains, and encouraging the conduct of such research through information sharing with GCEC member institutions and the larger community of entrepreneurship scholars. . Developing and conducting high profile research initiatives that demonstrate the highest level of scholarship to entrepreneurship centers and the academic community at large.

The following list are the current 21st Century Entrepreneurship Research Fellows. Please vist each link below for a short bio of each fellow.

Professor Sue Birley
Dr. Jeffrey G. Covin
Dr. Michael A. Hitt
Dr. R. Duane Ireland
Dr. Donald F. Kuratko
Dr. Patricia P. McDougall
Dr. Michael H. Morris
Dr. Shaker A. Zahra