Competitions and awards The Economic Geography Specialty Group makes annual awards for the best dissertation and best student paper in economic geography, announced each year at the AAG annual conference.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Graduate student research award: These competitive awards ($750 each) are designed to support innovative and original graduate student research that is likely to make a significant contribution to the development of the field of economic geography. Proposals will be judged on the basis of the theoretical and substantive significance of the research, and the appropriateness of the methods employed. Funds can be used towards travel, subsistence, equipment and/or other normal research expenses. Applications should include (a) a one-page vita, with full contact details, (b) a two-page statement, detailing the nature of the proposed research, its expected contribution, and the uses to which award funds would be put. Awardees must be registered graduate students throughout the duration of the award. Applications should be submitted to the relevant committee members by January 15, 2011. Committee members for graduate student awards: Kristopher Olds, Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 550 North Park Street, Science Hall, Madison, WI 53706. Tel (608) 262-5685; Fax (608) 265-3991 ko...@wisc.edu Norma Rantisi, Department of Geography, Planning & Environment, Concordia University 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Canada. Tel (514) 848-2424, ext. 2018; Fax (514)848-2032 norma.rant...@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best dissertation: Students completing a dissertation in the preceding calendar year, ending January 1, are eligible for the best dissertation competition. An award of $500 is offered for the best dissertation. Potential candidates should mail one paper copy of the dissertation to each of the following committee members (for a total of two copies submitted) no later than December 30, 2010: Julie Silva, Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park, 2181 LeFrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742 jasi...@umd.edu Jun Zhang, Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, AS2, #03-01, 1 Arts Link, Kent Ridge Singapore 117570, ge...@nus.edu.sg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best student paper: Students presenting a paper at the AAG annual conference (or who presented a paper any time in the year preceding the conference) are eligible for the best student paper competition. An award of $200 is offered for the best student paper. Potential candidates should contact the appropriate committee members (see below) before submitting a copy of the paper (either electronically or in paper) at least one week prior to the AAG conference. The deadline for submission for 2011 is April 5, 2011. Committee members for the student paper competition: Megan Blake, Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN United Kingdom, m.bl...@shef.ac.uk Janelle Knox-Hayes, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Public Policy, 685 Cherry Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0345 janelle.k...@pubpolicy.gatech.edu <><><><><><><><><><><><><> Kris Olds Professor, Department of Geography Chairperson, College of Letters & Science Curriculum Committee University of Wisconsin-Madison 550 N. Park Street, Science Hall Madison, WI 53706 USA Email: ko...@wisc.edu Tel: 1-608-262-5685 Geography: http://www.geography.wisc.edu/ GlobalHigherEd: http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/ GlobalHigherEd Twitter: http://twitter.com/globalhighered Inside Higher Ed: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered Co-editor, Geography Compass: http://www.blackwell-compass.com/subject/geography/
