GSAG Research Award Competition
Nicholas Crane
Please see below for the announcement of the Graduate Student Affinity
Group's 2010 Research Award Competition. Feel free to distribute this
announcement to your department, your colleagues, and any pertinent
research listservs.
Best,
Nick
2010 Graduate Student Affinity Group of the AAG Research Award Competition
Dear GSAG members,
We are now accepting applications for the Research Award Competition
of the Graduate Student Affinity Group (GSAG) of the AAG.
The awards are $500.00 to support M.A. or Ph.D. research. Proposals
are accepted for research to be conducted anytime through January
2011.
Graduate students working on any aspect of geographical research
(social or physical sciences, qualitative or quantitative methods) are
encouraged to apply. Proposals will be evaluated based on the clarity
of research proposal, including specification of research problem,
context, and methods, as well as the intended use of the award.
The award winner will be contacted shortly before the upcoming AAG
Annual Meeting in Washington DC and will be announced at the GSAG
business meeting.
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Only fully completed applications will be considered. Applicants must
provide a short pre-application (due December 20, 2009), and a full
proposal (due February 5, 2010).
Applicants (1) must be enrolled in a Masters or Ph.D. graduate degree
program in geography or related discipline, and (2) must be a current
member of the GSAG.
The recipient of the funds will use them towards the completion of a
graduate research project (as part of a Master’s or Ph.D. thesis or
dissertation), and will be required to submit a brief summary of their
research project and use of the award for the GSAG newsletter. In the
event research supported through the award is published in a scholarly
journal, an acknowledgement of GSAG financial support would be
appreciated. Note that funds provided by GSAG cannot be used for
travel to conferences and must be applied toward the completion of all
or part of your research project.
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We are requesting that all applicants submit a short pre-application
form by December 20, 2009 (5:00 pm EST) to Nicholas Crane at
crane.61[at]osu.edu, or Chris Riley at riley.212[at]osu.edu. This
ensures that we have time to contact appropriate reviewers for the
submissions.
The pre-application will include:
(1) Your name, contact information, and affiliation
(2) The names of your primary research advisor and committee members
(if known)
(3) A brief bio (emphasizing your area of interest/specialization,
current research, and intended use for the award) of no more than 250
words.
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After submitting a pre-application, applicants will have until
February 5, 2010 to submit a full award proposal to Nicholas Crane at
crane.61[at]osu.edu, or Chris Riley at riley.212[at]osu.edu.
In two pages or less – single spaced, 1 inch margins, no smaller than
12 point font of Times New Roman, Garamond, or similar – proposal will
include:
(1) Project title
(2) Project description (topic, objectives, situation in relevant
literature, theoretical framework, background information, etc)
(3) Research methods (“methodology,” or how you intend to address your
research questions)
(4) Budget justification (how you will use the funds towards the
completion of your research project – travel expenses, purchase of
software or other necessary equipment, laboratory fees, etc.)
Allowable beyond the two pages of text:
(1) Works cited
(2) An additional page of figures
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Please submit the pre-application and full proposal in a Word or PDF
document by the deadlines indicated above. No late or incomplete
submissions will be accepted. Based upon the quality of proposals and
available resources the GSAG reserves the right to 1) offer more than
one award or 2) no award.
Please direct questions to Nicholas Crane at crane.61[at]osu.edu or
Chris Riley at riley.212[at]osu.edu.
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Nicholas Jon Crane, M.A.
PhD Student, Graduate Assistant
Department of Geography, The Ohio State University
1036 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall, Columbus OH, 43210-1361
cran...@osu.edu