2016 Best Dissertation Award Competition (Due 3/11/16)

[Rachel Goeller]

Each year the Graduate School recognizes the University's top recent Ph.D. graduates by presenting 'best dissertation' awards.  The recipients receive an honorarium of $1,000. The award is given in each of four broad disciplinary areas: Arts & Humanities, Biological & Medical Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Social & Behavioral Sciences & Education.

Eligibility

Current and former students who will have been awarded the Ph.D., or who will have successfully defended and officially submitted their dissertations to the Graduate School, between July 1, 2014 and April 15, 2016, will be eligible to be nominated.

More information, the application and further instructions can be found at: http://www.grad.umn.edu/funding-tuition-fellowships-grants/bestdissertation

Applicants must be nominated by the department. Please note that the department may only nominate one student, the applications will be reviewed by the Psychology Awards Committee.  The completed application packet, including all supporting documents and letter of recommendation are due to Rachel Goeller (deco...@umn.edu) by noon, on Friday March 11th, 2016. So that we may meet the graduate school deadline of April 15th. Please note that the DGS Nominating Letter will be handled by the department. 

Selection

The winner from each group will be chosen by faculty from the broad disciplinary area.  Both substantive quality and methodology will be judged. Selection will be based on the originality and importance of the research, and the potential for the student to make a significant contribution to the discipline.  

Thank You! 

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Rachel Goeller
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota
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Minneapolis, MN 55455
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