AusSTS 2026 Best Paper Prize nominations closing soon!

[Thao Phan]

Hi all,

A reminder that the nominations for the 🏆AusSTS 2026 Best Paper Prize🏆 closes in one week! Deadline is Saturday 2 May, 11:59pm AEST. 

About the prize:

The AusSTS Best Paper Prize celebrates the work of junior STS scholars in the AusSTS community. Established in 2026 and awarded annually, the Prize recognises an article-length work (no more than 12,000 words) of exceptional quality and significance. It aims to encourage and reward ambitious and thoughtful scholarship, and to promote the best work in the region to the wider field. The prize will be announced at the annual conference and the winner will receive complimentary registration for the following year’s conference.

Eligibility:
The prize is open to current PhD students and Early Career Researchers (ECRs), who have conferred their PhD within the last two years of the submission closing date (career interruptions included). Nominees must have previously attended at least one AusSTS conference. For published manuscripts, there are no limitations on which journals are eligible. Nominations are accepted from authors, AusSTS members, and journal editors. Unpublished article-length manuscripts and articles/chapters first published in 2024 and 2025 and eligible for the AusSTS 2026 Best Paper Prize.

For more information and to apply, visit: https://aussts.org/awards-prizes 

All the best,

Thao Phan

President, AusSTS

https://aussts.org/