Student paper competition: AAG- Applied Geography Specialty Group
Marina Islas
Call for Papers
STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
Association of American Geographers (AAG)
Applied Geography Specialty Group
The 2014 Meeting of the AAG, April 8-12, 2014, Tampa, Florida
The Applied Geography Specialty Group is sponsoring a student paper competition. The paper and its research should utilize geographic methods, techniques, or analysis applied in service to a real world client, while the subject-matter focus of the paper is open. Note that the focus of the paper is not on techniques but on the use and outcome of a technique for a specific purpose. Two prizes of $500 each will be awarded. One prize will be awarded for work done at the master's level and the second award for PhD student work. The student papers can range from a class project or term paper to one that has been given at any professional meeting in the 12 months preceding (and including) the Tampa, FL. AAG conference.
Participants are required to register and present in the AGSG Interactive Short Paper (ISP) Student Session at the April 8-12, 2013 AAG Annual Meeting in Tampa, FL.
The Applied Geography Conference Board will award the student paper winners with a free conference registration to attend the 37th Annual Applied Geography Conference in October, 2014 in Atlanta GA, and an invitation to submit the winning paper for review and possible publishing in the Papers of the Applied Geography Conferences.
The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Applied Geography Specialty Group student paper competition is the same date as the AAG deadline for abstracts. Tosubmit an abstract to the AGSG you must first register to give an Interactive short paper for the meeting. Please review AAG guidelines for abstract submission.
Send an abstract of no more than 250 words as an email attachment and your personal identification number (received from the AAG after applying online atwww.aag.org), along with a 100 word maximum statement identifying the applied geography components of their paper to Dr. Dawna Cerney at dlce...@ysu.edu
Written papers (8,000 word maximum) are due on February 28, 2014. The prizes will be awarded based on the written papers and not on the presentations, and the winner will be announced at the conclusion of the interactive session. If any participants would like informal feedback on their presentation, please advise Dr. Cerney in advance.
Two prizes will be awarded in the amount of $500. All authors will be recognized for their participation.
Entry in the paper competition as well as any award earned will qualify for GISP Contribution points in any future GISP Certification application.
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Bill Hodge GISP
City of Midland, TX
bho...@midlandtexas.gov
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