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The Development Geographies Specialty Group of the AAG is pleased to announce two student awards. Please feel free to circulate:
DGSG Student Paper Award:
The Development Geographies Specialty Group (DGSG) is seeking papers for the 2014 Student Paper Competition. An award in the amount of $200 will be provided to a graduate student (M.A. or Ph.D.) who provides a single-authored, original paper dealing with development studies, development geography, or geographic research in a developing country. The paper needs to be presented at the AAG Annual Meeting in 2014 but does not need to be part of a DGSG-sponsored session. Paper
submissions will be evaluated by Directors of the specialty group and the winner will be announced in advance of the Annual Meeting. In order to be considered, students need to send an electronic copy of their paper by January 13, 2014 to Farhana Sultana, DGSG Chair at sult...@syr.edu.
DGSG Student Travel Award:
The Developing Geographies Specialty Group (DGSG) is seeking papers for the 2014 Gary Gaile Travel Award. An award in the amount of $200 will be given to a graduate student conducting preliminary fieldwork for a research project on development-related themes. Candidates
should submit a two-page proposal that summarizes the project and its significance, a list of references cited in the proposal, and a CV. Proposal submissions will be evaluated by Directors of the specialty group and the winner will be announced in advance of the Annual Meeting. In order to be considered, students need to send an electronic copy of their proposal by January 13, 2014 to Farhana Sultana, DGSG Chair at sult...@syr.edu.
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Farhana Sultana, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
144 Eggers Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, USA
Email: sult...@syr.edu ; Website:http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/faculty/sultana.aspx
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