Full Proposal Due: February 5, 2010
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.Applications are now being accepted 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 acknowledgment 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:
- Your name, contact information, and affiliation
- The names of your primary research advisor and committee members (if known)
- A brief bio (emphasizing your area of interest/specialization, current research, and intended use for the award) of no more than 250 words.
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:
- Project title
- Project description (topic, objectives, situation in relevant literature, theoretical framework, background information, etc)
- Research methods (“methodology,” or how you intend to address your research questions)
- 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:
- Works cited
- An additional page of figures
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. Also, feel free to distribute this announcement to your department, your colleagues, and any pertinent research listservs.
