Awards
Student Paper Competition 2012
Call for Submissions (Deadline: December 20th, 2011th)
The Africa Specialty Group (ASG) of the Association of American Geographers invites submissions for its annual Student Paper Competition. The Africa Specialty Group will award one or more awards of $150 in recognition of outstanding student papers in any area of physical, social, cultural, economic, political or medical geography of Africa presented at the AAG Annual meeting in 2012. Winner will also have the opportunity to have the paper considered for publication in the African Geographical Review, the refereed journal published by the African Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.
Eligibility: AAG/ASG Student paper awards are available to full-time students who are currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at a duly accredited and recognized college, university or other higher educational institution. The paper must be based upon original work done as an undergraduate or graduate student and to be presented at the 2012 AAG. Preference will be given to single-authored papers. In the case of more than one author the lead author must be a registered undergraduate or graduate student from an accredited college or university, and that student must be the lead presenter of the paper. Student participants do not have to be members of the ASG to enter the competition.
Applications: Please include in your application:
• A
copy of the full paper to be presented or presented at the conference in MS
Word or RTF or PDF format;
• A letter requesting consideration for the award and indicating the
applicant’s present status as a student as well as the following:
(a) Applicant’s name, (b) Address, (c) School (College), (d) Current degree sought (i.e., PhD, MA, BA),
(e) Advisor, (f) Advisor’s Phone # (g) Title of Paper
Submissions:
Digital submissions are encouraged. Please submit a complete application with
the above items and the “ASG Student Paper Award” as the Subject line.
Please send it as an email attachment by December 20th, 2011 to: mjankows@rohan.sdsu.edu
It can also be sent snail mail to Marta Jankowska, San Diego State University, Department of Geography, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-4493.
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