Graduate Paper Award 2010
International Sociology of Sport Association
Submissions: March 1, 2010
The aim of the International Sociology of Sport Association's (ISSA) Graduate Paper Award is to recognize the scholarship of outstanding graduate students in the international community of sociology of sport. The award will be granted to a scholarly paper, authored by a graduate student, which is deemed by a panel of judges to demonstrate considerable originality, critical and analytical ability, and to be of the highest quality from among those submitted1. The winning author will be invited to receive the award and present or distribute the paper at the Annual Conference of the ISSA. The winning paper may be considered for publication in the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
The 2010 ISSA Graduate Paper Award is co-sponsored by International Sociology of Sport Associations and SAGE Publications.
Eligibility
- Any student who is registered for masters or doctoral level graduate work at the time her or his paper is submitted.
- The committee will accept only one submission per author.
- Full-time faculty and academic staff are not eligible.
- Previous winners are not eligible.
Award
- The winning author will be invited to present or distribute the paper at the sessions of the ISA Research Committee of Sociology of Sport at the ISA World Congress of Sociology, July 11-17, 2010 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
- SAGE Publisher sponsored prize of ,150 worth of books.
- ISSA sponsored prize of membership in ISSA for 12 months in the year in which the award is granted.
- The winning paper may be considered for publication in the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
- The panel of judges may also give up to two honourable mentions. Graduate students receiving honourable mentions will also have their papers accepted for presentation at the ISSA conference.
- The name of all winning authors will be posted on the ISSA website.
Requirements
- Candidates are to submit a 3000-6000 word (excluding references) scholarly paper on a topic that is of interest to the international sociology of sport academic community.
- Papers with a text of over 6000 words will not be considered.
- Authors are to submit a cover page that contains the title of the paper and the full contact information of the author.
- Authors must be graduate students at the time the paper is submitted.
- Authors are to submit a letter, signed by her or his academic advisor, verifying their graduate student status.
- Authors are to follow a style consistent with the publication guidelines for the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
- Papers should be submitted electronically (in Microsoft Word format attachment) to the Award Committee Chair, Kimberly S. Schimmel.
All papers should be emailed to kschimme@kent.edu
Deadline for Receipt of Submissions: March 1, 2010.
The winner will be announced by May 15, 2010.
1 The ISSA reserves the right not to grant an award in the event that none of the submitted papers meet the award criteria.
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