CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award

The CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes dissertations that represent original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline. Each year, CGS and ProQuest choose two discipline fields as categories for the award. This year’s categories are Biological Sciences/Life Sciences and Humanities and Fine Arts.

Students, administration, faculty, and staff are encouraged to direct eligible students to apply for the award.

Students chosen for the award from the University of Utah will receive $500 and be entered in the highly prestigious national CGS/ProQuest competition.

National CGS/ProQuest Competition
Two CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, each consisting of an award of $2,000 and a certificate of recognition, will be presented at the CGS Annual Meeting Awards Luncheon in December 2023, in Washington, DC. Reasonable travel expenses of award recipients will be covered.

Individuals cannot apply separately to the national award. Only winners of the University of Utah nominating competition can be entered in the national competition.

Eligibility

  • All graduate students and graduates of the University of Utah who have defended an eligible dissertation.
  • A dissertation must have passed its defense (or be scheduled to defend) in the timeframe between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023

Categories

  • Biological Sciences/Life Sciences: biology; botany; zoology; ecology; embryology; entomology; genetics; nutrition; plant pathology; plant physiology; anatomy; biochemistry; biophysics; microbiology; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; and related fields (health sciences). Also included are agriculture, forestry, zoology; and related fields.
  • Humanities and Fine Arts: history; philosophy; language; linguistics; literature; archaeology; jurisprudence; the history, theory and criticism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.

If a dissertation is multi- or interdisciplinary in nature, a significant portion of the work must be comprised by at least one of the 2023 fields of competition.

Award
$0.00
Deadline
06/01/2023
Supplemental Questions
  1. Field of competition?
  2. Dissertation title?
  3. Current position?
  4. Current affiliation/employer?
  5. Please upload in PDF form an abstract of the your dissertation (not to exceed five double-spaced pages). Appendices containing other material, such as charts, tables, and/or references may be included as additional pages (not to exceed five pages).
  6. Please upload in PDF form you curriculum vitae (not to exceed five pages).
  7. Please enter the name and email address of your dissertation supervisor, who will provide a letter of recommendation evaluating the significance and quality of your dissertation work.
  8. Please enter the name and email address of a member of your dissertation committee (separate from your chair), who will provide a letter of recommendation evaluating the significance and quality of your dissertation work.
  9. Please enter the name and email address of an individual of your choosing, who will provide a letter of recommendation evaluating the significance and quality of your dissertation work.
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