Distinguished Dissertation Award 2018
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Graduate School is pleased to announce the 2018 Distinguished Dissertation Awards competition in the following four categories:
· Biological Sciences
· Humanities and Fine Arts
· Social Sciences
· Physical Sciences and Engineering
These awards recognize outstanding and exceptional scholarship and research at the doctoral level. Nominations are due by 5 p.m., June 4, 2018. Each department can submit only one nomination per category. The nomination must be submitted by the department chair or graduate program coordinator.
Nominations:
The effective date of degree award, or the completion of doctoral degree requirements and dissertation, must fall within the period of June 9, 2017 and June 8, 2018, inclusive, for the nominee selected.
Materials:
A complete nomination consists of the following components, all of which must be bundled into a single PDF, in this order:
A. The nomination packet cover sheet (available as a Word document or as an RTF document, or by emailing graddean@uw.edu);
B. A summary written in non-technical language of the purpose, methods, results of the research and its significance within the discipline of this dissertation. The summary must not exceed two pages, typed and double-spaced. Please include the nominee’s name and doctoral program on this page.
C. An abstract (not to exceed 10 double-spaced pages) of the dissertation, typed and formatted to fit on 8-1/2" x 11" white paper. Appendices containing non-textual material, such as charts or tables, may be included and will not count toward the 10-page cap. Each of the pages must be numbered and bear the nominee’s name.
D. Letters from three referees selected by the nominee, evaluating the significance and quality of their dissertation work. One letter must be from the nominee's dissertation supervisor, another from a member of the nominee's dissertation committee, and the third from a person of the nominee's choice.
E. A brief CV, included as an appendix.
Deadline and Submission Method:
A. The above materials must be must be bundled into a single PDF and sent to graddean@uw.edu.
B. Please save your file in this format:
LAST NAME NOMINEE - Nominee's Home Department - DISSERTATION - [Category].pdf
C. Deadline for submission is 5 p.m., June 4, 2018. This is a firm deadline; in fairness to all nominators, no exceptions or extensions will be granted. Please note that hard copy nominations will not be accepted.
Criteria:
A Graduate School awards committee will select the award recipients. The nominated dissertations should represent original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the disciplines. Both methodological and substantive quality will be judged. Nominations will be evaluated on the following:
A. Innovation: The degree of innovation, creativity and insight shown by the author.
B. Scope: The scope and importance of the work to the department and to the field.
C. Writing: The effectiveness of the writing (including whether it is written in language that is reasonably understandable to faculty in related disciplines).
Awards:
Each recipient will receive an honorarium of $1,000 and will be publically recognized by the Graduate School. Additionally, when the awardees’ dissertations fall within the current year’s fields of competition for the Council of Graduate Schools/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, they will be submitted as the UW’s institutional nominations for this prestigious recognition. NB: The fields of competition for 2018 are “Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering” and “Social Sciences”. (Please note that for the purposes of this competition, history is classed within the humanities and is not a field of competition this year.) For details about the 2018 CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award, please click here.
NOMINATION MATERIALS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO
Rebecca Aanerud
Interim Dean, the Graduate School
QUESTIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO
Jerry Pangilinan
Assistant to the Interim Dean, The Graduate School