AAG Open Forum

Hello everyone,

Just a reminder that all our awards' submission is due today. Please accept my apologies if duplicate or cross-listed. 

Students, please note:

A cover letter should accompany all student paper entries and contain the following:

1. Title of the Paper
2. Abstract of the paper (100 words)
3. Name(s) of the author/co-author, academic affiliation, mailing address, email address and phone numbers.

Please make sure that ALL eligibility and submission requirements as specified for each award are met. PLEASE READ AND ADHERE TO ALL SPECIFIED REQUIREMENTS. Any departure from these will result in automatic disqualification of the paper. The deadline for all student paper submissions is January 31, 2016. All winners will be named via RDPSG listserv, RDPSG Knowledge Communities forum, and RDPSG newsletter as soon as results are ready.

 

1. TheRDSPG Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award

Papers are invited from undergraduate students who are working broadly on topical issues of regional development, planning and policy. The award carries a cash prize of $150.

Submissions from undergraduate students are welcome from their undergraduate courses or senior seminars as well as entries specifically written for this competition. The authorship can be single-authored and/or co-authored with other students or faculty, but the student(s) should be the main contributor(s). Each student(s) may submit only one paper. The submitted paper should preferably be scheduled for presentation at the AAG 2016 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA, March 29-April 2, 2016. Submit your manuscripts too RDPSG Honors Committee Chair Dr. Jennifer Pomeroy ((jpomeroy@ycp.edu)

Manuscripts must be:

• forwarded by the head or chair of the department of program, or by the student's advisor, with a letter certifying that the student meets the eligibility requirements (including not having been submitted for other specialty group awards);
• no more than fifteen double-spaced, typed pages including maps and other figures. If planning to present at the conference, the abstract for the paper must have also been submitted to the AAG Annual Meeting in Chicago (April 21-25, 2015) by the conference registration deadline.

2. RDPSG-Sponsored Graduate Paper Awards (2 awards)

 The Ashok K. Dutt Award for Best Graduate Student Paper*

This award is sponsored by Dr. A.K. Dutt, Professor Emeritus, the University of Akron, who is noted for his prolific scholarship on planning and development issues. There are no geographical restrictions, but the paper must deal with urban and regional development and planning. There is an accompanying $200 award premium. Submit your manuscripts too RDPSG Honors Committee Chair Dr. Jennifer Pomeroy ((jpomeroy@ycp.edu)

 A.K. Chakravarti Award for Best Student Paper on South Asia*

This award is co-sponsored with the Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group, and carries a $200 prize. The paper is kindly sponsored by (late) Dr. A.K. Chakravarti, Professor Emeritus, University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Chakravarti was a noted researcher in the field of agriculture and nutrition focusing on South Asia. There are no topical restrictions, but the geographic focus must be on South Asia. Please submit papers to AK Chakravarti Award Co-Chairs Dr. Vandana Wadhwa (vandanaw@verizon.net) AND Dr. Nanda Shrestha (pokhara@yahoo.com).

 

*IMPORTANT: Manuscripts for both the graduate student awards must be:

• scheduled for presentation at the AAG Annual Meeting in 2015, thus the abstract for the paper must have also been submitted to the AAG Annual Meeting by the conference registration deadline, although exceptions may be made in case of mitigating circumstances.
• forwarded by the head or chair of the department or program, with a letter certifying that the student meets the eligibility requirements (i.e., author(s) have graduate student status, and have not submitted the same paper for other specialty group awards).
• no more than 25 pages in length (double spaced), including references, tables and figures. 
• preferably single authored, although co-authored papers are also considered, so long as the co-authors also hold student status.

Deadline for final paper submission for both awards is January 31, 2016. 

4. 
   RDPSG Distinguished Scholar Award

This award is for mid-to-late career scholars who have contributed to the applied or theoretical understanding of development, planning and/or policy issues, and/or impacted the field through any combination of research/mentorship/teaching.

 

5. RDPSG Emerging Scholar Award

This award is for early-to-mid career scholars who show potential for distinguished scholarship in development, planning and/or policy issues through applied or theoretical research in these areas, and/or show promise of impacting the field through any combination of research/mentorship/teaching.

Please submit the nominee's CV or web-link bearing testimony of scholarship or impact on the sub-field to RDPSG Honors Committee Chair, Dr. Jennifer Pomeroy (jpomeroy@ycp.edu) by January 31, 2016.

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Jennifer Pomeroy
York College of Pennsylvania
jpomeroy@ycp.edu
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