William & Mary Student Awards
AWARD DESCRIPTIONS
These awards acknowledge William & Mary students in Arts & Sciences whose research presentation shows:
1) Original investigation and the integration of knowledge, and
2) Distinguished excellence in scholarship through potential contribution to the discipline and recognition by peers.
The intent of these awards is to acknowledge the intellectual, creative, and cooperative research work of William & Mary Arts & Sciences graduate students who present at the 2012 Graduate Research Symposium (GRS).
Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Disciplines typically consist of American Studies, Anthropology, History, Psychology, and Public Policy)
One cash award of $500 and certificate of achievement
Two cash awards of $100 and certificate of achievement
Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Natural and Computational Sciences
(Disciplines typically consist of Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Clinical Psychology, Computational Operations Research, Computer Science, and Physics)
One cash award of $500 and certificate of achievement
Two cash awards of $100 and certificate of achievement
Graduate Studies Advisory Board Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
(Disciplines typically consist of American Studies, Anthropology, History, Psychology, and Public Policy)
One cash award of $1000 and certificate of achievement
Northrop Grumman Corporation Award for Excellence in Scholarship in the Natural and Computational Sciences
(Disciplines
typically consist of Applied Science, Biology, Chemistry, Clinical
Psychology, Computational Operations Research, Computer Science, and
Physics)
One cash award of $1000 and certificate of achievement
ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS
1) Must be an Arts & Sciences graduate student at the College of William & Mary accepted to present at the 2012 Graduate Research Symposium (GRS).
2) An accepted presenter may choose to be considered for an award by completing and submitting a 5 - 6 page, double-spaced, paper that describes the research he/she is presenting at the GRS by 11:59 pm E.S.T. on January 27, 2012.
3) Graduate students may select only one award field based on their discipline (Humanities & Social Sciences or Natural & Computational Sciences) in which to compete.
4) Award winners will be notified prior to the GRS and are required to attend the Awards Luncheon on Saturday, March 24, 2012. Awards will not be issued to awardees who do not attend the ceremony.
A multidisciplinary judging panel of selected W&M faculty and
experts in the disciplines will rank the papers anonymously. The
judging panel retains the right to eliminate award categories based upon
number and quality of paper submissions.
APPLICATION GUIDELINES
In order to apply for any of the awards described above please submit a double-spaced, 5 - 6 page paper that describes the methodology and outcomes of your research.
1) A paper of more than 6 pages of double-spaced text, NOT including figures, tables, references, etc. will NOT be accepted.
2) The writing should be formatted in “Times New Roman” with a font size of 12. Keep the margins of your document to 1 inch on all sides.
3) Your name, co-author names, and affiliations must be removed from the paper so that it can be judged blindly.
4) Please save your paper as a PDF document where the filename of your paper is your name (john_smith.pdf) and e-mail as an attachment to this address.
5) You must indicate which award field (Humanities & Social Sciences or Natural & Computational Sciences) you intend to compete for in your e-mail subject (i.e. GRS Award Paper Submission - Humanities & Social Sciences).
6) You will receive a confirmation e-mail of your submission within 24 hours; if you do not, please re-send it.
Failure to comply with all of these guidelines will disqualify your paper from consideration of awards.
Award paper submissions that do not follow ALL of the above guidelines or are submitted after 11:59 pm E.S.T. on January 27, 2012 will NOT be considered or acknowledged.
JUDGING CRITERIA
In determining the quality of the paper, judges will look for:
1) a clear statement of the problem/question,
2) the methods used to address the problem/question and the use of evidence,
3) identification of original contributions and contributions by other scholars,
4) statement of conclusions or progress to date (the work does NOT have to be finished), and
5) presentation; including style, graphics, and references.
