CGS/Proquest Distinguished Dissertation Award

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has invited the University of Kansas to submit nominations for the CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards. Sponsored jointly by Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, these dissertation awards are made annually to individuals who, in the opinion of the award committee, have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to their disciplines.

Two awards are given annually in two different broad areas (mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering; and social sciences; and the biological and life sciences; and humanities and fine arts.) Individuals must be nominated for these awards by a member institution. Nominated dissertations must be in the ProQuest database to be eligible for the award.

The fields of competition for this year are:

Biological and Life Sciences
Humanities and Fine Arts

Contact Information

Name

School/College

Employment Information

Current position

Current affiliation/employer

Research Information

Field of competition

Dissertation title

Dissertation abstract

Please submit in PDF format. The document must not exceed five double-spaced pages. Appendices containing nontextual material, such as charts or tables, may be included as additional pages. All pages should be numbered, and each should bear the name of the nominee.

Letter of Recommendation | Dissertation Committee Member

The uploaded document must be a PDF.

Letter of Recommendation | Other

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Curriculum vitae

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