Alma H. Young Emerging Scholar Award
Urban Affairs Association
Award: $1,000
Deadline: October
To recognize the Ph.D. candidate or early career researcher whose work demonstrates a commitment to rigorous and impactful research and service. Qualifications: Applicants must be either a current doctoral student or a recent doctoral graduate who received their degree within the past four years; current Doctoral Graduate Students; student pursuing doctoral research related to urban affairs, regardless of academic discipline, are eligible to apply; applicants must: have finished their coursework; be making good progress towards the completion of their dissertation; and applicant OR their nominator must hold a UAA membership; Post-Doctoral Graduates; recent doctoral graduates who received their degree within the past four years and completed research related to urban affairs, in any disciplinary field, are eligible to apply; applicants must: provide official documentation of a degree earned in four years before, 3 years before, 2 years before or 1year before and applicant OR their nominator must hold a UAA membership. Selection criteria: Nominations will be reviewed by a committee appointed by the Chairperson of the Governing Board; winner will be selected based on scholarship and commitment to urban issues; candidates for the award are evaluated on the following four How to apply: Applicants must submit the emerging scholar application form and upload the following documents as pdf files: personal statement: a personal statement by the Applicants describing the applicant’s urban interests, engagement, and career plans; the statement should be no more than 1000 words; curriculum vitae or resume: the student’s most recent curriculum vitae or resume; dissertation proposal or abstract of dissertation (1500-2000 word limit*): a proposal for the dissertation that indicates the research questions, argument or hypotheses, literature and data sources, methodology, and nature of expected findings; alternatively, if applicants have graduated and completed applicants dissertation, applicants can submit an abstract describing applicants research questions, methodology, and findings; bibliography references and/or appendices do not count towards the 1,500-2,000 word limit; nomination letter: the nominator must have a formal professional role that allows them to assess the nominee’s achievements, current academic status and progress; this letter must attest that the student has completed coursework and is making good progress towards the completion of their dissertation; the nomination letter should be on letterhead and signed by the nominator; once prepared, the letter should be converted to a pdf format; do not submit more than one letter of nomination; only one letter will be forwarded to the selection committee; documentation of degree earned in four years before, 3 years before, 2 years before or 1year before (post-doctoral applicants only) examples of documentation: picture of degree diploma, letter from university, etc. Focus: General studies/Field of study not specified.