The Graduate School and International Education at the U of A is calling for nominations for the school's Distinguished Dissertation Award and has extended its nomination deadline to May 19.

GSIE annually recognizes excellence in dissertation research and publication with the Distinguished Dissertation Awards, recognizing individuals who have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to their disciplines. The awardee is also nominated to represent the U of A in competition for the Council of Graduate Schools/Proquest Distinguished Dissertation Award.

The 2023 fields of competition include biological sciences and life sciences, and the humanities and fine arts. Nominees must have been awarded or completed their doctoral degree requirements and dissertation between July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023. Each doctoral program can nominate one nominee per program and are responsible for their own internal processes to select nominees.

Those interested in nominating a dissertation should email Christa Hestekin, interim associate dean of GSIE, at chesteki@uark.edu with the following information:

• A completed nomination cover sheet with graduate's name, graduate program name, dates of enrollment and completion, major adviser, graduate program coordinator and field of study. 
• An abstract of the nominee's dissertation, not to exceed five double-spaced pages. Appendices containing other material, such as charts, tables and/or references, may be included as additional pages not to exceed five pages.
• Two letters of recommendation evaluating the significance and quality of the nominee's dissertation work. One of these letters is to be from the nominee's dissertation supervisor, another from a member of the nominee's dissertation committee. 
• The nominee's curriculum vitae (not to exceed five pages).

The nomination package must be sent as a single pdf document with the file saved as: last name of the nominee and graduate program (i.e. Johanson_ENDY).

More information can be found on the GSIE website.