Editing Essay Contests for Ph.D. Students

* '''Institute for Humane Studies: Essay Contest'''

-- Harper Academic Research Competition: Recognizing the best published and unpublished work by graduate and law students on progress, prosperity, and human flourishing. $2,000 in prizes and the possibility of presenting research at the 2008 Social Change Workshop. Deadline: January 31, 2008.

-- Further information is available at http://www.theihs.org/grants_and_contest/id.908/default.asp


* '''Robert J. McNamara Student Award'''                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

-- Sponsor: Association for the Sociology of Religion

-- SYNOPSIS: The sponsor awards a cash prize of $500 to recognize an outstanding student paper in the sociology of religion.

-- Deadline: 06/01/2008

-- Contact: Professor William Mirola                                                                           

-- Address: Department of History and Social Science, Marian College, 3200 Cold Spring Road, Indianapolis, IN 46222-1997, U.S.A.                                 

-- E-mail: mirola@marian.edu
 
-- Program URL: http://www.sociologyofreligion.com/MCNAMARA2004.html

-- OBJECTIVES: The sponsor awards a cash prize to recognize an outstanding student paper in the sociology of religion.

-- ELIGIBILITY: Authors must be currently enrolled students who have not defended the Ph.D. when the paper is submitted.  Membership in the sponsor organization is required either at the time of application or previously.