The International Center for Qualitative Inquiry is pleased to announce the annual Illinois Qualitative Dissertation Award, for excellence in qualitative research in a doctoral dissertation.
Eligible dissertations will use and advance qualitative methods to investigate any topic. Applications for the award will be judged by the following criteria: clarity of writing; willingness to experiment with new and traditional writing forms; advocacy, promotion, development, and use of qualitative research methodologies and practices in new fields of study, and in policy arenas involving issues of social justice.

There are two award categories, traditional (Category A), and experimental (Category B). Submissions in both categories address social justice issues. Submissions in Category A use traditional qualitative research and writing forms, while Category B submissions experiment with traditional writing and representational forms.

An award of $250 will be given to each winner. All doctoral candidates are eligible, provided they have successfully defended their proposals prior to January 1, 2009, and will defend their final dissertation by April 1, 2009. Receiving or being considered for other awards does not preclude a student from applying for this award . Applications are due February 1, 2009. The 2009 award, co-sponsored with Sage Publications, will be made at the closing townhall meeting of the Congress. For more information, please visit the website: http://www.c4qi.org/award.html.

Applicants should submit four (4) copies of the following:

* A letter indicating interest in the award that includes the applicant's name, address, university, telephone number(s), e-mail address, department, date of dissertation proposal defense, and current status of the dissertation.
* A letter from the applicant's dissertation advisor/chair recommending the applicant's work for the award and verifying the date of the dissertation proposal defense.
* A research description of no more than five (5) double-spaced
pages: approximately two pages of introduction and theory, two pages on the methodology, and one page on the significance of the work.
Finalists may be asked to submit their full proposal or additional information at a later date.
* One chapter and a table of contents from the dissertation.
* Finalists may be asked to submit their full dissertation after the first round of adjudication, closer to the competition closing date.

Applications are now being accepted. Submissions should be sent to:

Illinois Qualitative Dissertation Award Committee The Center for Qualitative Inquiry University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gregory Hall, Rm 103 (mc-462) 810 South Wright St .
Urbana , IL 61801

DEADLINE: Febuary 1, 2009

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