We invite you to participate in the 2012 Global Water Forum
Emerging Scholars Award. This award is an opportunity for early-career scholars
and practitioners working in water-related fields to publish a brief article
that presents their research, projects, or opinions to a global audience.
Participants are required to:
- submit an 800-1000
word article relevant
to one of three themes:
“Water
Security”, “Water
Economics”, “Transboundary
Water Governance”
- be a PhD recipient or PhD candidate
under 36 years of age.
Applications open Friday 6 July and close
Monday 27 August at
midnight (GMT).
The top 10 finalists will be offered the
opportunity to publish on the Global Water Forum site and in the GWF Discussion
Paper Series during September/October 2012.
First prize is US$500;
second prize is US$300; and
third prize is US$200.
The Emerging Scholars Award will be judged
by leading water researchers from the Australian National University: Professor
Quentin Grafton, Dr Jamie Pittock, and Dr Daniel Connell.
Further details can be found below. The
competition flyer is available here.
Submissions
Eligible submissions to the award will
belong to one of the following three categories:
·
Research pieces – a summary or overview of water-related academic
research undertaken by the author. This may be research that has already been
published elsewhere or unpublished research.
·
Project pieces – an overview of a field-based water project or
projects that the author is or has been involved in, describing the challenges,
successes, lessons, etc.
·
Opinion pieces – insightful, evidence based comment on current or
future water issues. This could involve issues that already prominent in public
discourse, or issues that the author believes should be prominent.
All articles must be original pieces of work. Whilst submissions
are encouraged that are based on or summarize previously published work, the
text in submissions to the award must be original. Examples of previously
published summary articles can be found here and here.
Submitted articles must be relevant to one
of the three themes: “Water Security”, “Water Economics”, “Transboundary Water
Governance”. Articles may be relevant to more than one theme but this would not
affect judging outcomes.
All submissions must contain at least three
references to other publications, such as peer-reviewed journal articles or
grey literature (policy reports, published working papers, etc.).
A maximum of three figures is permitted.
Figures must be accompanied by captions and sources.
Articles should be submitted in a Microsoft
Word document using size 11 Arial font in the same format as the template
available here (Word)
or here (pdf).
The word limit does not include references
or the author biography.
One article submission is allowed per
person.
The GWF Editorial Team is unable to provide
feedback on submissions or advise on the status of entries.
Applications open Friday 6 July and close
Monday 27 August at midnight (GMT).
Judging criteria
Submissions will be judged on the following
criteria:
·
Originality of thought or approach to a subject/issue/problem.
·
Written expression.
·
Clarity and soundness of argument.
Put simply, we are looking for well-written, interesting articles
that present innovative research, significant insights, or compelling
arguments. Moreover, the articles must be accesible to readers who do not work
in your field and, more importantly, the general public; highly technical
articles lacking clear explanations are unlikely to advance far in the judging
process.
The Emerging Scholars Award will be judged
by leading academics from the Australian National University: Professor Quentin
Grafton, Dr Jamie Pittock, and Dr Daniel Connell. The GWF Editorial Team will
assist in the judging process.
Finalists
The top 10 finalists will be offered the
opportunity to publish on the Global Water Forum site and in the GWF Discussion
Paper Series during September/October 2012.
The top 10 finalists will be notified by
Monday 17 September at the latest and asked to provide evidence that they are
either a PhD recipient or PhD scholar (e.g. link to institutional staff page)
and their age was 35 years or younger on the closing date for entries (e.g.
scan of passport or driver’s license).
Should a selected top 10 finalist decide not
to publish their article or does not respond to their invitation by Monday 24
September, an alternative entrant outside the top 10 will be given the
opportunity to take their place.
The top 10 finalists will be published on
the GWF site in three weekly instalments beginning Monday 1 October. The top 3
prize winners will be announced in the final instalment on Monday 15 October.
All information regarding finalists will be
announced on the site unless otherwise specified.
Financial Awards
Financial prize winners will be contacted after the official
announcement on the site on Monday 15 October. Prize winners will be asked to
provide details to a PayPal account in order to transfer their winnings.
First prize is US$500; second
prize is US$300; and third prize is US$200.
Entrants who are or have been employed by the Global Water Forum
or are current or former students of Professor Grafton and Drs Connell and
Pittock are ineligible to receive a financial prize associated with the
Emerging Scholars Award.
Terms and conditions
The Global Water Forum, UNESCO, and the
Australian National University take no responsibility for the contents of
Emerging Scholar Award entries that are published on the Global Water Forum.
Whilst the Global Water Forum endeavours to ensure that all published articles
are original content, the authors are responsible for the contents of articles
and any copyright violations or legal consequences arising from the contents.
The Global Water Forum reserves the right to change any of the above details on
this page regarding the Emerging Scholars Award without prior notice. Please
see the Global Water Forum’s general terms and conditions here.
We hope you take advantage of this
opportunity to promote your research and activities.
Many thanks and best wishes,
The GWF Editorial Team
