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ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award

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$500

Due: April 1, 2026

No essay

No min. GPA required

No transcripts required

Eligibility

ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award, with an application deadline in April, offers one award in the amount of $500.

Description

The ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Award recognizes the most outstanding doctoral dissertation or thesis in information science, the preceding twelve months. For this award, "information science" is considered to include all the communication activities and information science and technology fields noted in the first paragraph of Article II, "Purpose," of the ASIS&T Constitution and Bylaws, published on the ASIS&T website. Authors must have completed their doctorates in the time period between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025. They must be a current member in good standing of ASIS&T. Prior award winners, current members of the Awards & Honors Committee and current members of the Board of Directors are not eligible. Nominations must include only the name, affiliation, and contact information of the dissertation author; the final, submitted version of the entire dissertation; and a letter of endorsement from the nominee's dissertation advisor. Please visit the award's website for more information.

Level of Study

Graduate Student

Scholarship Type

Merit-based