[Asis-l] Call for Nominations - 2017 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship

[Birger Larsen]

EUGENE GARFIELD

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION SCHOLARSHIP

2017



CALL FOR NOMINATIONS



1. NATURE OF THE AWARD

The scholarship will consist of an award of USD 3,000 (donated by the

Eugene Garfield Foundation) to cover any research related expenses

(including traveling) of the grant recipient, contingent upon the

recipient's attending ISSI 2017, the next ISSI biennial conference.

This conference will be held in Wuhan, P. R. China from October 16 till

October 20, 2017.



2. PURPOSE OF THE AWARD

The purpose of this scholarship is to foster research in informetrics,

including bibliometrics, scientometrics, webmetrics and altmetrics by

encouraging and assisting doctoral students in the field with their

dissertation research.



3. ELIGIBILITY

The scholarship recipient must meet the following qualifications:

(a) Be an active doctoral candidate pursuing research using informetric,

bibliometric, scientometric, webmetric or altmetric methodology in a

degree-granting institution;

(b) Have a doctoral dissertation proposal accepted by the institution or

by their dissertation advisor.

Clarification: an active doctoral student is someone who has not yet

obtained the doctoral degree at the moment he/she receives the award.

Moreover, the applicant need not be a member of ISSI to be considered for

this scholarship.



4. ADMINISTRATION

The award is sponsored by the Eugene Garfield Foundation with the

cooperation of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, and is administered by

the Board of the International Society for Scientometrics and

Informetrics (ISSI).





5. NOMINATIONS

Submission should include the following:

(a) The doctoral research proposal, including a description of the research,

methodology, and significance, 10 pages or less in length, double-spaced,

and in English;

(b) A copy of the paper submitted for presentation at the ISSI Conference;

(c) A cover letter from the dissertation advisor endorsing the proposal

and confirming that the contents of this proposal are accepted by the

institute, or at least by the advisor;

(d) An up-to-date curriculum vitae.



6. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS AND DEADLINE

Deadline for submission is April 20, 2017. All proposals should be submitted in PDF

by e-mail to ISSI Board member Birger Larsen at egdds.award at gmail.com<mailto:egdds.award at gmail.com>. An

acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to candidates.



7. CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

The recipient of the award will be given the opportunity to present

his/her work either during a normal session (if his/her paper has been

accepted for presentation), either as a special lecture on the same level

as research in progress. This presentation will be referred to as the

special Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Scholarship Lecture.



Some further clarifications

a) The candidate must have the intention to attend the conference, as

shown by a submitted paper.

b) The awardee is free to use the award money as he/she pleases. The award

does not have to (but of course may) be used for travelling to the conference.

c) The awardee is not automatically entitled to an (extra) travel grant

from the conference organizers or from ISSI. Of course he/she may apply

for such a grant (if such grants are made available by the organizers)

like any other conference participant.









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Birger Larsen, PhD

Professor

Communication and Information Studies

Department of Communication

Aalborg University Copenhagen

A.C. Meyers Vænge 15

DK-2450 København SV

Denmark


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Birger Larsen, PhD
Professor
Communication and Information Studies
Department of Communication
Aalborg University Copenhagen
A.C. Meyers Vænge 15
DK-2450 København SV
Denmark

Email: birger at hum.aau.dk<mailto:birger at hum.aau.dk>
Phone: +45 22767042