Council of Graduate Schools / ProQuest – Distinguished Dissertation Awards
First presented in 1981 and sponsored jointly by CGS and ProQuest, part of Clarivate, these awards are made each year to individuals who, in the opinion of the award committee, have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline.
Two awards are given annually in two different broad areas (mathematics, physical sciences, and engineering; and social sciences; and the biological and life sciences; and humanities and fine arts). Individuals must be nominated for these awards by a member institution, nominations will be accepted until June 30, 2022. Nominated dissertations must be in the ProQuest database to be eligible.
The fields of competition for this year are:
- Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering
Mathematics, statistics, computer sciences, data processing, systems analysis, chemistry, earth sciences,
physics, geology, meteorology, astronomy, metallurgy, geophysics, pharmaceutical chemistry; aeronautical, architectural, biomedical, ceramic, chemical, civil, and electrical engineering sciences; environmental health engineering; geological, mechanical, mining, nuclear, and petroleum engineering.
- Social Sciences
Agricultural economics, geography, anthropology, archaeology, economics, education, sociology, government (political science), demography, and psychology. Please note that for purposes of this competition, history is classed within the humanities and is not a field of competition this year.
If a dissertation is multi- or interdisciplinary in nature, a significant portion of the work
must be comprised by at least one of the 2022 fields of competition.
1-time award
Two awards, each consisting of an honorarium of $2,000 and a certificate of recognition, will be presented at the annual meeting of the Council of Graduate Schools, December 2022, in San Francisco, CA. Reasonable travel expenses of the award recipients will be covered.
- “Regular” institutional members of CGS may submit nominations.
- Each eligible member may nominate one dissertation in the field of mathematics, physical sciences and engineering and one dissertation in the field of social sciences (for a total of two nominations maximum, per institution). A separate nomination form and package must be submitted for each institutional nominee.
- The effective date of the degree awarded, or the completion of doctoral degree requirements and dissertation, must lie in the period of July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022, inclusive, for each nominee selected. Such degree award or completion is to be confirmed by the institution’s graduate dean or other administrative officer responsible for doctoral degree programs
- All nominees dissertation must be available in the ProQuest depository.
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Contact
Anna Naranjo
Council of Graduate Schools
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