Announcing the University of Arizona Roger N. Shepard Dissertation Award in Cognitive Science for the best dissertation in cognitive science bridging psychology and philosophy of mind/science. The dissertation should address fundamental interdisciplinary issues in cognitive science, with a theoretical, experimental, or computational approach.
Award: One award will be given each year. The awardee will receive $1,000 and will present his or her research in a lecture at the University of Arizona during the upcoming academic year (i.e., for the 2011 award, the lecture will be scheduled during the 2011-2012 Academic Year)
Eligibility: Applicants will have received a PhD in a related field in the past three years. For the 2011 award the dissertation must have been awarded in 2009, 2010, or 2011. Applications from any country will be considered, although the submitted materials must be in English. Applicants may reapply as long as they meet the eligibility requirement.
Deadline for Applications: May 1, 2011.
Application materials: Applicants are to submit a 1500 word description of their dissertation research and how it serves to bridge cognitive psychology and philosophy, as well as a CV and two letters of recommendation. Applicants are also encouraged to send a published article based on the dissertation; however a publication is not necessary.
A cover page should include the applicant’s name, the graduate department and university where the Ph.D. work was done, the names of the two letter writers, and a 150-200 word abstract of the research.
The application should be submitted as a single pdf file (collated in the order listed above), although recommendation letters can be sent separately. Please send the application materials to Nova Hinrichs. Email: nhinrich@email.arizona.edu.
Selection Process: The awardee will be selected by a committee consisting of members of the Cognitive Science Program at the University of Arizona.
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