[visionlist] William James Prize for Consciousness Research

[Olivia Carter]

-- Deadline for submission of nominations is January 31st, 2009 --

The William James Prize is awarded by the Association for the Scientific 
Study of Consciousness (ASSC) for an outstanding published contribution 
to the empirical or philosophical study of consciousness by a graduate 
student or postdoctoral scholar/researcher within 5 years of receiving a 
PhD or other advanced degree. For more information, go to 
http://assc.caltech.edu/


The prize consists of:
     * An award of $1000 (USD)
     * A lifetime membership in ASSC
     * An invitation to present a plenary address at ASSC13, held in
June 2009 in Berlin/Germany (travel, Accommodation, and registration
paid by ASSC).


Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Axel
Cleeremans (ASSC Prize Committee; axcleer at ulb.ac.be).  The nomination
letter should include a brief statement as to why the contribution is
outstanding, and for co-authored publications, there should be a
statement describing the nominee's role. To be considered, the
contribution must be published or accepted for publication and be
written in English. Electronic copies in PDF format of the
contribution and the nominee's CV should be attached to the nomination
letter.

Prize Committee:
     * Axel Cleeremans, Université libre de Bruxelles  (chair)
     * Daniel Dennett, Tufts University
     * Chris Frith, University College London
     * Giulio Tononi, University of Wisconsin-Madison


  -- Deadline for submission of nominations is January 31st, 2009 --



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Olivia Carter, PhD
School of Behavioural Sciences
Rm 811 Redmond Barry Building
University of Melbourne
VIC 3010, Australia
Phone:+61 (0)3 83446372
email: ocarter at unimelb.edu.au
http://visionlab.harvard.edu/Members/Olivia/olivia.html