[visionlist] Announcing the University of Arizona Roger N. Shepard Dissertation Award in Cognitive Science

[Mary Peterson]

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 at 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. 


-- 
Mary A. Peterson
Director, Cognitive Science Program
Professor, Department of Psychology
1503 E. University Blvd.
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA

Phone: 520-621-5365
FAX: 520-621-9306
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~mapeters/
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