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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:11:25 -0500 From: Rory Litwin <[log in to unmask]> > From: Rory Litwin <[log in to unmask]> Date: February 28, 2013 7:37:37 > Subject: Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the > Philosophy of Information > > Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of > Information > > http://litwinbooks.com/award.php > > 1. Nature of the Award > > 1.1 The award shall consist of $1,000, given annually to a graduate student who is working on a dissertation on the philosophy of information (broadly construed). > > 2. Purpose of the Award > > 2.1 The purpose of this award is to encourage and support scholarship in > the philosophy of information. > > 3. Eligibility > > 3.1 The scholarship recipient must meet the following qualifications: > (a) Be an active doctoral student whose primary area of research is > directly philosophical, whether the institutional setting is philosophy, > information science, media studies, or another discipline; that is to > say, the mode of dissertation research must be philosophical as opposed > to empirical or literary study; (b) Have completed all course work; and > (c) Have had a dissertation proposal accepted by the institution. > > 3.2 Recipients may receive the award not more than once. > > 4. Administration > > 4.1 The Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Doctoral Dissertation Research in > the Philosophy of Information is sponsored and administered by Litwin > Books, LLC, an independent scholarly publisher. > > 5. Nominations > > 5.1 Nominations should be submitted via email by June 1, to > [log in to unmask] > > 5.2 The submission package should include the following: > (a) The accepted dissertation proposal; > (b) A description of the work done to date; > (c) A letter of recommendation from a dissertation committee member; > (d) An up-to-date curriculum vitae with current contact information. > > 6. Selection of the Awardee > > 6.1 Submissions will be judged on merit with emphasis on the following: > (a) Clarity of thought; > (b) Originality; > (c) Relevance to our time; > (d) Evidence of good progress toward completion. > > 7. Notification > > 7.1 The winner and any honorable mentions will be notified via letter by > July 1.