AERC 2021 Graduate Student Research Award
Call for Graduate Student Award Submissions Guidelines and Eligibility
Purpose
The Graduate Research Award is designed to encourage, support, and recognize students’ research contributions at the Adult Education Research Conference (AERC). Only papers that are accepted for presentation at 2020 AERC and in 2021 for the Adult Education in Global Times (AEGT) 2021 conference will be considered for the award.
Eligibility
● Applicants for the award must have been enrolled in an adult education (or closely related) graduate degree program between June 2018 and December 2020. Individuals who have graduated during this period are also eligible.
● A graduate student may apply if, and ONLY if, his/her proposal has been accepted.
● Graduate student papers that were accepted for presentation at the 2021 AERC/AEGT conference are not automatically considered for the award.
● Only single author papers and jointly written papers or symposia with graduate student author(s) will be considered for this award.
● You must proactively apply for this award.
Review Criteria
The AERC Steering Committee will review the papers based on the following criteria:
● strong and clear purpose statement
● methodological soundness
● content organization
● readability
● evidence to support inferences and conclusions
● relationship of the research to adult education literature and theory
● implications for adult education
Procedures
In order to be considered for the graduate student award, the student must submit the following by May 25, 2021, 5 pm Central Time:
● Prepare a Graduate Student Award Application cover sheet (Word or PDF) with the following information:
1. The names and institution affiliation of all author(s)
2. A statement of intention to be considered for the Graduate Student Award
3. Information about the author(s):
▪ Names
▪ Institution affiliation for each author
▪ The advisor’s name
▪ The date of enrollment or graduation
4. A statement that all authors have been graduate students in an adult education (or closely related) graduate degree program between June 2018 and December 2020 or have graduated during this period.
● Submit your application coversheet and accepted paper.
1. Email your application and accepted paper to AERCAEGT2021@gmail.com
2. You will receive a response email that your award application has been received.
The recipient(s) will be notified before the conference and receive the award at the business meeting. The recipient(s) will be expected to present the paper during the conference.
If you have any questions, please contact Cate Monaghan at