The 2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards Emerald Group Publishing Limited, publisher of the largest collection of international business and management journals, and the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), a global membership organization with more than 700 institutional members from academia, business and public services, seek to celebrate excellence in research by sponsoring the 2010 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards. Award-winning entries will receive a cash prize of €1,500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, a winners' logo to attach to correspondence and the prospect of an offer of publication in the sponsoring journal - either as a full paper or an executive summary - at the discretion of the Editor(s). In addition, a number of Highly Commended Awards will be bestowed. This year there are 12 categories. Awards by category * Information science [Category sponsored by Journal of Documentation] * Knowledge management [Category sponsored by Journal of Knowledge Management] Eligibility To be eligible for the Awards, the research must address an issue that is of importance to one of the various subject areas listed above. The Awards are open to those who have completed and satisfied examination requirements for a Doctoral award, or will do so, between 1 October 2007 and 1 October 2010, and have not applied previously for one of these Awards. Submission requirements 1. Researchers must apply online using the application form at: http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/odra.htm 2. The following documents will be required electronically: * Covering letter – as part of this please state whether or not your doctoral research has been published and/or will be published in any form (conference paper, article, peer reviewed journal, etc) * Executive Summary – paper that summarises the Doctoral research. The Executive Summary should not exceed 1,000 words (reference lists and presentation of data, as either Tables or Figures, do not count towards this total). * Letter of recommendation/reference from a supervisor/senior faculty member. For short-listed applicants, further contact may be made with the referee. * Contact details of external examiner(s). 3. Applicants must only submit to one category. Judging criteria The entries will be judged by the Editor(s) and at least one Editorial Advisory Board member of the sponsoring journal. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: 1. Significance/implications for theory and practice 2. Originality and innovation 3. Appropriateness and application of the methodology 4. Analysis and presentation of the data 5. Quality of the literature review Short-listed applicants may be required to answer further questions as appropriate from the judging panel. Winners will be required to submit an unpublished paper, sole- or joint-authored, derived from the research, within six months of winning the Award. The Editors reserve the right not to select a winning paper if, in their judgment, none of the entries is considered satisfactory. Please note that the decision of the judges is final. Due to the large number of submissions, applicants will not receive any feedback. Key dates The closing date for applications is 1 October 2010. Winners will be announced in January 2011. Contact details For further information or if you have any queries, please contact: Ms. Anasua Mukherjee Das Publishing Relationship Manager Emerald Group Publishing Limited 502-503, Ring Road Mall Sector-3, Mangalam Place, Rohini New Delhi-110085 Telefax: +91 11 43362200 E-mail: ADas@emeraldinsight.com, or, dblake@emeraldinsight.com http://ww2.emeraldinsight.com/awards/odra.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Anup Kumar Das New Delhi, India http://anupkumardas.blogspot.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.