Early Career Researcher Award

AARE established this award to encourage early career researchers to present their research at the annual conference and to become actively involved in the Association.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for consideration for the award, applicants must meet all the following criteria:

• be a member of AARE
• have been awarded a doctoral degree within the past 5 years
• have an appointment at no higher than Level B (or equivalent) if employed by a university
• submit a first-authored conference paper proposal by the closing date for conference paper proposals and have it accepted for presentation
• submit a full copy of this first-authored paper to aare@aare.edu.au by the Award closing date.
• be able to attend the full conference
• deliver the paper as scheduled
• have not previously received an AARE Early Career Researcher award

Merit Criteria

As the intent of the award is to honour and facilitate outstanding scholarship, applications will be judged on the basis of the following academic merit criteria:

• Originality
• Contemporary significance and /or scholarly relevance
• Conceptual, methodological and theoretical soundness
• Disciplined, focused and persuasive argument
• Coherent organisation and clarity of written expression
• Comprehensive reference to appropriate literature

The winner of the award will be announced at the Conference and may be invited by the editor of The Australian Educational Researcher to submit the paper for consideration for publication in the journal.

Please Note:

• Proposals, using the online submission system for the Annual Conference, must be submitted by the closing date for proposals.
• The full paper for the award must be submitted to aare@aare.edu.auby the closing date for the Award as stated in the relevant year's conference brochure/website.
• The Award is made in conjunction with the Annual Conference, not any special conference such as a focus conference.
• Proposers may opt for full paper refereeing for their proposed paper at the time of lodging the proposal. If so, the closing date for a full paper for refereeing applies.
• Only one paper per researcher / research team should be submitted for the Award in any year. Papers previously submitted may not be re-submitted.

Please email the following to aare@aare.edu.au by the Award closing date:

1. cover letter addressing eligibility criteria
2. your conference paper
3. evidence of its acceptance including its assigned papercode

The subject line of your email should state the papercode that was assigned to your accepted conference paper.