Purpose
The AARE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Researcher Award recognises an outstanding paper given by a Postgraduate Student who identifies as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person at the AARE Annual Conference.
This award is intended to support the participation and inclusion of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in the educational research community AARE Postgraduate Student Researcher Awards are available to assist postgraduate students to attend and participate in the annual AARE Conference.
Funding round: single round per annum
Applications due: 31 August 2021
Status of round: open
Support: Certificate and up to $500 to assist with conference attendance expenses
Applicant
Eligible persons may apply for the Award themselves, or may be nominated by another person (e.g., a colleague or supervisor or a conference paper reviewer or referee)
Eligibility criteria
To be eligible for consideration for an award, applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
- be a member of AARE
- identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person
- meet the closing date for abstract submission
- have an abstract accepted for presentation at the conference through the abstract submission process via the AARE conference website
- submit a first-authored conference paper for review by the conference awards committee using this form by 31 August
- be able to attend the full conference
- deliver the presentation at the conference as scheduled
- have not previously received an AARE Postgraduate Student Researcher Award or an AARE Indigenous Postgraduate Researcher Award
It is possible to submit a jointly authored paper for an award. Award applicants must be the first named author on the paper. AARE places the responsibility for full disclosure to co-authors with the first author of a paper submitted for consideration in these award categories. It is not a requirement that award papers be included in the conference proceedings.
Merit criteria
As the intent of the awards is to honour and facilitate high quality 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
Only one paper per researcher or research team should be submitted for the Award in any year. Papers previously submitted may not be resubmitted. The same paper cannot be submitted for more than one award in any year.
Conditions
- The winner of the Award may be invited by the editor of The Australian Educational Researcher to submit the paper for consideration for publication in the journal (subject to double blind peer review).
How to apply
Applications should be submitted via the form on the website.
Selection process
Applications will be assessed by the Awards Panel which is convened each year by the Awards Convenor. The panel’s decision will be final and no further correspondence will be entered into.