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Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Prize
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The Tom L. Popejoy Dissertation Prize was established as a permanent memorial to the late Tom L. Popejoy, President of the University of New Mexico from 1948 to 1968. The award recognizes and encourages the highest level of academic excellence.
Competition for the prize is structured on a three-year rotation, so that in one year, the departments of Art and Art History (including MFA) and Humanities are asked to submit their best dissertations; in the next, Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics & Statistics; and last, Social Sciences and Education (including EdD).
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| Nomination Procedures |
| Eligible departments or programs may nominate one dissertation from a student that graduated within the time noted on the application. The award–winning dissertation will be selected by a jury of tenured faculty members and the Dean of Graduate Studies.The original readers’ reports on the dissertation will be made available to the jury, whose deliberations will be confidential. If no dissertation is found worthy of the prize in a given year, no award will be made and the rotation will continue the following year.
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Nominating Units must submit the following information by the published deadline:
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- nomination form;
- a written overview of the dissertation and why it was chosen as the departmental nomination;
- a copy of the dissertation; and
- when possible, include the nominee’s current position and what publications/grants arose from the dissertation.
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| Stipend |
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A $1000 stipend will be awarded at Spring commencement each year. The recipient should be present at Spring commencement to accept the award.
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For additional information contact Margaret Gonzales at margo@unm.edu
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