This award for Theses and Dissertations in the area of health communication is for those completed/defended between September 1, 2012 and December 31, 2013. 2014 CALL FOR SUBMISSION - REQUIREMENTS & INSTRUCTIONS ICA and NCA are pleased to release a call for outstanding masters theses and doctoral dissertations in the area of health communication. A cash award is given in the amount of $500 each for the top dissertation and top thesis (the Amanda L Kundrat Thesis of the Year Award). To be considered for the 2014 awards, theses and dissertations must have been completed (defended) between 1 September 2012 and 31 December 2013. If the completion date was in the last four months of 2012, the thesis or dissertation cannot have been submitted for last year’s (2013) competition. Individuals may nominate themselves, but advisors must be notified of the nomination. Thesis and dissertation nominations will be evaluated by a panel of officers and members of the ICA and NCA Health Communication Divisions, with the ICA Chair serving as the award coordinator. **Please read the following instructions for submitting a nomination packet carefully and in their entirety, because they have changed substantially since the 2010 competition.** The nomination packet should include (a) a cover letter with the name, postal address, telephone number and email address of the nominee and his or her advisor(s) and completion date of the thesis or dissertation, and (b) a summary (excluding title page and references) of the thesis or dissertation not exceeding 5 pages (Times New Roman 12” font, double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides, and in English; not counting title page and references). The 5-page summary should describe clearly and concisely the study’s rationale, theoretical framework, research questions, methods, results, and conclusions. Care should be taken to mask the identity of the author within the text of the summary. The summary should include a title page that contains only the title of the thesis or dissertation. Complete theses or dissertations or chapters of same will not be accepted for review. Reviewers will be instructed not to read beyond the first 5 pages of text. PLEASE SUBMIT PACKET AS A MS WORD DOCUMENT—NOT AS A PDF. On or before March 25, a slate of up to 3 finalists for each award will be selected by the evaluation committee. Finalists will be invited to submit an extended integrated summary of the thesis or dissertation not exceeding 30 pages (double-spaced, one-inch margins on all sides, and in English). These summaries will be reviewed by the committee and the award winners will be selected from among the finalists. Send an electronic copy of the nomination packet including cover letter and 5-page summary to: Mohan J. Dutta, National University of Singapore Chair, ICA Health Communication Division Email: [email protected] The deadline for receipt of the nomination packets is February 28, 2014. Nomination packets received after that date will not be reviewed. This email has been sent out through Ohana. To ensure communication with ICA Communities, please add [email protected] to your spam white list or trusted senders. If you would like to
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