Nominations for the 2010 Prize are needed by Monday 1st February 2010 Rules and Guidelines for the Submission of entries to the Jean Blondel Prize The thesis must have been examined and been deemed to have passed between 1st September 2008 and 31st August 2009. However, the doctorate need not have been officially conferred during this period.
Each ECPR full member institution can nominate no more than ONE candidate for the prize.
The candidacy must come via the ECPR Official Representative or the Head of Department.
Only full member institutions can nominate candidates for the prize, and the thesis nominated must have been submitted at the institution concerned.
The topic of the thesis should fit broadly within the field of political science and political thought. For example, work on political economy should draw substantially on the relevant political science literature as well as on any economics literature, and work on comparative constitutions should draw substantially on the relevant literature from political science as well as from law, and so on.
The submission for the Prize should be made in PDF format to Mark Kench (mkench@essex. ac.uk) by Monday 1st February 2010. Free software for creating PDFs can be found at www.cutepdf. com/Products/ CutePDF/writer. asp
Besides a brief accompanying letter from the representative of the institution at which the candidates obtained their doctorate, the submission must comprise:
1. an expanded 15 to 20-page abstract in English outlining the main arguments of the work. The abstract should outline:
1. the subject of the thesis;
2. its main findings and arguments; as well as
3. its principal conclusions;
2. the table of contents of the thesis, also in English.
Both documents will be used to draw a short-list (usually of not more than five candidates).
The authors of the short-listed theses will be asked to provide an electronic copy of their complete thesis by the middle or end of March 2010, so that the Jury can make a decision regarding the assignation of the Prize.
Translations
Short-listed theses written in languages other than English that are not familiar to the members of the jury will first be read by a specialist in the field. Should they feel the thesis is a strong candidate for the Prize, the ECPR will pay for up to 20,000 words to be translated into English, so that it can be judged equally by the panel. Should a non-English language thesis be awarded the Prize and be published in the ECPR Press' Monographs series, the full cost of the translation will be split 50/50 between the ECPR Press and the candidate or their institution.
Publication
The award will be given to the thesis that the Committee believes will make the best research monograph in a politics book series. The criterion for this prize is that, with suitable amendments, the thesis would make an outstanding book, addressing central themes in the relevant subfield(s) of the discipline, and hence would be suitable for inclusion in the ECPR's Monographs series, which is published in English.
Although it is hoped that the successful thesis will be published in the ECPR Press' Monographs series; the Press is no under obligation to offer a contract with the book series; and no candidate is under any obligation to accept such a contract if offered it. On the other hand, the Editors of the Press hope to start discussions as soon as possible with the winner, and indeed with some of the other shortlisted candidates, on the possibility of publishing their thesis as a book in the Monograph series.
Prize Announcement
The winner of the prize will be announced on 30th September 2010. If it is deemed that no thesis reaches an acceptable standard, the committee may decline to award the prize in any given year.
The successful candidate will be awarded a prize of €1000. The candidate will receive the prize at the ECPR's Joint Sessions at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland from 13-17 April.
Expenses
Expenses to attend the prize giving will be paid for by the ECPR, which will arrange travel and accommodation.
http://www.ecprnet.eu/funding_and_awards/prizes_phd_2.asp
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