ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award

Posted June 11, 2015

The ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award was established in 1974 and is administered by the Information Science Education Committee. Beginning in 1997, ProQuest, formerly University Microfilms International (UMI) undertook sponsorship of the award.

The award shall consist of an award of $1,000. Additionally, ProQuest will contribute $500 towards travel or other expenses to the grant recipient, contingent upon the recipient’s attending the ASIS&T annual meeting, and a certificate. The winner may be given the opportunity to present a summary of the doctoral research at the Doctoral Forum.

The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding recent doctoral candidates whose research contributes significantly to an understanding of some aspect of information science. The award is intended to encourage participation of new Ph.D.s in the activities of a professional association by providing a forum for presentation of their research and assisting them with some travel support.

Information about the award is available at: https://www.asist.org/about/awards/proquest-doctoral-dissertation-award/