Center for South Asia Studies Outstanding Paper Prize in Sri Lankan Studies

The Center for South Asia Studies is proud to announce two new awards in Sri Lankan Studies. The CSAS Outstanding Paper Prize in Sri Lankan Studies and the CSAS Dissertation Research Award in Sri Lankan Studies. For further details and application instructions please see below.

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2012-2013 Center for South Asia Studies Outstanding Paper Prize in Sri Lankan Studies

welcomes entries for its 2012 Outstanding Paper Prize in Sri Lankan Studies focused on the topic: "The Impact of the Sri Lankan Model in Internal Conflict and International Diplomacy." Submissions are welcome from any discipline, though preference will be given to papers in a social science field.

The deadline for the paper prize is Friday, March 1, 2013.
Winners will be contacted and prizes will be announced by Friday, March 29, 2013.

Description of the Award
The amount of the paper prize award will be $500.
Eligibility

1. Full time graduate students or undergraduates in their senior year.
2. Students must have been registered as a full time student at any accredited university during the 2012-2013 academic year.

Guidelines for Paper Prize

1. Faculty may nominate students, or students may enter their own papers.
2. For each entry submit:
   • All submitted papers must be no longer than thirty typewritten (double-spaced) pages of text, exclusive of the title page, endnotes, and bibliography.
   • All pages, except for the title page, must be numbered, and all endnotes must conform to standard historical formats.
   • The author's identity is to appear nowhere on the paper.
   • A separate, unattached page should accompany the paper, identifying the author (along with the title of the paper) and providing that person's home address, telephone number, e-mail address (if available), college affiliation, graduating year and status (undergraduate or graduate student).
   • A one-page (250-word) abstract must accompany each submission. Abstract of winning paper will be published in all announcements of competition results.
3. Papers are to demonstrate scholarly competence relevant to post war reconciliation in Sri Lanka.

Submit either:

• In an e-mail, electronic files of 1) the paper, 2) the page with identifying information, and 3) the abstract attached as Word files. (This is the preferred method of submission.) OR

• For persons who lack e-mail capability, four (4) printed copies of each of the following: 1) the paper, 2) the page with identifying information, and 3) the abstract.

Please send entries NO LATER THAN 5pm on Friday, March 1, 2013 to
csas@berkeley.edu
Subject: "Submission for Sri Lanka Outstanding Paper Prize"
OR
Sri Lanka Paper Prize Committee
Center for South Asia Studies, UC Berkeley
10 Stephens Hall, Berkeley CA-94270-2310