Jean Fort Dissertation Prize Nominations
April 16, 2010
To: Graduate Advisors
General Campus Graduate Programs
Fr: Kim E. Barrett, Dean
Office of Graduate Studies
Re: Jean Fort Dissertation Prize
Dear Graduate Advisers:
I am writing to request nominations for the Jean Fort Dissertation Prize. To be eligible, a candidate must receive his or her Ph.D. degree from UCSD during academic year 2009-10: June 13, 2009 to June 11, 2010. Students who received their degree previously are unfortunately ineligible. For those who intend to complete this summer, 2010, they would be eligible for the following 2010-11 academic year.
The prize, established in honor of Jean Fort, UCSD's longtime Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, will be awarded annually to a Ph.D. recipient of unusual intellectual breadth whose doctoral research has met the highest standards of academic excellence and may make a significant contribution on an issue of humanitarian or public concern.
This year's winner will receive $400 and will be announced at this year's commencement as the recipient of this endowed prize. I invite you to submit one nomination from your department/graduate program by Friday, May 14th. Please forward a letter of nomination endorsed by the department chair/program director and a one or two page summary of the candidate's dissertation. If you have any questions, please contact Mary Allen (x43552, mallen@ucsd.edu).
cc: Department Chairs/Program Directors
Graduate Coordinators
