Postgraduate Conference Paper Prize

Nomination Guidelines

• The prize is awarded to the best paper submitted for refereeing prior to the conference by postgraduate students.
• An abstract and a full paper must be submitted as a nomination via the prize nomination portal. You will have the opportunity to upload your abstract and full paper as attachments via the portal (click through the 'Nominate here' button above).
• Nominations to be completed via the prize nomination website including the upload of  a copy of the paper abstract and full paper. For assistance contact the  APSA National Office info@auspsa.org.au
• Each stream coordinator will be invited to nominate the best postgraduate paper from within their stream, informed by referee comments where possible.
• The nominee must be a current financial member of APSA in the year of nomination.

Judging Process

• The decision will be made by a judging panel chaired by a member of the conference organising committee. The panel will read and rank the nominated papers, applying the following criteria:
  • Degree of originality
  • use of appropriate sources;
  • coherence of argument;
  • sophistication of analysis; and
• Members of judging panels should adhere to the Guidance on Identifying and Managing Conflicts of Interest. If the Chair of a judging panel has a significant conflict of interest, they must relinquish their position as Chair to one of the other panellists.
• APSA reserves the right not to award the prize in any given year.

Award Details

• The winner will be invited to attend the Association’s annual conference dinner and receive the prize of $1000 and a certificate.
• This Prize is funded by the APSA.