Eligible publications will be considered by a selection committee (sub-committee of the research committee) in February of the following year for which the prize is awarded.
- Applications must be made by 19 January to the Director of Higher Degrees by Research.
- Applications must include a PDF copy of the article. The applicant may also include reviews or other evidence indicating the quality of the article and a statement of no more than 500 words addressing the selection criteria in point 5.
- A copy of the acceptance must be included if article has been accepted, but not published.
- If the work is co-authored, the application should include a statement of contribution signed by each author.
- Selection committee will consider criteria including:
- How significant is the subject of the work?
- How original is the work - to what extent does it advance existing knowledge?
- Does the work do more than synthesise previous scholarship?
- Does the work clearly develop a central argument and support this with persuasive evidence?
- Is the research methodology adopted suitable and sufficient?
- Is the work well organised and clearly expressed?
- Does the work communicate its central argument effectively to a non-specialist, as well as a specialist readership?
- If the paper is co-authored, the contribution of the student to the work.
- The relationship of the work to the student’s PhD.
- The selection committee may decline to award a prize if it decides that the work submitted does not meet the criteria of eligibility or merit.
- The selection committee may decide that a prize be awarded jointly to two or more applicants.
