AAG GIS Specialty Group: Annual Student Paper Competition - 2nd Call for Abstracts AAG Meeting: New York, NY - February 24-28, 2012 The GIS Specialty Group (GISSG) of the Association of American Geographers is pleased to announce the 2012 Honors Competition for Student Papers on Geographic Information Science (GIS) topics to be presented at the annual meeting. Any paper that advances any aspect of GIS is welcome. We encourage papers on theoretical, conceptual, and methodological developments in GIS as well as on particular innovative GIS applications. Papers must be based upon original work, completed as an undergraduate or graduate student, relevant to the field of GIS and current GIS research. Papers must be written entirely by the applicant. Students who are selected as finalists will be placed in a special session at the annual meeting. IMPORTANT DATES September 28, 2011 - Abstract Due January 24, 2012 - Full Paper Due AWARDS Up to five finalists (one session) will be selected on the basis of the quality of extended abstracts and provided with $500 each to attend the conference. Finalists must submit a paper of a substantive nature that constitutes an expanded discussion of the material to be presented orally at the annual meeting. The prizes of $500 for 1st place and $250 for 2nd place will be determined immediately following the special presentation session. ELIGIBILITY The competition is open to students at all academic levels. Any paper authored and presented by a student is eligible for the competition, provided the paper has not already been published or presented somewhere. Applicants must be a current member of the AAG GIS Specialty Group. FINALISTS Up to five competition finalists will be notified no later than September 28, 2011. Each finalist will be asked to submit a written paper of about 7,500 words, expanding on the material in the extended abstract. This paper will be due no later than January 24, 2012. Details about the final written paper are provided lower on this page. GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATIONS To be considered for participation in the GIS paper competition, an extended abstract must be submitted (about 1000 words). Electronic submission of the extended abstracts is encouraged (in Microsoft Word format, with 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and single-spaced lines). Applicants must clearly indicate that they wish to be considered for the GISSG Student Paper Competition. All submissions not accepted for the competition by the awards committee will be incorporated into the AAG meeting program in other sessions. Applicants must also submit an AAG participant number which is issued when successfully registering for the AAG meeting (in other words, you must register for the AAG meeting and submit a short abstract using the AAG's registration website, before submitting your longer abstract to the GISSG competition). For detailed instructions on how to acquire a participant number for the annual meeting, see the AAG web page. The extended abstract and participant code are due to the GISSG Academic Councilor by September 28, 2011. Please send abstracts via email as an attachment (Microsoft Word or PDF) to Dr. Daniel Goldberg ([log in to unmask]). GUIDELINES FOR PAPERS Papers, including the related bibliography and associated tables and figures, must be submitted in the format used by the International Journal Geographical Information Science. A cover page listing the student authors' name, academic affiliation, faculty advisor for the paper, mailing address, phone numbers, and email address should also be included. The second page should include only the title of the paper and the abstract. The content of the paper should begin on the third page. The final written paper should be submitted electronically via email to Dr. Daniel Goldberg ([log in to unmask]) as a Microsoft Word document attachment (12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, double spaced). The content of the paper is limited to about 20 pages in length (text, references, figures and tables, about 5000-7500 words total). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Full details are available online at: http://spatial.usc.edu/Education/ScholarshipsAndAwards/AAG-GISSG-Student-Pa per-Competition/. Send all submissions and inquiries to: Daniel W. Goldberg, Ph.D. Academic Councilor, AAG GIS Specialty Group [log in to unmask] dan -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Daniel W. Goldberg, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor of Spatial Science & Associate Director, USC GIS Research Laboratory +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Spatial Sciences Institute USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences University of Southern California 3616 Trousdale Pkwy, AHF B57G Los Angeles, CA 90089-0374 Telephone: 213 740-0521 Fax: 213 740-9687 https://webgis.usc.edu http://spatial.usc.edu [log in to unmask] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++