2010 Medica Graduate Student Award

In keeping with the Society’s overarching mission to encourage research on medicine and healing in the Middle Ages, Medica’s Graduate Student Award provides a stipend of $250 to honor a graduate student presenting an outstanding paper at a Medica-sponsored conference session.

The Society’s sessions encourage research from a broad spectrum of disciplines, such as history of medicine, art history, literary studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and religious studies.

Details for each year’s eligible conference sessions, topics, and deadlines are posted as CFPs on Medica’s blog. CFP Deadlines for 2010 Medica-Sponsored Sessions are noted in the post below.

Application Procedures and Deadline

Complete applications are due December 1, 2009 [receipt deadline]. To be eligible for the award, an applicant must have a paper accepted by a Medica-sponsored conference session and be a student member of Medica (see http://www.umm.maine.edu/medica/members.html).

Applicants must submit the following:

1. a one-page abstract of the paper to be presented at a Medica-sponsored session
2. a complete copy of the paper to be presented, which may not exceed 10 pages, double-spaced (12 pt. font)
3. a one-page curriculum vitae, including current employment status
4. one letter of reference (dissertation writers must have a letter from their supervisor).

Award decisions will be based on the excellence of the submitted conference abstract and paper as judged by Medica’s Graduate Student Award Committee. Winners will be notified by e-mail no later than January 30, 2010.

For more information, address inquiries to Linda Migl Keyser at keyserl@georgetown.edu. Please send application materials to Dr. Keyser via e-mail at keyserl@georgetown.edu, or mail application materials to: Linda Migl Keyser, Ph.D., President; Medica; 1690 N. 21st St., #2; Arlington, VA 22209 USA.