The ASSC William James Prize for Contributions to the Study of Consciousness
Every year one prize will be awarded for the most outstanding single published contribution to the empirical or philosophical study of consciousness by a graduate student or postdoctoral scholar/researcher that has obtained a PhD or other advanced degree within 5 years of the submission deadline (ie for the 2013 prize, that is either a current graduate student or somebody that was awarded their PhD after January 31st 2008). For a list of previous Prize winner's, please see here.
The deadline for the next Prize submission is: 31st of January 2013
The prize consists of:
- An award of $1000(USD)
- An invitation to present a plenary address at ASSC17, held in July 2013 in San Diego USA (travel, accommodation, and registration paid by ASSC)
- A lifetime membership in ASSC
Nominations, including self nominations, should be sent to Axel Cleeremans at axcleer@ulb.ac.be (re: james prize). The nomination letter should include a brief statement as to why the contribution is outstanding, and for co-authored publications, there should be a statement describing the nominee's role. To be considered, the contribution must be published or accepted for publication and be written in English. Electronic copies in PDF format of the contribution and the nominee's CV should be attached to the nomination letter.
Prize Committee:
- Axel Cleeremans, University of Bruxelles (chair)
- David Rosenthal, CUNY Graduate Center, New York
- Michael Gazzaniga, University of California Santa Barbara
- Stanislas Dehaene, INSERM-CEA, France
In case of potential conflict of interest stemming from a connection between an applicant and a member of the Prize Committee, that member of the committee will not participate in judging the application in question.