Submission must be received by September 10, 2010.

General Information: The Georgia Educational Research Association is again sponsoring the Outstanding Student Research Award in conjunction with its Annual Meeting. The graduate student submitting the winning research paper will be recognized at the GERA Annual Meeting to be held this year at the Coastal Georgia Center in Savannah, Georgia, on October 22-23, 2010.

PLEASE NOTE: Papers submitted for the competition must also be separately submitted for presentation at the GERA Fall, 2010, Meeting.

Eligibility: Papers considered for the competition must be submitted by students currently enrolled in a recognized graduate degree program. Papers submitted by recent graduates (since October 2009) will also be considered providing that the research upon which the paper is based was completed before graduation. Papers having more than one author will be considered; however, each author must be a student (e.g., a faculty member may not be one of the authors).

PLEASE NOTE: Students submitting papers must register for the Meeting. Individuals may be first author on only one paper being considered for this award.

Criteria: Criteria for selecting a winning paper will be the same as used by reviewers of various scholarly journals publishing articles related to educational research. A wide variety of topics and research methods pertaining to educational research are appropriate for this competition. In general, any type of paper that one might consider submitting to a scholarly education research journal is appropriate. As a rule, papers generally do not exceed 30 pages (including references, tables, figures, etc.) and must follow APA style.

Application Procedure: To enter the competition, send an electronic copy of your paper as an attachment in Microsoft Word document format to: Dr. Margie Yates, myates@lagrange.edu

Submission must be received by September 10, 2010.

Include on the cover page the following statement: "Submitted for GERA Outstanding Student Research Award." In addition to your name, address, telephone number, and email address, please include the name, telephone number, and institutional affiliation of your academic advisor.