Fannie Mae Foundation Competition for Best Papers
Presented at the 2004 ACSP Conference
October 21-24, Portland Oregon
Abstract Deadline: 15 March 2004
Paper Deadline: 7 September 2004
                                
Best Student Paper:  $1000 prize to the author(s) of the best paper written by a current student or group of students, graduate or undergraduate, enrolled during the 2004-2005 year or receiving a degree in 2005.  Any paper dealing with housing and/or community development issues may be nominated.  Papers co-authored with faculty or other non-students are not eligible. Previously published work or work currently under review for publication is not eligible.
Best Action Research Paper:  $1000 prize to the author(s) of the best paper in any track which evaluates or analyzes innovative or cutting edge professional practice, public service or outreach efforts in housing and community development.  Synergies between scholarship and practice should be exhibited; preference to authors who were directly involved in the research or professional practice described; student work is eligible. Previously published work or work currently under review for publication is not eligible.
Best Conference Paper: $1000 prize to the author(s) of the best paper in any track on any housing and/or community development related topic.  Previously published work or work previously submitted for publication is not eligible.
These awards are intended to promote and recognize research on a wide range of housing and community development issues including community social capital, federal housing policy, social policy issues, home ownership, and discrimination in housing and mortgage markets.  Papers accepted for presentation in any of the 2004 ACSP Conference tracks are eligible.  The Foundation will publish selected award winning papers in Housing Policy Debate; winning papers will be automatically considered unless the author specifically asks at the time of application that this not happen.
Abstracts must be submitted directly to the ACSP conference organizers by 15 March 2004.  At that time author(s) should notify the FMF Prize Coordinator of their intention to submit a paper for prize consideration.  Four copies of the full paper must then be submitted no later than 7 September 2004 together with full contact information for all authors (including e-mail, fax, phone, and mailing address) as well as an indication of the one author with whom the Coordinator should communicate to:
Mickey Lauria
ACSP FMF Prize Coordinator
PLANNING & LANDSCAPE ARCH
Clemson University
236 HARDIN HALL
Clemson, SC 29634-0511
864.656.0520
864.656.7519
MLAURIA@clemson.ed

2nd International Conference
on the History of Transport, Traffic, and Mobility (T2M)
Thursday November 4 - Sunday November 7 2004
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, Michigan USA

The International Association for the History of Transport, Traffic, and Mobility, a new organization formed to promote scholarly research and foster communication between a broad array of individuals and groups, invites proposals for papers to be presented at the Second International Conference on the History of Transport, Traffic and Mobility (T2M), to be held on 4 7 November 2004 at the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Dearborn, Michigan USA.

This year’s conference will be hosted by the University of Michigan-Dearborn’s Center for the Study of Automotive Heritage.  We expect approximately 100-150 conference attendees, with a maximum of 175. We have found that attendees greatly value the opportunity for discussion and critical exchange of ideas generated at this conference.  The conference language (written and oral) is English. The deadline for abstracts and a short cv  (both max. 1 page and composed in MS Word or pdf format only) is April 15, 2004.  Send proposals to: submissions at t2m.org. Notification of acceptance will be sent by May 20, 2004. The full text of papers accepted must be submitted before August 15, 2004 if they are to be included in the proceedings on the official conference CD-ROM (mailed to all participants prior to the conference).

Essay Competition Prize for the Best Essay
on Urban and Regional Themes by Young Authors
http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/furs/index.php

Sponsor: Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies Limited (FURS)
Sponsor Type: Other Nonprofit
Deadline: May 31, 2004
Amount Note: A prize of £1,000 will be awarded to the overall winner, three second prizes of £500, and three third prizes £250 will be awarded. Essays which reach the final round of judging but which are not awarded one of the first three prizes will receive Blackwells book prizes totalling £700. The first prize essay will be published in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research subject to any changes required by the editor and will be translated if necessary.
Eligibility: Authors should be under 35 years of age.
Citizenship or Residency: Unrestricted
Activity Location: Unrestricted
Requirements: Graduate Student Ph.D./M.D./Other Professional Undergraduate Student

Abstract: In collaboration with the International Journal of Urban Regional Research and Blackwell Publishers, the Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies (FURS) is organising a fourth international essay competition for the best essay on urban and regional themes by young scholars.
Prizes will be awarded for
1) essays written in English by native English speaking authors;
2) essays written in English by non-native English speaking authors; and
3) essays written in French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
The essay should be no longer than 7,000 words (including footnotes and bibliography) and be sent with a 500-word maximum summary in English. Essays exceeding 7,000 words will be automatically excluded.
Contact Name: Nicoletta Carmi Contact Address: FURS Essay Competition
Fondazione Bignaschi
Via Olmetto 3
Contact City: 20123 Milano
Contact Country: Italy
Contact Phone: +39 (02) 8057718
Contact Fax: +39 (02) 8692565
Contact Email: nicoletta.carmi <at> unimib <dot> it

ACSP Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning
Deadline: 30 June 2004

Recognizes superior scholarship in a doctoral dissertation completed by a student enrolled in an ACSP-member school. The committee seeks a thesis that is original, well written, employs methods elegantly, offers lessons pertinent to central issues in the field of planning, and provides guidance about how planners or governments should make choices. Nominees must have received the doctoral degree in the two years preceding the deadline (May 2002 through June 2004). The work is expected to be presented at the 2004 ACSP Conference where the award is presented.
The committee will accept for review no more than one nomination from each doctoral program. Initial nominations, to come jointly from the dissertation committee chairperson and the department chair or director of graduate studies, are to consist of three copies of ONLY the table of contents and the introductory and concluding chapters, together with two letters of recommendation, one of which must be from the chair of the nominee’s dissertation committee, and a university document indicating the date of award of the degree. The committee may then ask for the full thesis from selected finalists. These materials should be sent before 30 June 2004 to:
William W. Goldsmith, Chair, ACSP Jones Award Committee, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Cornell University, West Sibley Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-6701, wwg1 at cornell.edu
*Please include an up-to-date address/email address for the nominee. *

The Journal of Planning Literature lists and abstracts new dissertations in its annotated list of articles and books in each issue.

Faculty, if one of your advisees recently completed a dissertation, please bounce this note to the student, or e-mail the information below for such students to jpl at osu.edu.

New Ph.D's: If you recently completed a dissertation (past quarter or so), please e-mail a word compatible file as an attachment to jpl@osu.edu.

The attachment should have (in sentence case, not caps)
the dissertation title your name institution where you completed the doctoral work year of completion, abstract of your dissertation (edited to less than 250 words). Up to five keywords (from JPL subject categories, if possible). This will also help Sage list your abstract in the appropriate category. Because Sage does the abstracting, I cannot track in which issue each dissertation abstract appears.
However, it will most likely appear two to three issues from now.
Thanks.
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Jack L. Nasar, Editor
Journal of Planning Literature
http://facweb.arch.ohio-state.edu/jnasar/crpinfo/index.htm