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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIA STUDENT PRIZE FOR AUSTRALIAN ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY

Submissions for this prize are now invited.
Closing date: 27 February 2009.

The National Museum of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science through its National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science invite submissions for this prize.

The prize will be awarded for original unpublished research undertaken whilst enrolled as a student (postgraduate or undergraduate) at any tertiary educational institution.

The research should be presented as an essay 5000–8000 words in length (exclusive of endnotes). Essays must be written in English and fully documented following the style specified for the Australian Academy of Science’s journal, Historical Records of Australian Science.

Essays may deal with any aspect of Australian environmental history (including comparisons between Australia and other places). Environmental history includes the social and cultural histories of environments, the histories of scientific studies of environment, the histories of the relations between people and environments and changes in environmental ideas over time.

The Prize will consist of a certificate and $2500.

The judging panel will have three members:

• Chair (or nominee), National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science (Chair of panel),
• Editor (or nominee), Historical Records of Australian Science,
• Director of Centre for Historical Research (or nominee), National Museum of Australia.

Applicants should attach a cover sheet to their essay indicating:

• Full name
• Contact details (postal and email addresses and telephone number)
• Title of submission
• University course (and year of course if undergraduate)
• Student number

Your essay must be accompanied by a letter from your academic supervisor attesting that the essay meets the eligibility criterion set out above.

Three hard copies of your submission and an electronic copy on disk should be sent to:

Entries will not be returned and the judges' decisions are final.

The winner will be contacted by mail and/or email, and will be announced on the websites of the National Museum of Australia and the Australian Academy of Science in June 2009.

For further information contact rosanne.walker@science.org.au.

Closing date for submissions: 27 February 2009