STEP - Science and Technology in the European Periphery

*Nicholas C. Mullins Award***

*Student Essay Competition***

*Deadline for Submission: August 1, 2012***

The Nicholas C. Mullins Award is awarded each year by the Society for
Social Studies of Science (4S) for an outstanding piece of scholarship by a
graduate student in the field of Science and Technology Studies. The prize
consists of a check for US $1,000 and a plaque.

Only currently enrolled graduate students are eligible to submit a paper
for the 4S Mullins competition. If receipt of PhD (or other terminal
graduate degree) is held by the submission deadline, those degree
recipients are not eligible for the competition.

The competition is for graduate student papers in the field of science and
technology studies, including unpublished papers, published articles, and
dissertation chapters. Dissertation chapters should be adapted so as to
make them "stand-alone." The work may not be older than two years at the
time of submission. A graduate student can only make one submission a year.
A paper that is coauthored by a faculty member is not considered a graduate
student paper. However, a paper coauthored by current graduate students
only (with no faculty authors) is eligible.

The intended readership for the papers is a general STS audience. All
papers must be submitted in English. The paper should not exceed 10,000
words, including title, notes, and references. Papers longer than the limit
will be disqualified.

The deadline for submission is August 1, 2012. Papers submitted after this
date will not be considered for this year’s competition, and must be
resubmitted the following year. Submissions must observe the following
guidelines:

- The paper must be submitted electronically, as an attachment to an
email message, in MS Word or PDF format.
- The subject line of the email message should read “4S Mullins
submission.”
- The filename of the submission should consist of the first two
significant words of the paper title (excluding articles such as “the” or
“an”).
- Authors must include the total word count immediately after the title
on the first page of their submission.
- To facilitate blind review, the author's name, address, email address,
and institutional affiliation should appear only in the covering e-mail.
- Also in the covering email, authors must provide the name of their
graduate program, the date they began study, and the date they expect to
receive their degree.

Send the submission to the chair of the Nicholas C. Mullins jury, Prof.
Kenji Ito (ito_kenji@soken.ac.jp).

The winner will be privately notified immediately following the 2012
meeting. The award will be publicly announced at the 2013 Annual Meeting of
4S, and the winner is expected to attend this meeting.

For more information on the Society for Social Studies of Science and
upcoming meetings, see http://www.4sonline.org/

Further details on the Mullins Award and other 4S Prizes can be found here:
http://www.4sonline.org/prizes/mullins