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The Marjorie Lozoff Graduate Essay Prize Call for Applications

Purpose:

To encourage original research in areas that further women's development. Eligible topics include, but are not limited to, men and women's role within the family, the role of women and gender in science, medicine, and engineering, women's participation in the professions and other areas of work, women as entrepreneurs, women and gender in developing societies, women and gender cross-culturally.

Eligibility:

All currently registered graduate students at Stanford University. Graduate/professional students from any academic or professional discipline are welcome to apply.

Award:

One prize of $750 will be awarded in 2009.

Applications:

Applicants are required to submit two complete application packets for review by the selection committee, including:

  1. A completed entry form
  2. A scholarly essay of not more than 35 pages, double-spaced, that addresses some aspect of women's development as outlined above and includes all notes and references

Only complete applications will be considered; other supporting papers will not be reviewed. Applications can be mailed or delivered to Serra House.

Lozoff Essay Prize
c/o Lori Mackenzie
Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research
Serra House
589 Capistrano Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8640


Campus mail code: 8640
Deadline: March 11, 2009
Notification: April 15, 2009
Additional information: The prize recipient(s) are expected to attend a lunch with the Lozoff family to describe their research. The luncheon will take place on May 11 in 2009, 12:00pm-1:30pm.
Questions: For additional information, please contact Lori Mackenzie at
lorim @ stanford.edu

Any research supported by the Marjorie Lozoff Fund of Stanford University's Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research shall acknowledge that fact in his or her research.