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Dear Industry Studies Association Colleague,

The Industry Studies Association (ISA) is pleased to invite nominations for its 2018 Annual Dissertation Award competition. The goal of the award is to recognize and reward outstanding doctoral research in the area of industry studies. The award is accompanied by a $500 honorarium for first prize and a $250 honorarium for second prize. The award winner will be invited to attend the 2019 Industry Studies Association conference held in Nashville, TN. For more information about the award, please visit: https://www.industrystudiesconference.org/awards/dissertation-award.

Nominations are due by December 15, 2018, but can be submitted at any time. At the time of the nomination, a nomination letter, an extended abstract, and a vita will be required. Nominations can be submitted via this link: https://www.industrystudiesconference.org/awards/dissertation-award/nominate.

To be eligible for the competition, candidates must have completed a doctoral dissertation in economics, management, engineering, political science, sociology, or in a related or interdisciplinary field between September 1, 2017, and August 31, 2018. Candidates must have successfully defended their dissertations and received the final approval and all required sign-offs on their dissertation document by the August 31, 2018 date.

We hope you consider nominating a promising recent graduate for this award.

Mahka Moeen, University of North Carolina
ECDC Dissertation Award Chair