[Galileo] 2011 National Museum of Australia Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History

[Rachel Ankeny]

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

2011
National Museum of Australia Student Prize
for the History of Australian Science or Australian Environmental History

The Prize will be a certificate and $2,500

Closing date for submissions Friday 25 March 2011.

The prize will be awarded for an essay based on original unpublished research
undertaken whilst enrolled as a student (postgraduate or undergraduate) at any
tertiary educational institution in the world.

The essay should be 4,000 - 8,000 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 (see http://www.publish.csiro.au/media/client/HRnta.pdf for
details).

Essays may deal with any aspect of the History of Australian Science (including
medicine and technology) or Australian Environmental History. ‘Australia’ can
include essays that focus on the Australian region, broadly defined, including
Oceania. Essays that compare issues and subjects associated with Australia with
those of other places are also welcomed. The winning entry, if it is in a
suitable subject area, may be considered for publication in Historical Records
of Australian Science.

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 Research (or nominee), National Museum of Australia.

In the e-mail covering your essay you should indicate:
Full name
Contact details (postal and e-mail addresses and telephone number)
Title of submission
University course (and year of course if undergraduate)
Student number

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

Please send your submission electronically in WORD or PDF format to Connie
Berridge, National Committees Officer, National Committee for the History and
Philosophy of Science, Australian Academy of Science,
connie.berridge at science.org.au

Judges’ decisions are final. The judges retain the right to split the prize, or
not to award it. The winner will be contacted by mail and/or e-mail, and will be
announced on the websites of the National Museum of Australia and the Australian
Academy of Science in June 2011.

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Dr Rachel A. Ankeny, Chair
National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science
Australian Academy of Science

Mailing Address:
Associate Professor
School of History and Politics
The University of Adelaide
Napier Building
Adelaide SA 5005 AUSTRALIA

voice: +61-8-8303-5570
fax: +61-8-8303-3443
email: rachel.ankeny at adelaide.edu.au