Government and Nonprofit Section
Outstanding Dissertation Award

The GNP Section sponsors a competitive dissertation award each year. An applicant must be a doctoral candidate with a major or emphasis in accounting from a doctoral granting institution in the United States of America or foreign country. The dissertation must have been successfully defended prior to submission, but must not have been defended before March 1, 2010.

The grant application should include a copy of the dissertation and a 10–20 page summary addressing the relevance of the study to governmental and nonprofit accounting, the research methods employed, and overview of the findings. The submission deadline is April 15, 2011.

Nominations, by self or others, should be made to the Chairperson of the Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee:

Andrea Alston Roberts, PhD
Assistant Professor of Commerce
McIntire School of Commerce
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400173
Charlottesville, VA 22904
Email: aar5u@comm.virginia.edu
Phone: 434-243-1561
Fax: 434-924-7074

Email submissions are preferred. If you have further questions you can contact Andrea at aar5u@comm.virginia.edu or by phone at 434-243-1567.