[Jlabsa_gs] 2013 Thesis Prize Announcement *Deadline Feb. 3rd*- A message from the John Arrington

[Lorelei Chopard]

The UGBoD will award the "2013 JSA Thesis Prize" for the best
Jefferson Lab related thesis at the Annual Users Group meeting,
scheduled June 2-4, 2014.

For the 2013 competition, the deadline is February 3, 2014 (we
thank JSA for once again fully funding this prize). A complete package
requires a nomination letter by a senior scientist giving the name and
institution of the person being nominated and the names of three people
who will send letters of recommendation, along with a copy of the
thesis. All materials must be submitted electronically. The three
letters of recommendation must be sent before the deadline, as well; it
is up to the nominator and the candidate for the Prize to follow up on
this.

Theses completed during the calendar year 2013 are eligible, as
well as theses completed during the last quarter of 2012 (if they
haven't been submitted before). The thesis prize submissions will be
judged initially by members of UGBoD, followed by a panel of independent
experts to select the final winner. Criteria for evaluation are:
quality of written thesis (40%), contribution of student to work (30%),
impact of work (15%), service to JLab physics (15%). On behalf of the
judges, we strongly encourage students considering a submission to keep
their theses as short as possible (preferably under 200 pages). All
materials must be sent by email to Lorelei Chopard (lorelei at jlab.org)
Please contact the chair of UGBoD (johna at anl.gov) for any
questions.


***We would also like to remind everyone of the Postdoc Prize 
competition which
has a deadline of January 21, 2014.***

For further information on these items and the User Group in general, 
please
visithttps://wiki.jlab.org/cugwiki   .
The two Prize competitions are listed under "JSA-sponsored Opportunities".
We thank again JSA for fully funding these two important competitions!