Award recipients need to be notified early so they can make travel arrangements to the meetings. Therefore, ALL NOMINATIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER 15 to insure consideration at the next annual meeting. The awards are normally presented at the Annual Meeting Banquet. If you have questions please contact Karen Workman, at the address below.

Professional Achievement Award:
This was formerly called the Career Achievement Award. This award is not intended to be given at the end of a person's career but is an award to recognize an individual's outstanding professional achievements. They are still allowed to have other professional achievements after they receive the award. Nomination submissions should include a narrative explaining why the nominated individual should receive an award. It would be helpful if the submission included publication lists, a description of accomplishments or even a curriculum vita or resume if available. There are many deserving anthropologists who have made a large contribution to Alaskan anthropology - please don't let them go unappreciated or unrecognized by their association. The Alaska Anthropological Association will issue a Call For Nominations prior to each annual meeting.

Past Recipients

Outstanding Service to the Association:
There are many people who have been serving the association but not always in the most public forum. They have served on committees, as board members or other offices, helped organize conferences, or helped out in many other ways. Since all positions in the Alaska Anthropological Association are purely voluntary, it is appropriate that we recognize the hours of work and selfless attention these people have put into keeping the organization operating and growing. The Alaska Anthropological Association will issue a Call For Nominations prior to each annual meeting. Please submit a narrative justification with your nomination to the awards committee.

Past Recipients

Outstanding Current Contributions:
This award has not been given before and has not received much press although it has been around for a while. It is about time we dust this one off and start presenting it to some worthy recipients. This award is given to an individual who has made a significant contribution within the past year to the field of anthropology in Alaska. It may be a book, perhaps seeing a law to completion that protects cultural resources, or directing a significant project that has had a major and beneficial influence on the field. If you know of such a person, please write justification in narrative form. If there are products associated with this person's contribution (articles, books, etc.) please submit them as well. The products can be returned on request.

Past Recipients

Annual Scholarship Awards:
The Alaska Anthropological Association will offer two graduate (one M.A. student, and one Ph.D. student) scholarships and one undergraduate scholarship for the 2002-2003 academic year. The Association Scholarship Committee reserves the right to withhold one or both awards in the absence of qualified applicants. Each scholarship is $750.

• Purpose and Eligibility:
  These scholarships are designed to assist eligible students in their pursuit of an appropriate degree. Ordinarily the scholarship should be used to underwrite a program consisting of at least eight academic credits. If fewer credits are taken, we require that the student be engaged in full-time work toward a degree. While the number of credits taken is thus somewhat flexible, the student must be formally enrolled at an appropriate institution and be working full-time toward a degree in order to be eligible for student support. Under no circumstances may this scholarship be utilized to underwrite part-time studies, nor to cover expenses of doing fieldwork not directly connected with academic courses. Applicants must be members in good standing of the Alaska Anthropological Association (i.e., current year dues must be paid at or before time of application). The scholarship may be used at any appropriate institution.
  
  
• Application Procedure:
  The primary evaluation criterion will be tangible evidence submitted indicating promise in and commitment to the academic study of anthropology. No special forms are needed to apply, but the following information must be provided:
  1. Name, current contact address, and telephone number.
  2. Current academic status (year, institution, major).
  3. A list of courses in anthropology taken to date, including course title, instructor, institution, and grade (this need not be an official transcript).
  4. (OPTIONAL) A list of course titles, instructors, and grades received in courses clearly related to the anthropological interests of the applicant.
  5. Names, addresses, and phone numbers (where possible), of two individuals willing to provide
  references for the applicant. Letters of reference do not have to be directly solicited by the
  applicant or included with the application.
  6. A brief statement of the applicant's personal goals and interests, and intentions with regard to
  anthropology. Statements should be approximately 700 words in length, but no more than 1000 words.
  
  
• Deadline for Application:
  To be considered, applications must be received by the Scholarship Committee by February 15 of the current year. Applications should be addressed to: Scholarship Committee, Alaska Anthropological Association, P.O. Box 241686, Anchorage, Alaska 99524-1686.
  
  
• Date of Award and Restrictions on Use:
  The scholarship winners are announced at the annual meetings. The award must be used within one year of being granted, and may not be used retroactively. The money will be available after May 15 and will be forwarded to the winners upon receipt of documentation from the registrar of their institution that the student is duly enrolled.

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Edwin S. Hall, Jr. Student Paper Competition:

The Alaska Anthropological Association offers one $500 award for student paper competition, winner to be announced at the annual meetings.

• The guidelines and entry requirements are as follows:
  1. Students must be members in good standing with the Alaska Anthropological Association to be eligible for this award.
  
  2. Subject: Papers must apply anthropological perspectives to a question, topic or issue of interest to northern anthropologists. Theoretical and methodological approaches may derive from any of the four subfields of anthropology. Interdisciplinary papers are welcome.
  
  3. Specifications/Format:
  - Papers should be clearly reasoned and demonstrate creative use of sources, whether from fieldwork, library, or archival research.
  - Papers should be no more than 45 pages, typed and double-spaced.
  - American Anthropological Association format should be used for references, notes, and citations.
  
  4. Papers submitted to this competition must also be submitted for presentation at the Alaska Anthropological Association's annual meeting. Abstracts should be submitted separately to the meeting's organizers.
  
  5. On separate pages entrants must submit:
  - an abstract of not more than 150 words; and
  - a short biography (up to 10 lines) detailing anthropological education, interests, experience, and publications, as applicable
  
  
• Deadlines: Submit THREE copies postmarked on or before January 15 of the current year to:
  
  EDWIN S. HALL, JR. STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION
  Alaska Anthropological Association
  P. O. Box 241686
  Anchorage, AK 995234-1686

  Past Recipients