<div dir="ltr"><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Students: Have you just completed a research paper? </font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Faculty: Have you just read an outstanding research paper? </font></pre>
<pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Why not submit it to The ICPSR</span> <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Research Paper Competition <</span><a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/prize/index.html" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/prize/index.html</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">?</span></pre>
<pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">ICPSR invites submissions for our 2013 Research Paper Competition from undergraduates and master’s students at member institutions. </font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The deadline for submissions is January 31!</b></font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The purpose of the competitions is to highlight exemplary research papers based on quantitative analysis. We are holding three contests this year:
The ICPSR Research Paper Competition, for analyses on any topic using data from the ICPSR General Archive<<a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/index.jsp">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/index.jsp</a>>or Thematic Collections <<a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/partners/archives.html">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/membership/partners/archives.html</a>>.
The IFSS Research Paper Competition, for analyses on any topic using data from the Integrated Fertility Survey Series<<a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/IFSS/">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/IFSS/</a>></font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The RCMD Research Paper Competition, for analyses on issues relating to minorities in the United States, including immigrants, using data from the Resource Center for Minority Data. <</span><a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/RCMD/" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/RCMD/</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">></span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">
</font></pre><pre style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">All competitions are open to students currently pursuing or who recently received undergraduate or master’s degrees.
*The awards are $1,000 for first place and $750 for second place in each category.*
More information is found here:
<a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/prize/index.html">http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/content/ICPSR/prize/index.html</a></font></pre><div><br></div>-- <br><div><br><div>Dan Meisler, editor</div>
</div><div>Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research</div><div>Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan</div><div>734.615.7904</div><div><a href="http://www.icpsr.umich.edu" target="_blank">www.icpsr.umich.edu</a></div>
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