Dear Colleagues, The Thomson Reuters Information Science Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship is now calling for nominations/applications. Please encourage outstanding current PhD students who have had their dissertation proposals accepted to apply for this award. The award consists of a $1500 prize plus $500 travel expenses to attend the Annual ASIST meeting. Each application should include an abbreviated 10 page research proposal, a cover letter from the Dissertation Advisor endorsing the proposal, and an up-to-date CV of the applicant. Full details of the award and application procedures are available here: https://www.asis.org/awards/doctoraldissertationscholarship.html The deadline for nominations: July 1, 2016. Submission page: http://www.softconf.com/asist2/ISI_DocDiss/submit.html Questions may be directed to Jury Chair and member of the ASIST Information Science Education Committee - Luanne Freund: Luanne.freund@ubc.ca<mailto:Luanne.freund@ubc.ca> Best wishes, Luanne Freund Luanne Freund Associate Professor and Acting Director SLAIS, the iSchool @ UBC The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Luanne.freund@ubc.ca<mailto:Luanne.freund@ubc.ca>