AWARD: William C. Frida Graduate-Student College-Sport Research Paper

William C. Frida Graduate-Student College-Sport Research Paper Award

The College Sport Research Institute (CSRI) is pleased to announce the
inaugural William C. Friday Graduate-Student College-Sport Research
Paper Award competition.

This graduate-research competition is a fitting tribute to Dr. Friday’s
contributions to higher education and intercollegiate athletics. William
C. Friday served as president of the University of North Carolina system
for 30 years until his retirement in 1986, becoming the longest-serving
University president of the 20th century. During his career in
university administration Dr. Friday played a major role in the
formation of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), as well as the current
16-campus University system, in which the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill sits as the “crown jewel” of higher learning in the south.

As founding chair of the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate
Athletics, Dr. Friday attempted to preserve the integrity of college
sports. During Friday's tenure, a significant number of the commission's
recommendations, issued through a series of reports, were ultimately
enacted by the NCAA. Among the specific recommendations accepted was a
new model for governing intercollegiate athletics - shifting control
from athletic administrators to college presidents working to ensure
academic integrity, financial integrity and independent certification.

In 2005, Dr. Friday stepped down from the Knight commission. On this
occasion Hodding Carter III, Knight's president and CEO, and an
ex-officio member of the commission, said, "Bill Friday has been the
heart and driving force of the Knight Commission. He has done this group
proud and the world of college athletics proud.”

Presently president emeritus of the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Dr. Friday was ranked the most effective public university
president in the nation in 1986 by a study by the Council on Advancement
and Support of Education. He has served in a number of leadership roles
on national committees, among them the Association of American
Universities, the Commission on White House Fellows and the Presidential
Task Force on Education under two administrations. He has been honored
with many awards for his service, including the National Humanities
Medal and the American Council on Education's Distinguished Service
Award for Lifetime Achievement.

*ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS*

To be eligible for this competition, a student MUST be enrolled as a
graduate student in a college or university at the deadline of
submission (*_11:59pm Friday January 8, 2010_*). No more than one
submission per student will be accepted. .

Papers should reflect a student’s analytical and/or theoretical research
related to college sport and be appropriate for presentation at the 2010
Scholarly Conference on College Sport. The winner of the student
competition will have an opportunity to present this paper at the
conference: to be held *_April 21-23, 2010_* at The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC.

*INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSION*

  1. Papers must be received electronically no later than *_11:59pm EST
     on Friday January 8, 2010._*
  2. The page limit for all submitted manuscripts is 35 double-spaced
     pages, INCLUDING references, tables, figures and appendices.
  3. Papers must be submitted in English and use Times New Roman,
     12-point font and one-inch margins.
  4. Papers that are more than 35 pages will not be eligible for the
     competition.
  5. Students must adhere to guidelines contained in the Instructions
     to Authors
     <http://www.nassm.com/InfoAbout/JSM/ForAuthors/Guidelines> section
     published in the /Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics/
     (/JIIA/). Papers that do not meet ALL of these requirements will
     not be reviewed.
  6. Authors should include a cover page with the title of the paper,
     their full contact information, institutional affiliation, degree
     program, and advisor name and contact information.
  7. Papers must be submitted electronically to the William C. Friday
     Graduate-Student College-Sport Research Paper Award competition
     coordinator, Prof. Linda Sharp at *Linda.Sharp@unco.edu
     *.The submissions should be sent as a
     file attachment to an email, and should be in MS-Word (*.doc)
     format. *_Do not send a paper in pdf or zip file format_*.
  8. Each submission must also be accompanied by a cover letter from
     the student’s advisor that clearly indicates the paper is being
     submitted for the William C. Friday Graduate-Student College-Sport
     Research Paper Award competition, and the paper meets the
     competition’s requirements for length and format. The research
     paper cannot be submitted for any other presentation at the
     conference, nor should it have been submitted to, presented or
     published previously in scholarly outlets. If the paper
     constitutes part of a broader research project undertaken by the
     student and/or advisor, a note as to how the submitted paper
     represents an original, independent contribution must be provided.
     Papers must represent *student-produced* inquiry only. Limited
     input from supervisors (e.g., general feedback on structure and
     content, or recommendations for editing) is acceptable, but papers
     on which supervisors have had substantial input (e.g., analysis of
     data, writing or rewriting of sections of the paper) are not eligible.
  9. Only papers deemed by the committee to be truly outstanding will
     be considered for the award, and thus – depending on the quality
     of submitted papers - there is a possibility no award will be
     given during any year.

*Papers must be received electronically **
*(emailed to ***Linda.Sharp@unco.edu  ) **
*no later than _11:59pm EST on Friday January 8, 2010_.**

*EVALUATION CRITERIA*

The William C. Friday Graduate-Student College-Sport Paper Award Review
Committee will evaluate all submissions using a blind review process
based on the following criteria:

  1. Relevance or significance of the topic
  2. Theoretical basis
  3. Methodology
  4. Discussion and interpretation
  5. Clarity of writing

*BENEFITS OF SUBMISSION*

Students will receive constructive comments and suggestions from the
reviewers on how the paper may be strengthened for possible presentation
and publication. The student winner will be recognized by the College
Sport Research Institute with the following:

  1. A 30-minute presentation of the research at the 2010 Scholarly
     Conference on College Sport during the William C. Friday
     conference plenary session.
  2. Waiver of the 2010 conference registration fee.
  3. A $1,000 (US) award.
  4. Submission of the paper to /Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate
     Athletics/ for blind review. *
  5. Plaque in recognition of the award.
  6. Recognition in conference program and on conference website.

The top three finalists in the student competition will each receive a
$150 (US) award, a waiver of the 2010 conference registration fee, and
may be asked to present their paper as an oral presentation at the 2010
Scholarly Conference on College Sport.**

*Note: All finalist papers will undergo triple-blind review per JIIA
guidelines. No guarantee of publication of paper in JIIA is conferred by
this award or finalist status.

**All conference submissions undergo triple-blind review per conference
guidelines. No guarantee of acceptance is conferred to finalists.

Further questions and information, please contact:

Dr. Richard M. Southall
Director - College Sport Research Institute
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB 3182 Smith Building 06
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
919.962-3507 (office)
901.240-7197 (cell)
919.962.6325 (fax)

Email: southall@email.unc.edu 


*UNC Sport Administration Program
 http://www.unc.edu/depts/exercise/sport_administration/index.htm

*College Sport Research Institute
 http://www.unc.edu/csri

*2010 Scholarly Conference on College Sport April 21-23, 2010 
 http://www.csriconference.org

*Journal of Issues in Intercollegiate Athletics
 http://csri-jiia.org