The Lloyd Cotsen Prize for Lifetime Achievement in World Archaeology
THE COTSEN INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
ANNOUNCES
THE SECOND TRIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR
THE LLOYD COTSEN PRIZE FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY
US $55,000.00
Established by Mr. Lloyd Cotsen as a permanent endowment at UCLA, this prize will be awarded every three years to an active senior archaeologist for lifetime achievement in archaeological research and mentorship. The prize includes an unrestricted cash award of US $50,000 to the senior laureate and US $5,000 to one of his or her students who is currently engaged in fulltime research and teaching in the field of archaeology.
The Cotsen Prize is intended to recognize great scholarship and mentoring in the field of archaeology. The prize is open to all professional archaeologists from any country irrespective of nationality, race, creed, or ideology. All individual scholars or established research institutions are eligible to nominate a candidate for this prize. Nominators should provide an approximately 1000-1500 word description of the senior nominee’s contributions to archaeological research and mentorship. The nomination must be accompanied by letters of support (See FAQ for details). There is no limit to how many letters can be included, but this should be a reasonable amount sufficient to convey the significance of the nominee’s achievements in research and mentorship. Nominators must provide at least one mentee of the senior nominee for consideration for the junior award. The work of the mentees must be described in 1000 words or less, for each nominated mentee. Nominators should maintain confidentiality.
Nominations may be submitted by individual scholars and/or by established research institutions from any country. Nominations will be accepted up to February 28, 2016. A jury formed by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA will select the awardees. The decision will be announced in April 2016. The awardees will receive their prize and deliver one lecture each at a ceremony to be held at UCLA in May 2016.
People holding any kind of academic appointment from UCLA now or in the last ten years are disqualified, as are members of the jury and their immediate family. Self-nominations will not be accepted.
More information about the Cotsen Prize can be found here
Email submissions to: Cotsenprize@ioa.ucla.edu