Second Annual Awards!
2008 MCPS Best Paper Award Guidelines

Best paper award: Undergraduate

• The MCPS Undergraduate Paper Award will be presented annually to the author/s of the best undergraduate paper submitted for consideration.
• Eligible papers are those written to meet the requirements of an undergraduate political science course taught in the state of Michigan during the previous academic year.
• Papers should be nominated by the professor teaching the respective course. The deadline for submission is July 1 each year.
• Two awards will be given: one for community college students, and one for four-year college or university students.
• Only students from current member institutions will be eligible for these awards.

Best paper award: Graduate

• The MCPS Graduate Paper Award will be awarded annually to the author/s of the best paper presented at that year’s MCPS conference.
• To be considered for the award, a paper must be submitted to the award committee chair one month before the meeting.
• The paper must be presented as part of the official program of the conference.
• All participating graduate students are eligible for this award.

Electronic submissions (preferred) and inquiries should be sent to: john.clark@wmich.edu

Hard copy papers should be submitted to:
Dr. John Clark
Department of Political Science
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5346