American Academy for Park & Recreation Administration (AAPRA) Best Paper Awards

SPRENET Colleagues, Graduate Faculty and Recent Masters and Baccalaureate Graduates:

The American Academy for Park & Recreation Administration (AAPRA) is proud to announce their Best Paper Awards for 2013. The Best Paper Award competition rotates every other year between a doctoral dissertation (even years) and a pre-doctoral research paper (odd years). This year the Academy will recognize the Best Master’s Thesis/Project or Undergraduate Professional Paper.

• BEST PAPER AWARD One (1) Best Paper Award of $500 plus expenses of up to $250 for the author to travel to the Academy’s Annual Meeting (at the NRPA Congress in Houston) to receive the award and present the paper.
• Certificate of Merit awards to the two (2) next Best Papers submitted.

Theses and papers should make a contribution to the scholarly literature and have clear implications for the improved practice of park and recreation administration. Please review the award eligibility, entry procedure, rating criteria and timeline attached. An electronic application/copy of an executive summary (not exceeding 1000 words) is due to the Chair of the Academy’s Best Paper Award Committee by Monday, April 8, 2013.

Please share this information with any recent master’s degree and/or baccalaureate graduates (open to those who completed their degree in calendar years 2011 or 2012) who may be eligible or interested in such a program/award.

You may contact the Best Paper Award Chair, Randy J. Virden with any questions. You may reach him via email at randy.virden or by phone at (408) 924-3199.

Sincerely,

Randy J. Virden

Best Paper Award Chair,

American Academy for Park & Recreation Administration

BestPaperAwardCriteria 2013.doc