CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards, 2025

The University of Cincinnati's Graduate College selects one student per category to nominate to the national CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award competition. Nominations are due by Sunday, June 15, 2025, 11:59 PM.

We are seeking nominations of students who have graduated between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2025 (a two-year period). It is important to note that the nominated dissertations must be available in the ProQuest database.

Biological Sciences/Life Sciences: biology; botany; zoology; ecology; embryology; entomology; genetics; nutrition; plant pathology; plant physiology; anatomy; biochemistry; biophysics; microbiology; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; and related fields (health sciences). Also included are agriculture, forestry, zoology; and related fields.

Humanities & Fine Arts: history; philosophy; language; linguistics; literature; archaeology; jurisprudence; the history, theory and criticism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.

Eligible students may self-nominate. Programs may nominate multiple eligible students for this application cycle. 

Please contact Megan Carroll (carrolm2@ucmail.uc.edu) with questions.

Documents to upload

• An abstract of the nominee’s dissertation (not to exceed 5 double-spaced pages). Appendices containing other materials, such as charts, tables, and/or references, may be included as additional pages (not to exceed 5 pages). All pages should be numbered, and each should bear the name of the nominee.
• Three letters of recommendation evaluating the significance and quality of the nominee’s dissertation work, are to be included in the nomination materials. One of these letters is to be from the nominee’s dissertation supervisor, another from a member of the nominee’s dissertation committee, and the third from a person of the nominee’s choice.
• The nominee’s curriculum vitae (not to exceed 5 pages).