Description:
The Gary Gumpert Research Award honors the lifetime contributions to the New York State Communication Association of Gary Gumpert (1933-2024), of Queens College and Communication Landscapers. A stalwart NYSCA member and convention attendee, Gary sought consistently to encourage the scholarship of those whom he encountered during the annual conference.
The Gary Gumpert Research Award is a project-based grant designed to encourage innovative research in the fields of applied communication, media studies, journalism, or urban communication.

The Gary Gumpert Research Award will carry a one-time stipend of $750, to be granted at the NYSCA annual convention. Recipients must accept the award in person at the convention. Applicants should take special care to address how their work focuses on human connection and community, both practically and theoretically, in their application packet.

Application Criteria:

1.  Applicants must be 1-10 years past the terminal degree in their field of expertise. That is, they must apply at least one year but no more than ten years after their terminal degree completion.

2. Applicants must be members of NYSCA for the preceding, consecutive two (2) years, at minimum.

3. Applicants should provide an updated C.V., a project proposal of no more than 500 words, a timeline for completion of the project, and one letter of endorsement from a current colleague and/or current NYSCA member in their application packet.

4. Applicants should commit to presenting, in conference paper format, the results of their Gumpert Research Award project at a subsequent NYSCA Convention.
   Applicants may receive this award only once.

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Submission Deadline:
Applicants for the Gary Gumpert Research Award should submit all required materials to the designated award committee chair by August 15 of the year the grant is sought.

Award Selection Committee Members:
Mary L. Kahl, Committee Chair (Award Grantor), marylkahl@gmail.com
Susan J. Drucker, NYSCA Attorney
The Current NYSCA President
The Current NYSCA Vice-President
The Current Editor of the NYSCA Proceedings
N.B.

 

(1) The Gary Gumpert Research Award shall not be given in any year in which the number or quality of applications is deemed by the Award Selection Committee to be unsatisfactory. (2) In the event that any Award Selection Committee member cannot serve, the sitting NYSCA President shall appoint a replacement member.