Call for Applications - Charles Benton Junior Scholar Award

TPRC (the Research Conference on Communications, Information and Internet Policy) and the Benton Foundation are pleased to announce the Charles Benton Junior Scholar Award to recognize a scholarship in the area of digital inclusion and broadband adoption. This special honor will be awarded at the TPRC Conference for the next three years beginning in 2017. Junior scholars (those currently enrolled in a degree program or no more than three years from receipt of most recent degree) are invited to submit. The Charles Benton Junior Scholar Award recipient will be presented with a $1,500 cash prize at the TPRC conference.

Applicants are invited to submit any/all of the following for consideration: (1) an original empirically-based research paper pertaining to the area of digital inclusion and/or broadband adoption, (2) a policy proposal for digital inclusion and broadband adoption with a discussion of the justification, and/or (3) an essay on a topic dealing with digital inclusion and/or broadband adoption. The deadline for application is May 30, with notifications being made July 1.