Award-winning entries will receive a cash prize of €1,500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, a winners' logo to attach to correspondence and the prospect of an offer of publication in the sponsoring journal - either as a full paper or an executive summary - at the discretion of the Editor(s). In addition, a number of Highly Commended Awards will be bestowed. This year there are 12 categories:

Educational leadership and strategy

Category sponsored by Journal of Educational Administration

Hospitality management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 

Human resource management

Category sponsored by Personnel Review

Information science

Category sponsored by Journal of Documentation

Interdisciplinary accounting research

Category sponsored by Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Knowledge management

Category sponsored by Journal of Knowledge Management

Leadership and organization development

Category sponsored by Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Logistics and supply chain management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Management and governance

Category sponsored by Management Decision

Marketing research

Category sponsored by European Journal of Marketing

Operations and production management

Category sponsored by International Journal of Operations & Production Management

Property investment and finance

Category sponsored by Journal of Property Investment and Finance

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Awards, the research must address an issue that is of importance to one of the various subject areas listed above. The Awards are open to those who have completed and satisfied examination requirements for a Doctoral award, or will do so, between 1 October 2008 and 1 October 2011, and have not applied previously for one of these Awards.

Key dates

The closing date for applications is 1 October 2011.

Winners will be announced in January 2012.