WADA will allocate four prizes of US$2,000 each for outstanding and innovative research projects that will contribute to the development of effective doping prevention strategies.
Note that this is not a grant for funding a research project but a prize to reward outstanding work completed in the area of anti-doping social science research.
- Who can apply?
Students who have completed a masters level research project (thesis, thesis equivalent or internship report) in 2009 or who will complete a masters level research project by January 10, 2011. Student projects must explore an aspect of anti-doping from a social science perspective (e.g. sociology, psychology, education, etc.).
- What is the process?
Step 1 - Submission of Application: Students are required to provide WADA with a general overview of their project, completed or intended, using the application form designed for this purpose, available in the Download Center to the right. Project overviews and final reports will only be accepted in English or French.
Step 2 – Conditional Selection of Projects: The submitted projects will be ranked according to quality, contribution to the field and potential use by WADA and its stakeholders. WADA will then invite shortlisted students to submit their completed projects for consideration for a Young Investigator’s Award. WADA will advise those selected to submit their completed report by January 10, 2011.
Step 3 – Submission of Completed Research Project: The selected students will submit their completed thesis for the final appraisal phase. Only completed theses will be considered.
- What will be awarded?
In addition to receiving a monetary award of US$2,000, the top four young investigators will have their profiles added to a special section of WADA’s Anti-Doping Social Science Researchers Directory and the projects will be published on WADA’s Web site.
- When and where should the application be submitted?
June 4, 2010: Initial applications to be submitted by email to ssr@wada-ama.org
July 10, 2010: Shortlist of selected students published on WADA Web site. Applicants notified.
January 10, 2011: Completed project to be submitted to WADA by email at ssr@wada-ama.org.
March 2011: Winners are selected and notified.Awards will only be granted to projects WADA deems appropriate.
- Short-listed candidates for the Young Investigator's Award
Candidates listed by alphabetical order
BAROUILLET, Bertrand
- University: Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis
- Country: France
- Title of project: Le dispositif français de lutte antidopage au prisme des droits sportifs, étatiques et supra-étatiques.
HANSEN, Per Øystein
- University: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Country: Norway
- Title of project: How do a group of elite level athletes evaluate and interpret the whereabouts information system?
ONG, Chin Wei
- University: Singapore Sports School
- Country: Singapore
- Title of project: The role of narcissism in moderating the relationship between perceived motivational climate and cheating attitudes
STIPIS, Catherine Johanna
- University: James Cook University
- Country: Australia
- Title of project: Athlete’s attitudes towards performance enhancing and recreational drug use in sport: The difference in attitudes among users and non-users