TaPRA is delighted to announce that nominations for our research awards, which aim to recognise and celebrate the rich diversity and excellence of research in the field of theatre and performance, are now open.

Nomination form: http://tapra.org/nomination-open/ 
Deadline for nominations is midnight, 12 February 2018
Please note that while it may still be possible to complete a nomination form after that date, your nomination will not be counted.

Each year TaPRA sponsors as three awards: the Research in International Performance award named in honour of Professor David Bradby; the Early Career Researcher’s Prize, and the TaPRA Research Prize for Editing. TaPRA members nominate scholars for a body or individual piece of work and the work is then read and judged by a panel of experts including the TaPRA Chair, previous winners and international scholars. Recent winners include Jim Davis, Kirsty Sedgman, Maria Delgado & Joanne Tompkins, Sally Mackey, Matt Hargrave, Duška Radosavljevic, Adrian Curtin, as well as Kate Dorney & Frances Gray.

Each nomination needs to be supported by two TaPRA members. Please note that while the person nominated does not need to be a TaPRA member, the people who nominate do. Nominations proposed or supported by non-members will not be eligible for consideration in the judging process.

Work that has already been long listed for consideration in previous years cannot be nominated again.

The David Bradby TaPRA Award for Research in International Theatre and Performance:
Nominations are invited to celebrate outstanding research (including practice-based/applied research) in any area of the discipline. The research must have had an appropriate form and level of circulation/dissemination to qualify, and been published or launched within 24 months of the nomination date. Research which has already secured funding (in any shape or form) is eligible as long as it is within the 24 month limit.

The Prize will consist of a free conference place (membership fee, conference dinner and accommodation excluded) and a cheque for £200.

The TaPRA New Career Research in Theatre/Performance Prize:
Nominations are invited for the TaPRA New Career Research Prize. The prize will be awarded to a researcher who falls within the AHRC definition of an early career researcher (8 years of being awarded a PhD OR 6 years of their first full time contract in a teaching /research post), for a piece of research (including practice-based/applied work). The research must have had an appropriate form and level of circulation/dissemination to qualify, and been published or launched within 24 months of the nomination date. Research which has already secured funding (in any shape or form) is eligible as long as it falls within the 24 month limit.

The Prize will consist of a free conference place (membership fee, conference dinner and accommodation excluded) and a cheque for £200.

TaPRA Research Prize for Editing (Essay Collections and Special Issues)
The new TaPRA Research Prize for Editing (Essay Collections and Special Issues) is intended to recognise the outstanding contribution that editing of collections and special issues can make to our discipline. The prize is awarded for collections or special issues that have been published within 24 months of the nomination date.
The Prize will consist of a free conference place (membership fee, conference dinner and accommodation excluded) and a cheque for £200.

Nominations can be made by any TaPRA member and must be supported by one other member of the organisation. There is no restriction on the number of nominations – members may propose as many pieces as they wish as long as they are appropriately supported.

Prizewinners will be announced in May 2017, with prizes being awarded at the TaPRA conference which is being held this year at Aberystwyth University from Wednesday 5th-Friday 7th September 2018. The David Bradby prize winner will be invited to give a presentation on their award-winning research at the following year’s TaPRA annual conference.

If there are any questions about the prizes or the procedure for nominating, please don’t hesitate to contact Jo Robinson (TaPRA Research Officer).