ISRSF INDONESIAN HISTORY ESSAY COMPETITION

FORM

Personal Information
Name

Gender

Place and date of birth :

Current Address
Address

City

Province

Postal Code

Email Address

Cellphone

Current Position and Institution

What is your current position?

Are you a permanent lecturer in a university?

YES

Are you interested in pursuing your doctorate degree

in a top-tier American university?
:

YES

If yes, what is your preference field of study?

Briefly describe what do you do?

NO
NO

Educational Information
S-1 (Undergraduate Degree)
University/College complete S-1 degree

Month and Year Finish your degree?

Department / Faculty did you do your degree? :

Title of your thesis

Your thesis advisor

GPA / IPK

S-2(Graduate Degree)
Started/completed your S2 degree

: YES NO

Year start your S2 degree

Year complete your S2 degree

Institution where doing or did S2 program

Department/Faculty is or was program of study :

Title of S2 thesis

Your S2 thesis advisor

GPA/IPK

S-3(Doctoral Degree)
Started/completed your S3 degree

: YES NO

Year start your S3 degree

Year complete your S3 degree

Institution where doing or did S3 program

Department/Faculty is or was program of study :

Title of S3 thesis

Your S3 thesis advisor

GPA/IPK

ISRSF INDONESIAN HISTORY

ESSAY COMPETITION
1ST PRIZE: RP. 10,000,000
2ND PRIZE: RP. 8,000,000
3RD PRIZE: RP. 6,000,000
The Indonesian Scholarship and Research Support Foundation
(ISRSF) invites talented Indonesians to participate in the
Foundations History Essay Competition. The goal of this
competition is to recognize the work of Indonesians
interested in history and to inspire young Indonesians to
become academic historians. Prize winners are automatically
eligible for an interview for a full scholarship to study for a
Ph.D. in history at Northwestern University.
Guidelines
Who is qualified to enter the competition?
Any Indonesian citizen with a strong interest in
history
Anyone with either an S1 or S2 degree as of the end
of 2016
You have not yet started any Ph.D program

 Anyone who is 35 years old or younger at the time

you submit your essay
What can you write about?
Any subject or period in Indonesian history from 1800
to 2000
The focus can be on a social, economic, political,
cultural, religious, or ideological topic
You can focus on individuals, groups, movements,
trends, ideas, organizations, or any combination
of these
It must be an original essay written exclusively for
this competition and not submitted or published
anywhere previously
When is the deadline?
Essays must be submitted online to ISRSF no later
than 15 November 2016 at midnight (WIB).
What are the criteria for winning?
Originality, clarity, coherence, use of sources, and the
quality of the writing.
Other guidelines?
Essays must be written in English and carefully
edited for content, spelling, and grammar.
Essays must be non-ficton, based on research, and
be 2,500 words or less.
Essays must be written and edited by the same
individual (no outside help).

 Each writer can submit only one essay for this

competition.
Essays must be new, original, and written specifically
for this competition.
Previously published essays, whether in print or
online (in any form), will not be accepted.
All sources (primary or secondary) used in the essay
must be fully and properly cited. All direct quotes
must appear in quotation marks.
ISRSF will scan all essays using plagiarism software
that can detect any material previously
published in books, articles, or available online.
Essays should have a title. The authors name should
appear under the title. Avoid using headers and
footers.
Essays must be submitted in Word .doc or .docx
format. Use 12 pt Times New Roman font. PDFs
will not be accepted.
Margins should be set to 1 on all sides. Pages should
be numbered.
ISRSF reserves the right to publish the winning
essays and name the winning writers on its
website.

Please send your essay attached with the History Essay

Competition Form and a scan of your ID (KTP) for

verification to: history@isrsf.org

Panel of Judges
All essays will be read and judged by an independent
panel of Indonesian and international historians. The
panel reserves the right not to award a prize if no
essay qualifies. The panels decisions regarding prize
winners are final.
Awards
Based on the decisions of the judges, IRSRF will
award first, second, and third prizes in the
amounts of Rp. 10 million, Rp. 8 million, and Rp.
6 million, respectively.
Prize winners will also receive an award certificate
from ISRSF and will be featured on the
Foundations website.
Prize winners are automatically eligible to be
interviewed by ISRSF for a prestigious Arryman
Fellow award.
No one currently affiliated in any way with ISRSF can
submit an essay.
Download ISRSF Indonesian History Essay Competition
Form

Essays will be judged by an independent panel of professional

historians and winners will be announced on ISRSFs website by
January 9, 2017