Nominations are now open for the 2026 Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award. Please submit nominations to the Graduate School no later than 4pm, May 28, 2026, following our online instructions. This year, nominations are being accepted from dissertations in the fields of:
- Mathematics, Physical Sciences, and Engineering
- Social Sciences (note: history is classed within the humanities and is not a field of competition in 2026)
Michigan Tech may nominate one student in each field. PhD students who have completed all of their degree requirements between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2026, are eligible. The fields of competition for 2027 will be Biological/Life Sciences and Humanities and Fine Arts (including history).
A nomination packet must be submitted by the department chair or college dean to our google form no later than 4 p.m. on May 28, 2026. Contact Debra Charlesworth (gradschool@mtu.edu) if you have any questions about the competition.