Thesis and Dissertation Annual Competition
Overview
The Nigerian thesis and dissertation contest is a bi-annual academic reporting prize for the best thesis, dissertation, project reports, term papers, seminar papers, journal articles, et cetera produced by bona fide students and lecturers in Nigerian tertiary institutions nationwide.
Branches of Tertiary Education that can Participate
The following tertiary education branches qualify for participation in the annual competitions:
- Universities
- Polytechnics
- Colleges of Education
- Monotechnics
- Nursing Schools or Midwifery Schools
- Schools or Colleges of Agriculture
- Research centres
- Institutes with charters of the National Assembly
- All military and paramilitary institutions (exempting all classified or security assets and documents)
- All other government-approved post-secondary education delivery centres.
Universities – Theses and Dissertations, Project Reports, Seminar Papers, Term Papers, etc. Polytechnics - Project Reports, Seminar Papers, Term Papers, etc. Colleges of Education - Project Reports, Seminar Papers, Term Papers, Teaching Practice Experience Reports, etc.
Diets
There are two competition diets in a calendar year - May and November Diets.
Submission
Submission is on a rolling basis. This means you can submit at any time throughout the year. Manuscripts received as of May each year will be considered under the May Diet and awarded in June, whilst manuscripts received up to November will be considered under the November Diet and awarded in December of each year.
The overall goal is to encourage academics to showcase their work and psychologically prime themselves for positive competition.
How to participate
To enter your work for the contest, log in to NERD if you already have a verified NERD credential and submit your work normally. Then shoot an email to contest[at]ned.gov.ng with the permanent URI for your submission included in the email to enable NERD’s Team of Appraisers to assess and judge the work. For intending participants without a NERD credential, first, register to obtain a login credential and follow the above steps. It is that simple.
All manuscripts submitted to NERD are expected to undergo mandatory anti-plagiarism checks to promote originality.
NB: The eminent names selected for the honours were chosen on merit from among names suggested by members of the public. Respectable members of the public are invited to suggest names of other iconic individuals or create new prize endowments, either as general prizes or as honours that are specific to certain disciplines.