Emerging Scholar Awards
The Program recognizes both In-Person Emerging Scholars and Online-Only Emerging Scholars, ensuring that researchers unable to travel can still hold a visible and valued role in the conference. Across all formats, Emerging Scholars participate fully in the life of the event: they chair parallel sessions, help guide and sustain discussion, and serve as bridges between established and early-career colleagues from different regions, institutions, and disciplines.
As part of CGScholar’s Event (KX) environment, Emerging Scholars contribute to a wider knowledge experience that links conference activity, community engagement, and publication. Their work is shared through Presentation Pages, digital media, and discussion spaces; they receive structured support to develop their research through the Network’s journals and book imprint; and they gain sustained visibility within the worldwide scholarly community formed around the Research Network.
The Award includes complimentary conference registration and Research Network membership, along with formal recognition during the conference proceedings. Emerging Scholars enter a supportive, scholar-led community in which they can build connections across disciplines, regions, and generations of researchers. Professional development, mentoring encounters, and opportunities for collaboration are integrated into the conference and the Network’s year-round activities.
Award recipients are expected to: attend an orientation and training session (typically the day before the conference), and participate fully throughout the conference by fulfilling assigned chairing and discussion-leading responsibilities.
The Emerging Scholar Award is open to researchers currently enrolled in a graduate studies program or identifying as early-career scholars in a field relevant to the conference. Applicants should demonstrate strong potential for scholarly contribution and a commitment to participating in the collaborative ethos of the Network.
This program allowed not only my work to be recognized but for me to meet great works around the world developed by emerging researchers with similar interests, and with this, to gain insights for constructing a bright future with all these emergent worldviews that look for a better society."
Being an emerging scholar for the 13th International Sport and Society Conference meant that I got the chance to not only introduce and moderate the paper sessions, but also to met and build relationships with scholars in the field."
It was an honor to attend and contribute to such a valuable event. The conference provided me with a unique opportunity to connect with scholars from all over the world who share my research interests. As an Emerging Scholar, I was able to attend various sessions that helped me hone my research skills and explore new avenues of inquiry. Additionally, the conference allowed me to present my own research and receive valuable feedback from peers and established scholars. I am also pleased to share that the networking opportunities I had at the conference resulted in a project for a book that I plan to submit along with some colleagues to Common Ground soon. The Emerging Scholars program played a significant role in facilitating this collaborative work."