ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø (ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø) Sport & Sponsorship-Linked Marketing Special Interest Group (SportSIG)
2018 Award Nominations
The ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø’s (ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø) Sport & Sponsorship-Linked Marketing Special Interest Group (SportSIG) invites nominations for its three annual awards:
1) Distinguished Career Contribution Award
This award is the highest honor of SportSIG and recognizes scholars who have made a substantial and significant contribution to the scientific understanding of the business of sport over a period of 10 years or more. A list of past award winners can be found . The honor may not be awarded every year.
2) Emerging Scholar in Sport Marketing Award
This award recognizes a scholar in the early stage of his or her career who has significantly contributed to the scientific study of sport and/or sponsorship-linked marketing. Award candidates may include PhD candidates who have advanced beyond the comprehensive exam (i.e., ABD status), as well as pre-tenure faculty members.
Required nomination materials for the awards described above are:
- One-page letter of nomination (self-nominations are accepted)
- Letter of recommendation from senior scholar in sport marketing (if self-nominated)
- Current curriculum vita for nominee
- Three first author publications representative of nominee’s scholarship (PDF’s)
2015 Cody Havard (University of Memphis)
2016 Christopher Lee (Arizona State University)
2017 Jonathan A. Jensen (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
3) Paper of the Year in Sport Marketing
Required nomination materials for ‘Paper of the Year’ award:
- One-page letter of nomination highlighting the contribution to sport marketing research and practice, as well as the full article citation (Paper must have been published after January 1, 2017 and may not be in press)
- Copy of the published paper (PDF)
- Jensen, J. A. & Cobbs, J. B. (2014). Predicting return on investment in sport sponsorship. Journal of Advertising Research, 54(4), 435-447.
- Close, A. G., Lacey, R., & Cornwell, T. B. (2015). Visual processing and need for cognition can enhance event-sponsorship outcomes. Journal of Advertising Research, 55(2), 206-215.
- Cobbs, J., Tyler, B. D., Jensen, J. A., & Chan, K. (2017). Prioritizing sponsorship resources in Formula One Racing: A longitudinal analysis. Journal of Sport Management, 31(1), 96-110.
Winners, who are selected by past SportSIG award winners, will be awarded plaques and recognized at the 2018 ÂÜÀòÉç¹ÙÍø Summer Academic Conference in Boston at a special event at Fenway Park on August 10.
The mission of SportSIG is to expand the knowledge base in the field of sport and sponsorship-linked marketing and further develop the academic community dedicated to this field through collaborative scholarly activities and outputs focused on the research, teaching and practice of sport marketing. Follow us on Twitter .
