[Recipients of LFK Dissertation Award]
1. To commemorate the contributions of the late Professor Li Fang-Kuei in the areas of Chinese historical phonology and Sino-Tibetan language studies, the Li Fang-Kuei Society for Chinese Linguistics (hereafter, LFKS) has established the LFK Dissertation Award.
2. Scholars who receive their doctoral degree in any place in the recent three years are eligible to apply for the LFK Dissertation Award. The dissertation must be related to either Chinese historical phonology or Sino-Tibetan language studies.
3. Competitions are held annually. Interested participants should email the following to the LFKS (dissertation@lfksociety.org) by March 1 of every year ：
（a） The doctoral dissertation （with a 2000-word Chinese or English abstract）
（b） Copy of the doctoral degree certificate
（c） Detailed CV, including names of two referees. (No recommendation letters are required. The LFKS may choose to consult the referees at its discretion.)
4. One to two awards may be given a year. Each awardee will receive US $1,000.
5. All submissions are to be reviewed by specialists invited by the LFKS and the final selections are to be decided on by members of the Executive Committee.Selection results will be announced in the LFKS website and the Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics at the end of the following year. Awards will be given out at the same time. 。
6. The procedures and criteria of the award are decided and revised by the Executive Committee of LFKS.