Conference Bursaries

The MERGA Executive provides bursaries to members to encourage and enable attendance at the annual conference. Each bursary is intended to reimburse the cost of early conference registration at the relevant level of membership. A person can receive only one bursary at a time and can only be awarded each bursary once. Applications, together with all necessary supporting documentation, must be emailed to the MERGA Treasurer treasurer@merga.net.au no later than May 1 each year.

The number of bursaries awarded each year is at the discretion of the MERGA Executive, with the total amount awarded capped at $5 000.

Bursary recipients are expected to write a brief (one or two paragraphs) report of their experience at the annual conference for publication to the broader MERGA community.

Research Graduate Bursaries

Eligibility and application form

Student Bursaries

Eligibility and application form

Teacher Bursaries

Eligibility and application form

International Research Development Scheme Bursaries

Eligibility and application form

Reviewing of research papers

Research papers will be blind reviewed by a panel of peers approved by the conference committee. The main purpose of the refereeing process is to contribute to the growth and development of quality practice in mathematics education research. Thus reviewers are asked to assist authors by providing helpful feedback and to comment on the suitability of papers for presentation at the conference. Accordingly, it will not be assumed that published papers presented at the conference will be as polished as articles in scholarly journals. Referees will be asked to assess papers being reviewed against the accepted norms for scholarly works presented at MERGA conferences, as set out above.

Each conference proceedings’ Editorial Team will exercise discretion over the reviewing process.

Reviewers’ comments will be returned to the authors. Authors whose papers are not accepted for publication may be invited by the editorial panel to present their paper at the conference, with an abstract (only) being published in the proceedings. Papers may be rejected outright, with no opportunity for presentation at the conference in an alternative form.

The MERGA website has detailed advice about criteria for reviewing of MERGA papers, review forms, and examples of strong and poor reviews of different types.

Conference Bursaries

Conference Bursaries

International Research Development Scheme Bursaries

Short Communications

Presentation of short communications

Beth Southwell Practical Implications Award

Recent Winners

Applying for entry into the BSPIA

Judging of the BSPIA

History of the Award

Research Papers

Research papers can take two major forms:

i. Empirical investigations

ii. Theoretical or position papers

Originality

Reviewing of research papers

Presentation of research papers

Research Symposia

Early Career Research Award

Recent Winners

Applying for the Award

Early Bird Review Process