Outstanding Student Thesis Award

The Masonry Society’s (TMS) Student Thesis Awards are presented annually by TMS’s Research Committee to the best doctoral dissertation and master’s thesis on masonry topics.

Theses must be submitted to TMS no later than June 1st of the award year. Click the link below to upload your thesis as a single PDF. Files should be no larger than 20 MB.

Masters Theses

  • Must have been submitted for degree requirements between May 16, 2024 and June 1, 2025
  • Must be publicly available

Ph.D. Dissertations

  • Must have been submitted for degree requirements between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2025
  • Ph.D. dissertations previously submitted to TMS for consideration and meet the current Ph.D. completion date requirements are eligible and will be automatically considered without the need for resubmittal.

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