APSA Career Award Nominations Open: Nominate a Political Scientist | Deadline: February 12, 2025

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Recognizing Merit in the Profession: Nominate a Political Scientist for an APSA Career Award | Deadline: February 12, 2025

One of the many important roles of the American Political Science Association is recognizing excellence in the political science profession through the APSA Awards! In 2025, APSA will honor 11 Career Awards that recognize various career achievements for Political Scientists.

APSA Community College Faculty Award for exemplary contributions to advance the multi-faceted goals of community college faculty.
APSA Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement for significant civic or community engagement activity by a political scientist
APSA Distinguished Teaching Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate and/or graduate teaching of political science at a two- or four-year institution.
Frank J. Goodnow Award for distinguished service to the profession and the Association, not necessarily a career of scholarship.
John Gaus Award for a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration.
Hubert H. Humphrey Award for notable public service by a political scientist.
Carey McWilliams Award for major journalistic contributions to our understanding of politics.
Charles Merriam Award for an individual whose published work and career represent a significant contribution to the art of government through the application of social science research.
Ithiel de Sola Pool Award for a scholar exploring the implications of research on issues of politics in a broad range of scholarship pursued by Ithiel de Sola Pool.
Barbara Sinclair Lecture commemorates the life and scholarship of renowned scholar of legislative politics, Barbara Sinclair.
Hanes Walton, Jr. Career Award for a political scientist whose lifetime of distinguished scholarship that has made significant contributions to our understanding of racial and ethnic politics and illuminates the conditions under which diversity and intergroup tolerance thrive in democratic societies.

Learn more about APSA Career awards and submit your nominations today!

APSA gives awards for the best dissertations, papers and articles, books in the various subfields, career achievement in research, as well as teaching and service to the discipline. APSA Awards will be honored during the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. 

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