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The Leonard D. White prize is awarded annually for the best dissertation successfully defended during the previous two years in the field of public administration. The award is supported by the University of Chicago. It […]

The Carey McWilliams Award is given annually to honor a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics. It carries a $750 prize. Eligible candidates must meet the criteria laid forth by the first organizing […]

The Hubert H. Humphrey Award is given annually in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist.  It carries a prize of $1,000.  The award is intended to honor former Vice President Humphrey’s distinguished […]

The John Gaus Award and Lectureship honors the recipient’s lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration and, more generally, recognizes and encourages scholarship in public administration. The award […]

Through APSA’s Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs, the Kenneth Sherrill Prize recognizes the best doctoral dissertation proposal for an empirical study of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) topics in political science.  The purpose […]

The Edward S. Corwin prize is awarded annually for the best dissertation in the field of public law, which is broadly defined to include the judicial process, judicial behavior, judicial biography, courts, law, legal systems, […]