IPSA Awards & Travel Grants

IPSA has instituted a number of awards and grants with a view to enhancing the quality and diversity of participation in its world congresses. In order to foster the presence of women, graduate students, young scholars, and those from emerging economies, IPSA offers travel grants to members of these groups.

Individuals may apply for the follow travel grants:

• The Stein Rokkan Award

  The purpose of these fellowships is to facilitate a small number of graduate students’ attendance at the world congress. The prize covers basic travel and accommodation costs. The award is given on the recommendation of the Committee on Awards.

• IPSA Travel Grants

  The purpose of these funds is to facilitate travel to the world congress by people who live and work in developing economies, who would otherwise not be able to afford it. Recipients must be presenters or co-presenters at the event and be listed in the program. The allowances, of up to US$1.500, are offered on the recommendation of the Travel Grants Subcommittee of the Program Committee.

  The application period for the IPSA Travel Grants and the Stein Rokkan Award begins March 1, 2008 and ends November 1, 2008.

The following awards require a nomination:

• The Karl Deutsch Award

  This award honours a prominent scholar engaged in the cross-disciplinary research of which Karl Deutsch was a master. The recipient presents the Karl Deutsch Lecture or leads a special session at the congress. The prize is granted on the recommendation of the Committee on Awards.

• The Francesco Kjellberg Award

  This award is given to a scholar who is new to the discipline on the basis of the quality of a paper presented at the IPSA World Congress. The recipient receives a complimentary membership to IPSA and travel costs to the next World Congress. The prize is given on the recommendation of the Committee on Awards, who receive nominations until June 26, 2009.

• Wilma Rule Award on Gender and Politics

  The objective of this award is to encourage research in the area of gender and politics. It is given to the best paper in this domain presented at the Congress. The IPSA Awards Committee, with the assistance of the committee on participation, assess papers nominated until June 26, 2009.

• Prize of the Foundation Mattei Dogan awarded by the International Political Science Association for High Achievement in Political Science

  The prize is offered to a scholar of high international reputation in recognition of his/her contribution to the advancement of political science. The winner will be invited to present an award lecture and will receive a cash prize. The deadline for nominations to the award is July 11, 2008.

• C&M and CIDE Award for Conceptual Innovation in Democratic Studies

  IPSA’s Committee on Concepts and Methods (C&M) and the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE) in Mexico City award a prize of US$1500 for Conceptual Innovation in Democratic Studies.