Every year, NPSA gives an Award to the Best Faculty Paper and the Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the previous conference.

Process: At every NPSA conference, each Panel Chair may nominate a paper from his/her panel for consideration for the award and submits the nominated paper to a committee of faculty which evaluates all contending papers and designates the winner in each category.

Criteria: The Award Committee looks for a winning paper that is well written, addresses new theoretical grounds or makes an important theoretical contribution to the discipline and is relevant to the political process.

The Best Graduate Student Paper Award is graciously funded by Lanahan Publishing.

The winners of the year will be announced on this page. Please visit again.