Political Science News - Awards

US Congressional Research Awards

mathieu.stlaurent — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:21:20 +0000

Location

2815 Broadway Road Pekin, IL 61554

United States

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Organization:

Dirksen Congressional Center

Application Deadline:

1 March, 2012

Website:

http://www.dirksencenter.org/

The Dirksen Congressional Center invites applications for grants to fund research on congressional leadership and the U.S. Congress. The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Applications are accepted at any time, but the deadline is March 1 for the annual selections, which are announced in April. A total of up to $35,000 will be available in 2012.

The competition is open to individuals with a serious interest in studying congress. Political scientists, historians, biographers, scholars of public administration or American studies, and journalists are among those eligible. The Center encourages graduate students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus to apply and awards a significant portion of the funds for dissertation research. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who reside in the
United States.

The awards program does not fund undergraduate or pre-Ph.D. study. Organizations are not eligible. Research teams of two or more individuals are eligible. No institutional overhead or indirect costs may be claimed against a Congressional Research Award.

You may send the application as a Word or PDF attachment to an e-mail directed to Frank Mackaman at fmackaman@dirksencenter.org. Please insert the following in the Subject Line:
"CRA Application [insert your surname]."

The Congressional Research Award Application contains the following elements: Applicant Information, Congressional Research Award Project Description, Project Description, Budget, Curriculum Vita, Reference Letter, and Overhead Waiver Letter.

The entire application when printed must NOT exceed ten pages. This total does NOT include the reference letter (one additional page) or the Overhead Waiver Letter (one additional page). Applications which exceed the page limit and incomplete applications will NOT be forwarded to the screening committee for consideration.

All application materials must be received on or before March 1, 2012. Awards will be announced in April 2012.

Complete information about what kind of research projects are eligible for consideration, what could a Congressional Research Award pay for, application procedures, and how recipients are selected may be found at The Center's Website:

http://www.dirksencenter.org/print_grants_CRAs.htm.

PLEASE READ THOROUGHLY.

Frank Mackaman is the program officer - fmackaman@dirksencenter.org.

The Center, named for the late Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to the study of Congress and its leaders. Since 1978, the Congressional Research Awards (formerly the Congressional Research Grants) program has invested more than $840,000 to support over 400 projects.

Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize

mathieu.stlaurent — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:57:30 +0000

Location

Organization:

IPSA’s Research Committee 27 - Structure and Organization of Government (SOG)

Application Deadline:

31 March, 2012

Website:

http://www.sog-rc27.org/

Call for Award:

file-21626.pdf

Every year, IPSA’s Research Committee 27 - Structure and Organization of Government (SOG), sponsor of the journal Governance, awards the Levine Prize. The Prize is awarded to a book that makes a contribution of considerable theoretical or practical significance in the field of public policy and administration, takes an explicitly comparative perspective, and is written in an accessible style. It is named in honor of Charles H. Levine, who was an accomplished member of the Research Committee and served on the editorial board of Governance. The prize is awarded on the recommendation of a distinguished committee.

Reporting Europe Prize 2012 - Nominations now invited

mathieu.stlaurent — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:38:00 +0000

Location

Organization:

University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and Thomson Reuters

Application Deadline:

2 March, 2012

Contact Email:

admin@reportingeurope.eu

Website:

http://www.reportingeurope.eu

The University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) and Thomson Reuters invite you to nominate a piece of outstanding journalism for the Reporting Europe Prize 2012.

The Prize, now in its fifth year, honours excellence in reporting on the European Union published in the twelve-month period leading up to the nomination deadline. Any English-language print, radio, television or blog entry will be accepted.

The winner of the Prize will be announced at an award ceremony at the Thomson Reuters building in Canary Wharf, London on 24 May 2012. If you would like to attend the award ceremony, RSVP with your name and affiliation to:
admin@reportingeurope.eu

Funding for research groups composed of German and North American scholars

mathieu.stlaurent — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:55:24 +0000

Location

Germany

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Organization:

Foundation German-American Academic Relations (SDAW)

Application Deadline:

31 March, 2012

Contact Email:

sdaw@stifterverband.de

Website:

http://www.sdaw.net

Call for Award:

file-20816.pdf

The "Stiftung Deutsch Amerikanische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen" (SDAW/Foundation German-American Academic Relations) has just issued its "Call for Proposals 2012". SDAW is prepared to fund research groups composed of German and North American scholars, and, where appropriate, other European scholars, who propose to explore topics of particular relevance to the transatlantic relationship. Research projects may focus on international or domestic topics; comparisons with cases outside the US European context are welcome, as are proposals that seek to open up new methodological approaches.

Subventions AFSP pour le XIIe Congrès mondial de science politique

mathieu.stlaurent — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:39:35 +0000

Location

AFSP (Congrès IPSA 2012)

27, rue Saint-Guillaume

Paris 75337 Cedex 07

France

48° 51' 14.6736" N, 2° 19' 42.114" E

Organization:

Association française de science politique

Application Deadline:

12 March, 2012

Le XXIIème Congrès mondial de science politique organisé par l’IPSA se tiendra à Madrid du 8 au 12 juillet 2012 avec comme thème général : La réorganisation du pouvoir face à des frontières en mutation / Reshaping Power, Shifting Boundaries

L’AFSP, avec le soutien de la FNSP, reconduira son dispositif d’aides financières forfaitaires afin de permettre à ses membres réguliers, qui en feront la demande, de se rendre à ce XXIIème Congrès.

Sont seuls éligibles les dossiers des membres régulièrement inscrits à l’AFSP depuis le dernier congrès mondial de l’IPSA de 2009 et à jour d’inscription au moment du dépôt de leur dossier d’aide financière.

Chaque dossier devra présenter un plan de financement complet ainsi qu’une justification scientifique évoquant notamment les retombées éditoriales et/ou scientifiques attendues du déplacement à Madrid.

Les aides accordées par l’AFSP n’étant que partielles, nous vous invitons à mobiliser dès maintenant d’autres sources de financement complémentaires.

Le dossier devra obligatoirement comporter :

- Une lettre de motivation.

- Copie du récépissé d’inscription au XXIIème congrès de l’IPSA.

- Copie de l’acceptation de la communication devant être présentée au congrès.

- Un budget prévisionnel faisant apparaître les autres sources de financement sollicitées.

Le dossier devra être envoyé avant le vendredi 12 mars 2012 a :

AFSP (Congrès IPSA 2012)

27, rue Saint-Guillaume

75337 Paris Cedex 07

Calendrier

Décembre 2011

Ouverture du programme d’aides forfaitaires de l’AFSP.

12 mars 2012

Date limite de réception des demandes motivées de financement forfaitaire.

mi-mars 2012

Instruction des demandes par une Commission ad hoc du Conseil de l’AFSP.

Mars 2012

Arrêt par le Bureau de l’AFSP de la liste des adhérents retenus dans le cadre du programme d’aides forfaitaires.

8 juillet 2012

XXIIème Congrès de l’IPSA à Madrid.

Août-septembre 2012

Opération de remboursement forfaitaire par l’AFSP sur présentation des justificatifs originaux (factures, titres de transports).

Concours Salvador Allende | Essay Contest on Salvador Allende and his government

mathieu.stlaurent — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:12:16 +0000

Location

3730, avenue du Parc Montreal, QC H2X 2J1

Canada

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Organization:

Fondation Salvador-Allende-Montréal

Application Deadline:

31 May, 2012

Contact Email:

del_pozo.jose@uqam.ca

Website:

http://fondationallende.org

(English version below)

Entre 1970 et 1973, Salvador Allende a été le président du Chili. Pendant ses trois années au pouvoir, son gouvernement prit diverses mesures visant à démocratiser la société chilienne, diminuant les inégalités, redistribuant la richesse, stimulant la participation des travailleurs dans leur lieux de travail, nationalisant une partie très importante des richesses naturelles du pays et rendant de plus en plus accessible l’accès à l’éducation supérieure. Son but était de former une société socialiste par des voies démocratiques, expérience unique dans l’histoire mondiale, qui cependant devait tourner court par le coup d’état, orchestré par les militaires et les civils qui s’opposaient à son projet au Chili, action directement appuyée par les États-Unis.

Malgré le temps passé et les changements ayant eu lieu au monde depuis 1973, ceux et celles qui ont connu de près ou qui ont vécu la période d’Allende pensent que les objectifs et les réalisations de son gouvernement continuent d’avoir une grande signification aujourd’hui. Ils croient que dans un monde fortement marqué par les inégalités et par les ratés du système capitaliste, son projet mérite d’être connu par les nouvelles générations.

Ainsi, à Montréal, la Fondation Salvador-Allende-Montréal fut créée en 2008. Il s’agit d’un organisme sans but lucratif, consacré à maintenir la mémoire de l’ancien président du Chili et à promouvoir le sens et la portée de sa conception d’un projet de société plus juste. Elle fut mise sur pied pour aider à récolter les fonds permettant de financer en partie le monument qui fut érigé au Parc Jean-Drapeau de l’île Notre-Dame et inauguré en septembre 2009. Depuis ce temps, elle organise diverses activités qui correspondent à son mandat. André Jacob, ancien professeur de travail social à l’UQAM est son président.

Cette année, à l’occasion d’une nouvelle commémoration du coup d’état de 1973, lors duquel Salvador Allende perdit la vie, il y a 38 ans, la Fondation lance une nouvelle initiative, un concours dont le sujet est le suivant :

« Le projet du gouvernement de Salvador Allende au Chili et son actualité au XXI siècle »

Le concours d’adresse à tous les étudiants et étudiantes inscrits dans les Cégeps et universités du Québec et ailleurs au Canada. Les participants doivent rédiger un essai, en français ou en anglais (de 10 à 15 pages, pour les étudiants du niveau collégial, 15 à 20 au niveau universitaire, double interligne, Times New Roman 12) portant sur un ou sur plusieurs aspects du sujet. Un document incluant la définition détaillée du sujet, des pistes d’étude et une bibliographie est disponible sur demande.

Les participants ont jusqu’au 31 mai 2012 pour faire parvenir un texte aux organisateurs du concours. Les résultats seront rendus publics en septembre 2012. Il y aura un premier prix dans les deux catégories (collégial et universitaire), consistant en un billet d’avion pour le Chili, afin de permettre aux récipiendaires d’approfondir leur connaissance de la réalité de ce pays. Il y aura aussi des prix de 400 $ pour les travaux se classant en deuxième place et des livres pour les travaux méritant la troisième place. Il est possible que les meilleurs travaux soient publiés.

Pour plus d’information, pour se procurer le document et pour envoyer les travaux de niveau universitaire, s’adresser à

José del Pozo, professeur, dép.d’histoire, UQAM

del_pozo.jose@uqam.ca ou josedelpozo@hotmail.com

Les participants au niveau collégial peuvent s’informer et envoyer leurs travaux à :

Juan Carlos Aguirre, professeur de sociologie, Collège du Vieux-Montréal, jaguirre@ cvm.qc.ca

Caroline Dawson, professeure de sociologie, Collège Edouard-Montpetit, caroline.dawson@college-em.qc.ca

Manuel Sepúlveda, professeur d’anthropologie, Collège Edouard-Montpetit : manuel.sepulveda@college-em.qc.ca

Toutes les informations sur la Fondation et le concours se trouvent dans le site

http://fondationallende.org

La Fondation Allende remercie le département de sociologie du collège du Vieux-Montréal, le département de sciences sociales du collège Edouard-Montpetit et l’Association des professeurs d’histoire des cégeps du Québec pour leur collaboration dans la divulgation de ce concours.

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Essay Contest on
Salvador Allende and his government

Communiqué

Salvador Allende was the President of Chile between 1970 and 1973, during the
three years that he was in office his government took various measures aimed to
democratize the Chilean society, to reduce social inequalities, to redistribute
wealth, to promote an active participation of workers in the management of their
workplaces, to nationalize an important part of the country’s natural resources
and to make higher education more accessible. President Allende’s goal was to
establish a socialist society by democratic means, a unique experience in world
history; however, this experience was cut short by a coup d’état orchestrated by
the military and civilians opposed to his project, which were directly backed by
the United States.

Despite all the time that has passed and the changes that have taken place in
the world since 1973, those who had known or lived through the period in which
Allende was president think that the legacy of his government is still relevant,
especially in light of a present situation strongly marked by social inequalities and
the failure of the capitalist system. For all of this Allende’s project deserves to be
known by the new generations.

This is why the Montreal-based Salvador Allende Foundation was established in
2008. This is a non-profit organization devoted to remember the former Chilean
president’s legacy and to promote the meaning and principles of his project for a
more just society. The Foundation was established to help in the fundraising
campaign to finance the monument that was erected in the Jean Drapeau Park
and officially inaugurated in September, 2009. Since then the Foundation has
organized various activities within its mandate. André Jacob, a social work
professor at the UQAM, is its current president.

This year, on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the death of President
Allende, the Foundation launches, as a new initiative, an essay contest on the
following subject:

The government of Salvador Allende in Chile and its relevance today

All students registered in cegeps, community colleges and universities in Quebec
and in the rest of Canada are eligible to participate in this contest.

The contestants must write a 2,500 to 3,750 pages-long essay, in the case of
cegep or community college students; and a 3,750 to 4,000 words-long essay, in
the case of university students. The essays must be typed in the Times Roman
font, size 12, double space.

The essays must be submitted in three copies, and signed by a pseudonym. In a
separate, closed envelope the contestants must include their pseudonym, their
real name, and a short description of their academic background.

A detailed description and definition of the subject, research guidelines, and
bibliography is available by request.

Deadline: May 31, 2012.

The results of the contest will be released in September 2012.

Prizes:
There will be one first prize in each category consisting of a plane ticket to Chile
which should allow the students to have a deeper knowledge of the Chilean
reality.
There will be also be prizes for the second and third first works to be announced
later.
There is the possibility that the best works be published.

For more information, go to the site of the Salvador Allende Foundation:
www.fondationallende.org to submit works at the university level or to obtain
additional documentation contact: Mr. José del Pozo, History Professor, UQAM,
del_pozo.jose@uqam.ca or josedelpozo@hotmail.com

College level participants can contact: smartinez175@hotmail.com (English
colleges), or jotace842@hotmail.ca (French colleges).

Wilma Rule Award: IPSA Award for the Best Paper on Gender and Politics

mathieu.stlaurent — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:05:03 +0000

Location

1590 av Docteur-Penfield

Bureau 331

Montreal, QC H3G 1C5

Canada

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Organization:

International Political Science Association

Application Deadline:

1 June, 2012

Contact Email:

awards@ipsa.org

Website:

http://www.ipsa.org/awards/wilma-rule

This award was instituted by the Executive Committee on the recommendation of the Committee on Participation and the Committee on Awards. It was designed to encourage research in the area of gender and politics and was launched at the congress in Québec City in 2000. It is given to the best paper on gender and politics. The IPSA Awards Committee has recommended naming the award in tribute to the work of Wilma Rule.

The purpose of the award is to encourage scholars to write and present excellent papers at the IPSA World Congress. The subject matter of the paper should include issues relating to women’s participation and representation in politics and society, especially the identification of entry barriers to decision making arenas. Any scholar, male or female, who has prepared a written, original paper for the congress, with the intention of presenting it personally, may be recommended for the award by the convenor or chair of his or her panel. The prize of 2012 is of US$1000.

Wilma Rule (1925-2004)

Wilma Rule received a B.A. in Political Science and in Journalism in 1949 and an M.A. in political science in 1950 from the University of California at Berkeley. Her Ph.D. was granted by the University of Hawaii in 1968. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship for the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research at the University of Michigan and did additional postdoctoral work in organizational behavior at Northwestern University. She was an assistant professor at Northern Illinois University from 1969 to 1975. She served as long-time Secretary Treasurer of the Representation and Electoral Systems Section of the American Political Science Association.

Her study of gender and politics led to a lifetime of research on electoral systems and how they facilitated or hindered the election of women and underrepresented minorities to public office. Wilma Rule was a leading writer and political science researcher whose work resulted in a number of articles and books that challenge conventional notions about the reasons for the lack of political representation by women in the US.

Guidelines for nomination

Chairs and convenors of sessions at the IPSA World Congress are invited to submit nominations of papers prepared for presentation at the world congress for consideration for the Wilma Rule Award for the best paper on gender and politics. Each nomination should be accompanied by (1) a copy of the paper, and (2) a letter of recommendation from the nominating chair or convenor. Each paper nominated will be assessed by a panel drawn from IPSA’s committee on awards and its committee on participation.

Nomination will be accepted until June 1, 2012.

Convenors and chairs are invited to send their nominations:

By email: A PDF copy by email to the attention of Guy Lachapelle, the IPSA Secretary General, to: awards@ipsa.org

By mail: A printed copy by mail (along with a PDF copy) to:

Guy Lachapelle
Secretary General
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
1590, av. Docteur-Penfield, bureau 331
Montréal (QC) H3G 1C5
Canada

Francesco Kjellberg Award for Outstanding Papers Presented by New Scholars

mathieu.stlaurent — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:51:57 +0000

Location

1590 av Docteur-Penfield

Bureau 331

Montreal, QC H3G 1C5

Canada

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Organization:

International Political Science Association

Application Deadline:

1 June, 2012

Contact Email:

awards@ipsa.org

Website:

http://www.ipsa.org/awards/francesco-kjellberg

The purpose of the Francesco Kjellberg Award is to encourage young, new scholars to write and present papers at the World Congress of Political Science. The recipient is offered a complimentary two-year IPSA membership and funding of his/her travel costs to the following World Congress of Political Science. The award is made on the recommendation of the Committee on Awards on the basis of nominations by convenors and chairs at the world congress and is based on normal criteria of academic excellence. The prize of 2012 is of US$1000.

Francesco Kjellberg

This award is given in honor of a distinguished Norwegian political scientist, Francesco Kjellberg. Professor Kjellberg was IPSA Secretary General from 1988 to 1994. His involvement with IPSA spanned more than 20 years. He was secretary of the Research Committee on Comparative Study of Local Government and Politics (RC-05) from 1976 to 1979, member of the IPSA Executive Committee from 1979 to 1985, and program chair of the 13th IPSA World Congress (Paris 1985). He was also secretary of the Norwegian Political Science Association and taught at Oslo University. He passed away in March 1998.

Guidelines for applications

Nominations for the award must be made by convenors or panel chairs and must include:

A letter of recommendation from the chair or convenor indicating that the candidate fulfills the criteria and is worthy of an award;
The curriculum vitae of the author;
Four copies of the congress paper.
The following are the criteria for the award:

Candidates must be new scholars, not more than five years after completion of a Ph.D., or at the beginning of an equivalent active academic career, at the time of presenting the paper;
The paper must be original, unpublished and presented personally by candidate at the congress;
The paper must be outstanding and worthy of publication in a leading political science journal.
Nomination will be accepted until June 1, 2012.

Convenors and chairs are invited to send their nominations:

By email: A PDF copy by email to the attention of Guy Lachapelle, the IPSA Secretary General, to: awards@ipsa.org

By mail: A printed copy by mail (along with a PDF copy) to:

Guy Lachapelle
Secretary General
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
1590, av. Docteur-Penfield, bureau 331
Montréal (QC) H3G 1C5
Canada

Stein Rokkan Award

mathieu.stlaurent — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:53:23 +0000

Location

1590 av Docteur-Penfield

Bureau 331

Montreal, QC H3G 1C5

Canada

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Organization:

International Political Science Association

Application Deadline:

1 June, 2012

Contact Email:

awards@ipsa.org

Website:

http://www.ipsa.org/awards/stein-rokkan

The Stein Rokkan Award is one of the IPSA travel grants that the association began offering its members in the early 1990s. The purpose of the Stein Rokkan fellowships is to assist a small number of graduate students to attend the world congress by covering their basic travel and accommodation costs. The recipients receive financial assistance towards travel and subsistence. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Committee on Awards, and they are supported by the Stein Rokkan fund. The prize of 2012 is of US$1000.

Stein Rokkan (1921-1979)

A promoter of social and political science, Stein Rokkan contributed greatly to the field of comparative politics, notably during his teaching years at Bergen University. He assumed the role of President of IPSA from 1970-73. He was also Vice-President of the International Sociological Association, Chairman of the European Consortium for Political Research (which he helped found), and President of the International Social Science Council.

Guidelines for applications

Applicants for the award are expected to submit:
1. a curriculum vitae,
2. a statement of the nature of the research project and an indication as to how it could benefit from participation in the congress;
3. a letter of reference from an academic familiar with the applicant’s work certifying his or her academic status and indicating his or her suitability for the award;
4. a representative sample of written work whose length should not be greater than a scientific journal article;
5. a statement indicating financial need in respect of the costs of attending the congress.

The following are the criteria for the award:
1. each candidate must be registered in a degree granting programme;
2. normally candidates must be at the doctoral level but in exceptional cases where qualifications and money allow students at master’s level may be considered;
3. candidates must demonstrate that their academic institutions and professors have bestowed on them high academic honour and esteem.

The committee on awards will assess candidates’ written work.

Nominations are to be sent:

By email: A PDF copy by email to the attention of Guy Lachapelle, the IPSA Secretary General, to: madrid2012@ipsa.org

By mail: A printed copy by mail (along with a PDF copy) to:

Guy Lachapelle
Secretary General
International Political Science Association (IPSA)
1590, av. Docteur-Penfield, bureau 331
Montréal (QC) H3G 1C5
Canada

Candidacies for the 22st IPSA World Congress will be accepted from website launch date until June 1, 2012.

Josep Mª Vilaseca i Marcet Award

mireia.grau — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:28:19 +0000

Location

Barcelona

Baixada de Sant Miquel, 8

Spain

Organization:

Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics, Government of Catalonia

Application Deadline:

15 September, 2012

Contact Email:

mireia.grau@gencat.cat

Website:

http://www10.gencat.net/drep/AppJava/cat/ambits/recerca/IEAAngles/InstitutodeEst...

Call for Award:

file-19285.pdf

The Institut d'Estudis Autonòmics of the Government of Catalonia is pleased to announce its call for the 4th edition of the Josep Mª Vilaseca i Marcet Award.

The award is given to the best original and non-published manuscript dealing with any aspect of federalism and/or political decentralization.

The value of the award is €20,000. Manuscripts may be submitted in English, French, Italian, Catalan or Spanish.