The purpose of the Stein Rokkan fellowships is to assist a small number of graduate students in attending the IPSA 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. They are supported by the Stein Rokkan fund.

Guidelines:

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.

To apply, visit the official website of the IPSA World Congress. Candidacies for the 21st IPSA World Congress will be accepted between March 1st, 2008 and November 1st, 2008. 

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 to role of President of the IPSA from 1970-73. He was also vice-president of the International Sociological Association, chairman of European Consortium for Political Research (which he helped found), and president of the International Social Science Council. He died in 1979.

Stein Rokkan Award Recipients

2006 (Fukuoka)
Mr. Helder Ferreira Do Vale (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain)
Mr. Par Engstrom (Mansfield College, United Kingdom)
Ms. Julia Rozanova (University of Alberta, Canada)

2003 (Durban)
Jacobs, Sean (South Africa)         
Lutz, Georg (Switzerland)         
Grant, Andrew (Canada) 

2000 (Québec City)
Hui, Tin-bor V. (Hong Kong)

1997 (Seoul)
Najam, Adil (USA)               
Perron, Catherine (France)

1994 (Berlin)
Dicklich, Susan (USA) 
McGillivray, Fiona (USA) 
Santiso, Javier (France)

1991 (Buenos Aires)
Bolongaita, Emil O (USA) 
Pivron, Anne (Mexico) 
Xiao, Ren (UK) 

1988 (Washington DC)
Araujo, José (Columbia) 
Doehler, Marian (Germany) 
Fortin, Alfred (USA) 
Katz, Yitzhak (Israel) 
Nikolic, Vesna (Yugoslavia) 
Saggar, Shamit (UK) 
Zobel-Zubrzycka, Halina (Australia)

1985 (Paris)
Bartholomew, Amy (Canada) 
Aquero, Felipe (Chile) 
Huning, Wang (China) 
Zhao, Xiangyang (China) 
Lu-Ziao-Bo (China) 
Zhang Xiao-Wu (China) 
Farahani, Hossain (Iran) 
Jeong, Changik (Korea) 
McKnight, Lee (USA)

1982 (Rio de Janeiro)
Conteh, Musa Ballah (Côte d’Ivoire)
Gagnon, Alain (Canada)
MacDonald, Scott (USA)