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. This year they are also supported by a significant donation from the
American Political Science Association.

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 22st IPSA World Congress will be accepted between March 1st, 2011 and December 1st, 2011. 

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.

Stein Rokkan Award Recipients

2009* (in Santiago)
Fernando Boidi, Maria (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Gorbak, Erika (Harvard University, USA)
Santana, Luciana (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

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

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

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

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

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

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

1988 (in 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 (in 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 (in Rio de Janeiro)
Conteh, Musa Ballah (Côte d’Ivoire)
Gagnon, Alain (Canada)
MacDonald, Scott (USA)

* In 2009, the prize was also supported by a significant donation from the American Political Science Association.