ECPR Rising Star Award

In 2020, ECPR launched the Rising Star Award as part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations. Nurturing and supporting the careers of students and early career researchers has been a key part of the mission of the ECPR since its creation, so this new award is particularly apt.

The Rising Star Award aims to recognise the achievements of an outstanding PhD student or early career researcher in their scholarly life so far and provide them with the opportunity to develop their network and skills even further with ECPR support.

The award will be presented annually to an individual considered to have a particularly promising future in the field of politics and international relations. The winner, who must work or study at an ECPR member institution, will enjoy a year’s free access to a selection of our events.

Submitting a nomination

To nominate, please submit the required documents via the Prize Portal.

Each institution may only nominate a single candidate, though nominations may come from any person. We hope this will encourage discussion within each institution, but should more than one nomination be received, we will contact nominators and our OR to ask that a single candidate be decided upon.

Nominations must include:

• The nominee’s CV 
• A formal nomination letter