Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award: Recognizes a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field. Each nomination will be considered for two cycles. Those who have not won the award during those cycles are eligible for future nominations.
Nomination deadline: February 27, 2026
Committee:
Sarah Anzia, University of California- Berkeley, sanzia@berkeley.edu
Boris Heersink, Fordham University, bheersink@fordham.edu
Didi Kuo, Stanford University, jdkuo@stanford.edu
Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award: Recognizes a book published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.
Nomination deadline: February 27, 2026
Committee:
Rob Boatright (chair), Clark University, rboatright@clarku.edu
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University, ah3467@columbia.edu
Emilie van Haute, Free University Brussels (ULB), emilie.van.haute@ulb.be
Jack Walker Outstanding Article Award: Recognizes an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties. A journal scan of articles appearing in-print will be used to identify potential nominees. External nominations will also be considered.
Lucia Motolonia, Washington University in St. Louis, luciam@wustl.edu
Emerging Scholar Award: Given to a scholar early in their career who has not yet received tenure and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.
Nomination deadline: February 27, 2026
Committee:
David Miller (chair), American University, dmiller@american.edu
Liliana Hall Mason, Johns Hopkins University, lmason23@jhu.edu
Fernando Rosenblatt, University of Manchester, fernando.rosenblatt@manchester.ac.uk
Best APSA Paper Award: Recognizes the best paper delivered on a Political Organizations and Parties-sponsored panel at the preceding APSA annual meeting.
Nomination deadline: Only papers uploaded to the APSA conference site by September 28, 2025 will be considered for the award.
Committee:
Petia Kostadinova (chair), University of Illinois, Chicago, pkostad@uic.edu
Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University, galvin@northwestern.edu
Herschel Thomas, University of Texas at Austin, herschel.thomas@austin.utexas.edu
Virginia Gray Graduate Student Research Grant: Awarded to graduate student POP members who are presenting their research on political organizations and/or parties on a POP or non-POP sponsored panel at the upcoming APSA annual meeting. Applicants who identify as a member of an underrepresented group in the profession are encouraged to apply.
Nomination deadlines for section support awards are set by APSA; deadline TBA