DISSERTATION AWARDS

Departments are invited to submit nominations for dis ser tation prizes. Eligible dissertations are those completed in the past two academic years. Deadline for submission is January 14, 2005. For committee infor mation visit the APSA web site.

Gabriel A. Almond Award in the field of com parative politics.

William Anderson Award in the field of federalism or in tergovern mental re lations, state or local politics.

Edward S. Corwin Award in the field of public law.

Harold D. Lasswell Award in the field of policy studies. (support ed by the Policy Studies Organization and Section on Policy Studies)

Helen Dwight Reid Award in the field of in ter national relations, law and politics. (sup port ed by the Helen Dwight Reid Ed ucational Foundation)

E.E. Schattschneider Award in the field of Amer ican gov ern ment.

Leo Strauss Award in the field of po litical philosophy.

Leonard D. White Award in the field of public ad ministration. (supported by the University of Chicago)

BOOK AWARDS

Books published in 2004 may be nominated by publishers or in dividuals. The deadline for sub mission of books to an award com mittee is Feb ruary 15, 2005. For committee information visit the APSA web site.

Ralph J. Bunche Award for the best scholarly work in political science which explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism.

Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best political science publication in the field of U.S. national policy.

Victoria Schuck Award for the best book published on women and politics.

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for the best book published in the United States in the field of government, politics, or in ter na tion al affairs.

CAREER AWARDS

Individuals are invited to submit, for consideration, nominations for career awards. These awards are decided by three-member committees appointed by the president. Nominations should be submitted to the APSA office by February 1, 2005.

John Gaus Distinguished Award and Lectureship to honor the re cipient's lifetime of exemplary schol arship in the joint tradition of political science and public ad ministration and, more generally, to recognize achievement and en courage scholarship in public administration.

Hubert H. Humphrey Award in rec ognition of no table public service by a po litical scientist.

Carey McWilliams Award to honor a major journalistic con tribution to our un derstanding of politics.

Benjamin E. Lippincott Award awarded trennially for a work of exceptional quality by a living political theorist that is still considered significant after a time span of at least 15 years since the original publication.

James Madison Award awarded triennially for an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science.

Charles E. Merriam Award awarded biennially to a person whose published work and career represents a significant contribution to the art of government through application of social science research.

For more information on award committee members or further details, visit www.apsanet.org or contact Sylvia Bronson <sbronson@apsanet.org>