Heinz I. Eulau Award

The Heinz Eulau prize is awarded annually for the best article published in the American Political Science Review and for the best article published in Perspectives on Politics. It carries a prize of $750. Special thanks go to Cambridge University Press for support of the new prize given in 2005, recognizing scholarship in Perspectives on Politics.

The initiative for the Eulau Award was taken by some of Dr. Eulau's former Ph.D. students, who on occasion of his retirement from Stanford, solicited gifts to create an appropriate memorial. Recognizing his extraordinary contributions to the political science profession, the APSA Council voted in 1986 to honor Heinz by establishing a prize in his name for the best article published in the APSR. It is hoped that the annual award will encourage submission of the highest quality manuscripts to the Review and recognize scholarly excellence in political science. The Eulau Award was first presented at the 1988 meeting.

In 2004, the APSA Council acted to incorporate the best paper published in Perspectives in Politics under the umbrella of the Heinz Eulau Award, as well as the best paper published in APSR. This action was taken to allow APSA to recognize articles in Perspectives on Politics in a way parallel with APSR, without transgressing a council moratorium on new awards. As we build up award endowment, we expect in the future that the two awards will be separated. To manage the effort involved in selecting best articles for two journals, APSA President Margaret Levi, in consultation with the Award Committee Chair, increased the number of appointees to the Eulau Committee from 3 to 5, and suggested that two members focus on APSR articles and two on Perspectives on Politics articles, with the chair acting as the swing participant and coordinating voice.

Nominations are due to the APSA office by December 1, 2007 via email or post.

2007 Winners

List of All Winners

2008 Award Committee

Chair:  Professor Harvey Starr *
University of South Carolina
Political Science
349 Gambrell Hall
Columbia, SC 29208

American Political Science Review
Professor Larry M. Bartels *
Princeton University
Woodrow Wilson School
Robertson Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1013

Professor Claudine Gay *
Harvard University
Department of Government
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Perspectives on Politics
Professor Elaine B. Sharp *
University of Kansas
Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane
504 Blake Hall
Lawrence, KS 66045

Dr. Marc  Blecher *
Department of Politics
Oberlin College
Rice Hall 224
Oberlin, Ohio  44074

Eulau Award
American Political Science Association
1527 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036

* Information is pending.