The American Political Science Association provides many resources for graduate and undergraduate political science students. Join today to take advantage of these opportunities!
Organized Sections & Awards
APSA Organized sections provide an opportunity for APSA members who share a common interest in a particular subfield to organize meetings, coordinate communications, and share knowledge and ideas. For a complete list and descriptions of all organized sections, please visit the website at apsanet.org/sections or contact us at sections@apsanet.org.
Numerous APSA Organized Sections offer awards specifically targeted to students of political science.
The following sections offer awards for best graduate student papers:
- African Politics Conference Group
- Elections, Public Opinion,and Voting Behavior
- Foreign Policy
- Law and Courts
- Political Communication
- Political Networks
- Presidents and Executive Politics
The following section offers an award for best undergraduate student paper:
The following sections offer graduate student travel awards:
Research Funding
Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs encourages individual research and writing in all fields of political science. Check out our website for current funding opportunities.
Graduate Student Connection
APSA has a number of resources to offer graduate students, including dissertation workshops at the Annual Meeting (where students receive a significant discount) that provide in-depth guidance and discussion on dissertations in progress.
Diversity and Inclusion Programs
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute is an intensive five-week program held at Duke University designed to introduce the world of doctoral study in political science to undergraduate students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups.
Minority Student Recruitment Program is a collaboration between undergraduate and graduate programs in political science that connects undergraduate students from under-represented backgrounds who are interested in, or show potential for, graduate study with graduate programs interested in recruiting diverse cohorts of doctoral students.
Minority Fellows Program is a fellowship competition for individuals from under-represented backgrounds applying to doctoral programs in political science.
APSA Mentoring Program connects interested graduate students and junior faculty with political scientists who have made themselves available as mentors.
APSA Awards
Students can be nominated for one of the numerous APSA awards given each year to promising young scholars:
Gabriel A. Almond Award for the best dissertation in the field of comparative politics
William Anderson Award for the best dissertation in the general field of federalism or intergovernmental relations, state and local politics
Edward S. Corwin Award for the best dissertation in the field of public law
Harold D. Lasswell Award for the best dissertation in the field of public policy
Helen Dwight Reid Award for the best dissertation in the field of international relations, law, and politics
E.E. Schattschneider Award for the best dissertation in American government
Leo Strauss Award for the best dissertation in the field of political psychology
Leonard White Award for the best dissertation in the field of public administration