The members of the 2009 MPSA Awards Committees are listed below. These individuals will select recipients of awards for outstanding papers delivered at the 2009 MPSA Annual National Conference, the AJPS Best Article Award, and the Herbert Simon Award. The awards will be announced at the MPSA business meeting during 2010 National Conference.

Section heads, panel chairs, and panel discussants may nominate papers for these awards. MPSA strongly encourages individuals with section or panel responsibilities to nominate papers from their panels for consideration. Nominators should prepare a memo identifying the award for which the paper is to be considered, the author(s) name(s), paper title, and the panel on which the paper was presented. Nominations should be sent to awards@mpsanet.org no later than July 1.

• AJPS Best Article Award. A $1,000 award, sponsored by Wiley Blackwell Publishing, for the best article appearing in the volume of the American Journal of Political Science preceding the conference.
  Award Committee: Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University (Chair); Michael Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa; and Ken Meier, Texas A&M University

• Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar Award. A $250 award for the best paper, regardless of field or topic, authored by a scholar or scholars who have received their terminal degree(s) no sooner than six years prior to the year of the meeting at which the paper was delivered.
  Award Committee: Annette Steinacker, Loyola University of Chicago (Chair); Ken Goldstein, University of Wisconsin; and Brian Lai, University of Iowa

• Best Paper in International Relations. A $250 award for the best paper in international relations.
  Award Committee: Cameron Thies, University of Iowa (Chair); David Leblang, University of Virginia; and Rose McDermott, University of California, Santa Barbara

• Best Poster Award. A $250 award for the best poster presentation.
  Award Committee: Amie Kreppel, University of Florida (Chair); Christina Bejarano, University of Kansas; and Robert Jackson, Florida State University

• Best Undergraduate Poster Award. A $250 award for the best poster presented by an undergraduate.
  Award Committee: Sylvai Manzano, Texas A&M University (Chair); Elizabeth Bergman, California State University, East Bay; Fred Slocum, Minnesota State University, Mankato

• Herbert Simon Award. A $500 award for a scholar who has made a significant contribution to the scientific study of bureaucracy.
  Award Committee: Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University (Chair); Andrew Whitford, University of Georgia; and Susan Webb-Yackee, University of Wisconsin at Madison.

• Kellogg/Notre Dame Award. A $250 award for the best paper in comparative politics.
  Award Committee: Erik Wibbels, Duke University (Chair); Karen Jusko, Stanford University; and Laurel Weldon, Purdue University

• Lucius Barker Award. A $250 award for the author or authors of the best paper on a topic investigating race or ethnicity and politics and honoring the spirit and work of Professor Barker.
  Award Committee: Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University (Chair); Jennifer Merolla, Claremont Graduate University; and Tasha Philpot, University of Texas at Austin

• Patrick J. Fett Award. A $250 award for the best paper on the scientific study of Congress and the Presidency.
  Award Committee: Frances Lee, University of Maryland (Chair); Michael Minta, Washington University in St. Louis; and Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley

• Pi Sigma Alpha Award. A $250 award for the best paper delivered at the conference.
  Award Committee: Jeff Cohen, Fordham University (Chair); Christopher Anderson, Cornell University; and Janet Box-Steffensmeier, The Ohio State University

• Review of Politics Award. A $250 award for the best paper in normative political theory.
  Award Committee: Eileen Botting, University of Notre Dame (Chair); Cristina Beltran, Haverford College; and Jack Turner, University of Washington

• Robert H. Durr Award. A $250 award for the best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem in political science.
  Award Committee: Michael Ward, University of Washington (Chair); Regina Branton, Rice University; and James Spriggs, Washington University in St. Louis

• Sophonisba Breckinridge Award. A $250 award for the best paper delivered on the topic of women and politics.
  Award Committee: Lisa Baldez, Dartmouth College  (Chair); Kathy Dolan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; and Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona

• Westview Press Award. A $250 award for the best paper delivered by a graduate student.
  Award Committee: Forrest Maltzman, George Washington University  (Chair); Ricardo Ramirez, University of Southern California; and Cara Wong, University of Illinois