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