AJPS Best Article Award
A $1,000 award sponsored by Wiley Blackwell for the best article appearing in the volume of the American Joural of Political Science preceding the conference.

"Equilibrium Party Government" (Volume 52, Number 3, pp. 636-655)
John W. Patty, Harvard University

Award Committee: Greg Caldeira, The Ohio State University (Chair); anna Harvey, New York University; Ron Rappaport, College of William and Mary

Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar Award
A $250 award given  for the best paper, regardless of field of topic, authored by a scholar or scholars who has or have received their terminal degree(s) no sooner than six years prior to the year in which the paper was delivered.

"Are Ideologically Extreme Legislators Really Out of Step?"
John Griffin, University of Notre Dame
Brian Newman, Pepperdine University

Award Committee: Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University (Chair); Sanford (Sandy) Gordon, New York University; Susan Tabriz, Wells College

Best Paper in International Relations
A $250 award for the best paper on the topic of international relations.

"International Conflict and the Spread of Democracy: The Effects of Selection, Emulation, and Socialization"
Kathryn McNabb Cochran, Duke University

Award Committee:  Helen Milner, Princeton University (Chair); Wendy Hansen, University of New Mexico; Will Moore, Florida State University

Herbert Simon Award
A $500 award, co-sponsored by the Midwest Caucus on Public Administration, for a scholar who has made a significant contribution to the scientific study of bureaucracy.

Johan Olsen, University of Oslo

Award Committee: Martha Feldman, University of California, Irvine (Chair); Greg Huber, Yale University; Bat Sparrow, University of Texas, Austin

Kellogg/Notre Dame Award
A $250  award for the best paper in comparative politics.

"How Ethnicity Shapes Insurgent Violence: A Matched Analysis of 'Sweep’ Operations in Chechnya”
Jason Lyall, Princeton University

Award Committee:  Steven Finkel, University of Pittsburgh (Chair); Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles; Sunita Parikh, Washington University in St. Louis

Lucius Barker Award
A $250 award for the author or authors of the best paper presented at the annual meeting on a topic investigating race or ethnicity and politics honoring the spirit and work of Professor Barker.

"The Origins of Federal Fair Housing Policy: Racial Segregation, Restrictive Covenants, and the Truman Administration"
Charles M. Lamb, University of Buffalo, SUNY

Award Committee:  Darren Davis, University of Notre Dame (Chair); Byron D’Andra Orey, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Regina Branton, Rice University

Patrick J. Fett Award
A $250 award for best paper on the scientific study of Congress and the presidency.

"The Effect of Ballot Type on Congressional Elections, 1946-2006"
Jason M. Roberts, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Award Committee:  Wendy Schiller, Brown University (Chair); Alan Abramowitz, Emory University; Patrick Sellers, Davidson College

Pi Sigma Alpha Award
A $250 award for the best paper presented at the MPSA Annual National Conference. Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political honor society.

"The Content of U.S. Congressional Campaigns"
James N. Druckman, Northwestern University
Martin Kifer, University of Minnesota
Michael Parkin, Oberlin College

Award Committee: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University (Chair); Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania; Isaac Unah, University of North Carolina

Review of Politics Award
A $250 award for the best paper in normative political theory.

"Rise and Fall of Republican Freedom"
Eric MacGilvray, Ohio State University

Award Committee: John Gunnell, University of Albany, SUNY (Chair); Jack Knight, Washington University in St. Louis; Jennifer Rubenstein, Princeton University

Robert H. Durr Award
A $250 award for best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem.

"MPs for Sale? Estimating Returns to Office in Post-War British Politics"
Andy Eggers, Harvard University
Jens Hainmueller, Harvard University
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"Exploiting Tom DeLay: A New Method for Estimating Incumbency Advantage and the Effect of Candidate Ethnicity on Turnout"
Jasjeet S. Sekhon, University of California, Berkeley
Rocio Titiunik, University of California, Berkeley

Award Committee:  Gary King, Harvard University (Chair); Brandon Bartels, Stony Brook University; Walter Mebane, University of Michigan

Sophonisba Breckinridge Award
A $250 award for the best paper delivered on women and politics.

"Quasi-Experimental Design, Longitudinal Federal Data, and Women’s Interests: Reexamining the Influence of Gender on Substantive Representation"
Jason MacDonald, Kent State University
Erin E. O’Brien, University of Massachusetts

Award Committee: Frances Rosenbluth, Yale University (Chair); Anna Kirkland, University of Michigan; Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame

Westview Press Award
A $250 for best paper by delivered by a graduate student. Sponsored by Westview Press.

"Direct Democracy and Government Performance"
Jeff Tessin, Princeton University

Award Committee: Rosalyn Cooperman, University of Mary Washington; Suzanna De Boef, Penn State University; Robert Erikson, Columbia University