ISA standing committees

The members of ISA standing committees are appointed by the incoming ISA President with the approval of the ISA Governing Council at the annual Governing Council meeting.

Standing committees are responsible to the Governing Council and should report to it at least once a year. At the discretion of the Governing Council these annual reports may be given at the Business Meeting of the ISA and/or submitted in writing for publication. On recommendation of the President, the Governing Council designates the individuals to serve as chair and members of a standing committee. The chair of a standing committee may not serve consecutive terms.

The lengths of committee members’ terms vary among standing committees but all terms officially begin with the start of the ISA Annual Convention meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.

As the Annual Convention nears, ISA will post a 2011 Schedule of Meetings and a compilation of the 2011 Committee Reports, found within the Governing Council Agenda. Archived versions of both are accessible, per year, via the PAST ANNUAL CONVENTIONS page.

ISA Award committees

ISA offers several awards given to recognize outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of international studies. These awards have different committees, nominating procedures and application deadlines, and they recognize outstanding papers, books, and achievement and service to the international studies community.

Awards are announced or presented during the ISA Annual Convention and Region Conferences. Several Regions and Sections present awards during their Business Meetings or Receptions while others are presented during the ISA General Business Meeting and Awards Ceremony.

The type of awards presented include graduate student paper awards, faculty paper awards, book awards, service awards, and distinguished scholar awards. Award certificates, plaques, and monetary awards are coordinated through ISA Headquarters.

Award Committee Resources

• Awards Listing
• Award Website Update Form
• award checklist and timeline
• ISA Award Order Form (for new awards or updates to existing awards)
• Award Explanation Form (required from ISA Award Committees *)
• Past Award Recipients
• Region, Section and Caucus Archive
• Region/Section/Caucus Awards

The Events & Awards Coordinator is Angelica Robison. Each award committee chair is responsible for sending complete award information to ISA Headquarters prior to the Annual Convention. ISA will prepare your award certificates for your business meeting, reception, or award ceremony.The deadline for the receipt of awards information is: November 1st. Failure to adhere to this deadline may affect ISA HQ's ability to fulfill Award requests.

	Award Committees must submit their updated information (including the Committee Chair, contact email, submission deadline and award prize details) by submitting the Award Update form.	May 1st
	Regions/Sections/Committees that are presenting awards at the Convention must submit information on Awardees by submitting ISA Award Order Form . Provide electronic copies of the winning paper(s) for ISA HQ, via Angelica Robison Order award plaques with Angelica Robison	November 1st
	Those who would like their Awards to be presented at the ISA Awards Ceremony at the Annual Business Meeting must submit the Award/Awardee Introductory Notes (Award Explanation) and submit .jpg format photo of recipient to Angelica Robison/arobison@isanet.org	January

If at anytime you have an update to the website regarding awards please submit the Award Website Update form.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this process, please contact the ISA Events & Award Coordinator, Angelica Robison (arobison@isanet.org).