The Karl Deutsch Award

Established in 1981, the Karl Deutsch Award is presented annually to a scholar in IR under age 40, or within ten years of defending his or her dissertation, who is judged to have made, through a body of publications, the most significant contribution to the study of International Relations and Peace Research.

About the Award:

• Nominees must be born in 1968 or later, or have defended their dissertation in 1998 or later.
• Each nomination must include a cover letter highlighting specific scientific merits (not merely generic praise) and an updated curriculum vitae of the nominee, including verifiable date of birth and date of the doctoral degree. Only candidates satisfying the merit and age requirements will be considered.
• Self-nominations are welcome. Committee members may also nominate potential recipients.
• Nominations should be submitted electronically to all three members of the award committee by August 1, the winner will be notified after October 1st. 
• A $500.00 (USD) cash prize to the recipient is awarded from the ISA General Account
• The three Member Committee is appointed by the ISA President with the concurrency of the Governing Council
• Members serve two-year terms. Member terms officially begin with the ISA Governing Council meeting of the first year listed and end with the closing of the ISA Governing Council meeting of the final year listed.
• The Committee Chair is responsible for sending award information to the ISA Award Coordinator and for notifying the Recipient of the Award and encouraging the Recipient to attend the Annual Convention at which the Award is to be presented so as to receive the Award in person.

AWARD COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Jack Snyder, 2009-2012
Columbia University
International Affairs Building, Room 1327
Telephone: (212) 854-8290
E-Mail: jls6@columbia.edu

James Fearon, 2009-2012
Stanford University
Department of Political Science
MC6044
Stanford, CA 94305-6044 USA
Telephone: (312)702-8057
E-Mail: jfearon@stanford.edu

Janice Gross Stein, 2009-2012
University of Toronto
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, ON CANADA
Telephone: 416-946-8915
E-Mail: j.stein@utoronto.ca

Deutsch Award History:

1985      Bruce Bueno de Mesquita/Richard Ashley, Stanford University
1986      Michael Wallace, University of British Columbia
1987      Michael Don Ward, University of Washington
1988      Steve Chan, University of Colorado
1989      Zeev Maoz, Tel-Aviv University
1990      Joshua Goldstein, Brown University
1991      Jack Snyder, Columbia University
1992      Duncan Snidal, University of Chicago
1993      Alex Mintz, Texas A&M University
1994      James D. Morrow, University of Michigan
1995      T. Clifton Morgan, Rice University
1996      Robert Powell , UC Berkeley   
1997      Paul Huth, University of Maryland
1998      Paul Diehl, University of Illinois
1999      James Fearon, Stanford University
2000      Edward D. Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania
2001      Beth A. Simmons, Harvard University
2002      Dan Reiter, Emory University
2003      Kenneth A. Schultz, Stanford University
2004      Allan C. Stam, Dartmouth College
2005      Alastair Smith, New York University
2006      Christopher Gelpi, Duke University
2007      Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, University of Essex
2008      Ashley Leeds, Rice University
2009      Jon Pevehouse, University of Wisconsin