Dear colleagues,

It is with great pleasure we are announcing the call for applications for the Excellent Paper Award of the ECPR Knowledge Politics and Policies Standing Group. In order to be eligible for consideration for the award:

• You need to be currently enrolled in a PhD programme or have obtained your PhD after August 2018;
• You are the Sole or Lead Author of the paper and you have presented that paper at a conference or workshop between November 2020 and November 2021;
• The paper is topically relevant for the Standing Group;
• You are a registered member of the Standing Group.

The application should consist of:

• Paper presented (less than 8000 words, excluding references), along with details of the conference (panel title, date of presentation)
• CV (2 pages, including details of institutional affiliation)
• A short statement of support from PhD supervisor, or a committee  member, or Panel Chair/Discussant

Please submit your application to Martina Vukasovic (martina.vukasovic@uib.no) by 15th February 2022.

The jury consists of Tatiana Fumasoli (UCL, UK), Emanuela Reale (National Research Council-IRCRES-Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth, Italy) and  Luis Sanz-Menendez (Spanish National Research Council).

In case you have any questions, do not hesitate to get in touch.