The Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice, which is active within ECPR, has created the Duncan Black Award. This award honours a graduate student who has presented the best paper at the ECPR General Conference pursuing research in analytical politics that combines systematic theoretical thinking and rigorous empirical testing. The award carries a prize of 200 Euros. Panel Chairs are encouraged to nominate Papers. Self-nominations are welcome. In order to be considered for the prize, Papers must be submitted to djunge@essex.ac.uk no later than 1 September.