The Public Management Research Association’s 2026 Awards Season is officially underway, and members are encouraged to participate by submitting nominations and applications in the coming weeks. PMRA’s awards recognize excellence across the field, from early career scholarship to lifetime contributions and doctoral student participation in the annual conference. Go to PMRA Awards on the website.
Several key deadlines are approaching.
Nominate for the Best Dissertation and Frederickson Awards by February 1
PMRA is currently accepting nominations for two major association awards.
The Best Dissertation Award recognizes outstanding doctoral research that advances public management scholarship. This award highlights exceptional work by emerging scholars and provides financial support for participation in the Public Management Research Conference.
The H. George Frederickson Award for Career Contributions honors a scholar whose career reflects sustained, field-shaping contributions to public management research, service, and leadership.
Nominations for both awards are open now and must be submitted by February 1, 2026. Members are encouraged to take this opportunity to recognize colleagues whose work and service have made a meaningful impact on the field.
Go to PMRA Awards on the website.
Applications Open for the Meier PMRC Travel Award due by February 10
PMRA is also pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Meier PMRC Doctoral Travel Award. This award supports doctoral students who have been accepted to present at the Public Management Research Conference and who have faced barriers in their academic journey and financial challenges to conference attendance.
Applications are open January 15 through February 10, 2026. Award amounts vary annually based on available resources, and recipients are notified in time to support travel planning for PMRC 2026 at American University in Washington, D.C.
Go to PMRA Awards on the website.
Journal-Based Awards Under Review
In addition to the nomination and application-based awards, PMRA’s journal-based awards are currently under internal review. These include the Beryl Radin Award, the Camilla Stivers Award, the Riccucci–O’Leary Award, and the newly established Claudia N. Avellaneda Award. Recipients will be announced in the May conference edition of Management Matters and recognized at PMRC.
Learn More and Take Action
Full award descriptions, eligibility requirements, and nomination or application links are available on the PMRA website. Members are encouraged to act early and help ensure that outstanding scholarship and contributions across the PMRA community are recognized.
Awards will be presented at the 2026 Public Management Research Conference, June 4–6, at American University.
Go to PMRA Awards on the website.
