Meier PMRC Travel Award

The purpose of the PMRA Meier Travel Award is to provide financial support to doctoral students to travel to the Public Management Research Conference (PMRC).

				2025 Meier Travel Inclusion Award The Public Management Research Association is proud to recognize the recipients of this year’s Meier Travel Award, which supports promising doctoral students in their commitment to advancing public management research.
Emily Mee	Marjorie De La Cruz	Courtney Hahm	Nancy Wu

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration, doctoral students must be PMRA members and presenting a paper at the PMRC conference.

Application Process

Application for this award will be accepted January 15 - February 10, 2026.

Application details, required materials, and submission deadlines will be posted prior to the opening of the application period.

Assessment Criteria

Applications will be reviewed by the award committee based on criteria established for the applicable award cycle.

Awardee Notification:
Applicants selected to receive an award will be notified in March 2026. This allows sufficient time to finalize trave arrangements to the 2026 Public Management Research Conference. 

Award & Recognition

Recipients will be recognized in conjunction with the 2026 Public Management Research Conference, June 4–6, 2026, at American University in Washington, D.C.

Award amounts are determined annually based on available resources. The typical value of the award has fluctuated over the years, with estimates ranging from $500 to $1000.

Award Committee Chair

Sebawit Bishu, University of Washington

2024 Meier PMRC Travel Inclusion Award

Morgan Woodle, University of Oklahoma; Claudia Valencia Uribe, University of California, Irvine; Maíra Souza, São Paulo School of Business Administration at Fundação Getulio Vargas; Derrick Boakye Boadu, Florida International University; Omowonuola Fayemiro, University of Illinois Chicago; Seyed Mohsen Fatemi, University of Kansas; Aubrey Stewart, Florida International University; Kyela Gadi, Georgia State University; Emma Northcott, George Washington University; Wasimon Tosuratana, University of Arizona; Erzuah Nvidah, Florida International University; Soohyun Park, University at Albany; Guimin Zheng, Florida State University; Hyoeun Kim, University at Albany; Jeonghwa Yang, Florida State University; Yiying Chen, Rutgers University-Newark; Shuwen Zhang, University of Illinois Chicago; Faisal Cheema, Indiana University Bloomington; Raul Gutierrez Meave, University of Illinois Chicago; Eliana Sanchez Rangel, North Carolina State University; Karl Santiago, Indiana University, Bloomington; Keunyoung Lee, University of Southern California; Ying Liu, Rutgers University-Newark; Meng Ye, Georgia State University; Jongmin Lee, Indiana University Bloomington; Kyungmin Lee, University of Central Florida; Jaeyeong Nam, Florida State University; In Hae Noh, University at Albany; Seongdeok Oh, University of Texas at Dallas; Jung Won Choi, Georgia Institute of Technology; Hyunji Kim, Florida State University; Hyorim Seo, Rutgers University-Newark; Jeongyoon Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology; Hui Yin, Zhejiang University

2024 Meier PMRC Travel Inclusion Award Recipients, PMRC 2024, Seattle

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