Deadline: 30 September 2015
The United States Institute of Peace is inviting applicants for Peace Dissertation Prize to honour an outstanding dissertation on the analysis of violent conflict, conflict resolution, peacemaking, or peacebuilding completed in a United States graduate program.
At the 2015 International Studies Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, the United States Institute of Peace celebrated the 30th anniversary of its creation by the US Congress and its long time participation in the International Studies Association professional meetings.
To mark this occasion, USIP has created within ISA an annual prize to be given for the best peace studies dissertation written in a calendar year.
Prize Information
- The annual prize, a $1000 cash award, will be announced and presented at the annual ISA meeting
- The prize winner will be notified in December 2015. The prize will be announced and awarded at ISA 2016.
Focus Areas
Conflict Analysis and Prevention Countering Violent Extremism Economics and Peacebuilding Education Gender and Peacebuilding Media, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Mediation and Facilitation Post-Conflict Reconstruction Religion and Peacebuilding Rule of Law
Eligibility Criteria
To be considered for this prize a dissertation must be completed at a US graduate institution and nominated by the head of the department in which the dissertation has been accepted.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must submit application materials at the address given on the website.
For more information, please visit Peace Dissertation Prize.
