Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Division
GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD
Deadline: 1/31/26
The Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Division invites graduate students to apply for its annual Graduate Student Paper Award. Papers should be related to the broad Division interest, including health and illness, health policy, and health services. The recipient will receive a monetary prize of $150, an electronic certificate of recognition, a complimentary student membership to SSSP, and complimentary conference registration. The winner will be recognized at the Division Business Meeting as well as the SSSP Awards Ceremony.
Applicants must be students at the time of submission. The paper must be student authored or student co-authored and cannot include faculty co-authors. Papers based on theses or dissertations are acceptable. Papers are not eligible if previously presented at SSSP or presented or accepted for presentation at other professional meetings, unless substantially revised with new data, findings, or theoretical contributions. Papers are not eligible if they have been published or accepted for publication before submission. Submission to other SSSP Division award competitions will disqualify the submission.
The paper submission should not exceed 30 double-spaced pages (including references) and should be prepared for anonymous review. Please include the author’s information only on a separate title page document.
To be considered for the award, students must:
- send an electronic copy of the anonymized paper, separate title page with author information, and a cover letter identifying their graduate program and verifying that they meet the eligibility criteria to Raja Staggers-Hakim (raja.staggers-hakim@uconn.edu) and Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda (bulandjr@miamioh.edu) by January 31, 2026; and
- submit the paper for presentation at the SSSP Annual Meeting using the online submission portal (see the Call for Papers) by the conference submission deadline.
OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Deadline: 1/31/26
The Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Division invites nominations for the 2026 Outstanding Scholarship Award for contributions to the study of health, health systems, health services, and/or health policy. Nominations may reflect one single, exceptional project or a larger collective body of work. Eligible submissions include a wide variety of types of scholarship (e.g., theoretical, applied) and methodological approaches. Please send a one-page cover letter (self-nominations are welcome) detailing why the nominee should receive the Outstanding Scholarship Award to Raja Staggers-Hakim (raja.staggers-hakim@uconn.edu) and Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda (bulandjr@miamioh.edu) by January 31, 2026 for consideration by the award committee. The recipient will receive a $150 award and be recognized at the Division Business Meeting.
