Prizes and Awards

Summary

National Office Contact
Evonda Acevedo, (302) 831-1181

As part of its ongoing commitment to scholarship in the profession, the American Philosophical Association sponsors lectures and awards that are funded through the generosity of foundations and individuals. The APA's Committee on Lectures, Publications, and Research (LPR) oversees APA awards (with a few exceptions). The LPR Chair for 2007-08 is Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Dartmouth College). Announcements of competitions and winners are made in the APA's Proceedings and Addresses, as well as (and more immediately) on our website. Several prizes are sponsored individually by specific divisions.

APA Prizes, Fellowships, and Lectures
All awards are selected by the APA Committee on Lectures, Publications, and Research, unless otherwise noted. For more application or nomination details, please consult the APA website, or write to Evonda Acevedo (eacevedo@udel.edu) at the National Office.

Alfred Schutz Memorial Lecture
The Schutz Lecture ($1,000 plus some travel and lodging) is given on a topic related to the work of the late Alfred Schutz, especially the philosophy of history and philosophy of the social sciences. This award is offered jointly by the APA, the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences (SPHS), and the Council for Advanced Research in Phenomenology (CARP). The Schutz Lecture is given at the annual meeting of SPHS, which is held in October in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP); and the Lecture is later published in Human Studies.

APA/PDC Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs
The APA/PDC Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs ($1,000), awarded annually in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center, honors philosophy departments, research centers, institutes, societies, publishers, or other organizations that have created new initiatives in philosophy with excellence and success. The deadline was June 30, 2007.

Article Prize
The Article Prize ($2,000) is awarded every two years to the author of the best article published in the previous two years. The most recent winner of the Article Prize (2006) was Thomas Hofweber, for his article "Inexpressible Properties and Propositions." The next Article Prize will be awarded in 2008 (submission deadline: March 15), for an article published in 2006 or 2007.

Barwise Prize
The Barwise Prize, (a framed medallion) established in honor of Jon Barwise, is awarded annually, by the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers, for significant and sustained contributions to areas relevant to philosophy and computing. The recipient delivers a keynote address at a Computing and Philosophy conference, as well as a lecture in a session (sponsored by the APA Committee on Philosophy and Computers) at an APA Divisional Meeting.

Baumgardt Memorial Fellowship
The Baumgardt Fellowship ($5,000) is awarded every five years to candidates whose research has some bearing on the philosophical interests of the late David Baumgardt, namely, the examination and comparison of types of morality associated with strong cultural and religious traditions or based on certain contrasting principles (such as love and justice, power and forgiveness). The next deadline is November 1, 2011.

Berger Memorial Prize
The Berger Memorial Prize ($500.00) is awarded every two years in memory of Fred Berger for an outstanding published article in the philosophy of law. The next Prize, for articles published in 2006 and 2007, will be awarded in 2009. The deadline is June 15, 2008.

Book Prize
The Book Prize ($4,000) is awarded every two years to the author of the best philosophy book published in the previous two years by a "younger scholar" (the author must be 40 years of age or younger in the year the nominated book was published, or else have received his or her Ph.D. ten years or less before the year the book was published). The deadline for the next Book Prize is March 15, 2009.

Carus Lectures
The Carus Lectures ($5,000), funded by Open Court Publishing Company and held every two years, are a series of three lectures delivered over three consecutive days as plenary sessions at an APA Divisional Meeting. This award includes the potential for publication of the manuscript by Open Court, for which the author receives an additional $5,000. The next Carus Lectures will be given in 2009.

Edinburgh Fellowship
The Edinburgh Fellowship is awarded annually to one APA member to visit the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The Fellowship provides a study, secretarial support, and the use of the University of Edinburgh library. The application deadline for the 2006-2007 academic year was February 28, 2007.

Frank Chapman Sharp Memorial Prize (in honor of Frank Chapman Sharp)
The Sharp Prize ($1,500) is awarded every other year to the author of the best unpublished essay or monograph on the philosophy of war and peace. The deadline for the next award is March 15, 2008.

Gregory Kavka/ University of California, Irvine Prize in Political Philosophy
The Gregory Kavka/UCI Prize in Political Philosophy will be awarded to the author of a paper in a refereed journal, or an original book chapter, or an original essay published in a collection with a multiplicity of contributors, published during a specified period of time. Papers from any area of political philosophy and political theory are welcome.

Latin American Thought
The purpose of this Prize ($500.00), which will be selected by the Committee on Hispanics, is to encourage fruitful work in Latin American thought. Eligible, unpublished essays (written in English) must contain original arguments and broach philosophical topics clearly related to the specific experiences of Hispanic Americans and Latinos. The deadline for this prize was extended this year to June 30, 2007.

NEW Prometheus Prize

NEW Quinn Prize

Rockefeller Prize
The Rockefeller Prize ($1,000) is awarded every two years for the best unpublished article-length work in philosophy by a non-academically affiliated philosopher. The winner's work will be published in The Journal of Value Inquiry, by mutual agreement of the author and the editors of the journal. The deadline for the 2008 award is November 1, 2007.

Romanell Lecture
The Romanell Lecture ($1,200 plus some travel costs), established in honor of Patrick Romanell on the topic of philosophical naturalism, is presented annually at an APA Divisional Meeting; the manuscript is later published in the APA Proceedings and Addresses. Last Award: The Ninth Romanell Lecture will be given by Dr. Elliott Sober at the 2008 Eastern Division meeting in Philadelphia, PA.

Royce Lectures in the Philosophy of Mind
The Royce Lectureship ($4,000, plus $3,000 upon submission of the manuscript to a publisher) is awarded every four years by the APA's Lectures, Publications, and Research Committee and members of the Philosophy Department at Brown University. The 2006 Royce Lecture was given by Robert Stalnaker.