APA - Joseph B. Gittler Award

Organization: American Philosophical Association

This prize is awarded for "an outstanding scholarly contribution in the field of the philosophy of one or more the social sciences." The range of the social sciences will be construed broadly so as to include anthropology, economics, education, government, history, psychology, sociology, and any other field that is normally located within the social science division in contemporary colleges and universities.A "contribution" may be a book, a single article, or a connected set of articles. All nominated contributions must have been published within five years before the deadline. Nominated contributions may be co-authored, but a single individual must be designated as the proposed recipient of the award. The nominated author must be a current member of the APA.Amount:$4,000. The winner will be presented with the award at a divisional meeting of the Association.