The Stein Rokkan Award is one of the IPSA travel grants that the association began offering its members in the early 1990s. The purpose of the Stein Rokkan fellowships is to assist a small number of graduate students in participating in the IPSA World Congress by covering their essential travel and accommodation costs. The recipients receive financial assistance towards travel and subsistence. The awards are made on the recommendation of the IPSA Committee on Organization, Procedures and Awards (COPA), and they are supported by the Stein Rokkan fund.
Application deadline: 1 March 2025
Stein Rokkan (1921-1979)
A promoter of social and political science, Stein Rokkan contributed greatly to the field of comparative politics, notably during his teaching years at Bergen University. He assumed the role of President of IPSA from 1970-73. He was also Vice-President of the International Sociological Association, Chairman of the European Consortium for Political Research (which he helped found), and President of the International Social Science Council.
Amount: USD 1,000 (1-2 recipients)
The prize is of $1,000 USD for basic travel and accommodation costs for the upcoming IPSA World Congress of Political Science. The monetary prize may be shared by two recipients.
Condition: The award recipient is to attend the IPSA World Congress to receive the monetary prize.
Guidelines for Applications
The following are the criteria for the award:
- each candidate must be registered in a degree granting programme;
- normally candidates must be at the doctoral level but in exceptional cases where qualifications and money allow students at master’s level may be considered;
- candidates must demonstrate that their academic institutions and professors have bestowed on them high academic honour and esteem.
