Emerging Scholar graphicThe UC Center Sacramento announces its fourth annual Emerging Scholars Award for Excellence in Research and Public Policy. The award will recognize excellence in graduate student research with a direct impact on public policy. The recipients of the Emerging Scholars Award will receive a $500 prize and will deliver an invited policy lecture at the UC Center Sacramento.

Submissions, accepted through March 15, 2019, must include:

  • An abstract (250 words)
  • Two-page summary of paper
  • Current CV
  • Teaching evaluations from last two quarters/semesters
  • Letter of recommendation from a supervising professor that specifically comments on both the impact of the applicant’s research and his or her effectiveness as a public speaker

Please submit all materials – letter of recommendation to be sent separately by professor – to Sandra Wilson.

For more information and a list of past winners, visit the Emerging Scholars Award website.