John Heinz Dissertation Award
Application Deadline: Thursday, October 1, 2009
Honorarium: $2,500.00
The John Heinz Dissertation Award is one of several activities designed to attract talented individuals to the field of social insurance and encourage the development of new administrators, scholars, and other professionals.
The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization devoted to furthering knowledge and understanding of social insurance, health care financing, and related issues through research and education. The Academy's dissertation award is designed to recognize and promote outstanding research by new scholars addressing social insurance policy questions. The award is presented annually in honor of Senator John Heinz. He was a leading expert in the Senate on private pension and health care policy and was a member of the Academy's Board of Advisors since the organization's inception in 1986.
Topics
Any dissertation addressing topics relevant to the planning and implementation of social insurance policy is eligible for nomination. This might include analysis of long-term care financing, the labor market effects of Social Security, cross-national comparisons and family social insurance protections. Nominations are encouraged from many disciplines and professions, including, but not limited to, actuarial science, economics, health policy, history, philosophy, political science, social work, and sociology.
Nomination Procedures
Nominations for the award can be made by any member of a student's dissertation committee. Application forms can be downloaded by clicking on the links at the bottom of the page or by calling the Academy at (202) 452-8097.
Evaluation Criteria
Dissertations will be assessed according to the following criteria: contribution to the body of knowledge on social insurance, policy relevance of the findings, quality of the analysis, and clarity of the exposition. In cases of jointly authored components, the Committee expects that the related contribution of the co-authors will be explained fully.
2010 Heinz Dissertation Award
The 18th annual award will be given to the best doctoral dissertation in the social insurance field completed between January 1, 2008 and October 1, 2009. The award will be presented at the 22nd Annual NASI conference in January of 2010. The winner will receive a $2,500 honorarium and the opportunity to participate in the meeting with expenses paid. Applications for the 2010 award should be postmarked no later than October 1, 2009. Send applications to:
Professor Robert Hudson
Department of Social Welfare Policy
Boston University
264 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 353-3748
Award Committee
Robert Hudson, Chair
Department of Social Welfare Policy
Boston University
Christine Bishop
Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Brandeis University
Rashi Fein
Department of Social Medicine
Harvard Medical School
James Morone
Professor of Politics
Brown University
For additional information contact Pamela Larson, Executive Vice President, at (202) 452-8097 or plarson@nasi.org.
Heinz Nominee Application Form
See the past Heinz Dissertation Award Winners
