John Heinz Dissertation Award
Application Deadline: Tuesday, November 1 2011
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.
NASI is devoted to furthering knowledge and understanding of social insurance, health care financing, and related issues through research and education. The John Heinz 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 NASI's Board of Advisors since the organization's inception in 1986 until his death in 1991.
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, disability policy, economics, public policy, social policy, 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 NASI at (202) 452-8097.
Evaluation Criteria
A multidisciplinary awards committee will asses each dissertation 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.
John Heinz Dissertation Award Committee
Christine Bishop (chair), Heller School, Brandeis University
Courtney Coile, Wellesley College
Madonna Harrington Meyer, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Rashi Fein, Harvard Medical School
James Morone, Brown University
2012 Heinz Dissertation Award
The 20th annual award will be given to the best doctoral dissertation in the social insurance field completed between January 1, 2010 and October 1, 2011. The award will be presented at the 24th Annual NASI conference in January of 2012. The winner will receive a $2,500 honorarium and the opportunity to participate in the meeting with expenses paid. Applications for the 2012 award should be postmarked no later than November 1, 2011. Send applications to:
NASI: Heinz Dissertation Nomination
1776 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 452-8097
For additional information contact Devin Cowens, Development Assistant, at (202) 452-8097 or dcowens@nasi.org.
Heinz Nominee Application Form
See the past Heinz Dissertation Award Winners
