Humanities and Social Sciences

• Be engaged in outstanding and innovative work related to the study of the human past, employing any chronological, geographical and methodological focus
• Have earned a doctorate or have equivalent experience
• Have completed at least one major piece of work, such as a book, major publication(s), exhibition, documentary film or public humanities project
• Exhibit strong potential for future scholarly excellence, innovation and leadership that will help shape the study of the past for years to come
• Be in the early or mid-stage of their career

The prize is open to scholars from all countries. Research projects that explore current issues in a larger historical context or consciously focus on topics of relevance to the present or the future receive support from programmes of a limited duration such as, for example, the “Democracy”, “Forced Migration” and “Lost Cities” funding programmes. As part of the Lisa Maskell Fellowship programme, the Foundation supports young scholars in the humanities in Africa. With its “Patrimonies” funding initiative, it promotes the preservation of the cultural heritage, specifically in regions experiencing crisis.

$100,000

$4,500 for scholarly contributions to the philosophical foundations of psychological knowledge. 

• Demonstrated contribution to the philosophical foundations of psychology, particularly over the last five to 10 years (psychologists at all levels of careers will be considered within this criterion).
• Must be psychologists with an EdD, PsyD or PhD from an accredited university.

Not specified

The award will honour an individual who is working closely and directly “in the field” or at the production or processing level with farmers, animal herders, fishers or others in rural communities, in any discipline or enterprise across the entire food production, processing, and distribution chain.

Candidates shall be rising star researchers who are 45 years of age or younger at the deadline date, are Canadian citizens or have landed immigrant status in Canada and are currently residing in Canada or are residing abroad but are committed to return to Canada within six months from the date of the Prize. Candidates shall be affiliated with a Canadian academic or clinical research institution. Research shall be in a mental health discipline. Candidate’s research shall provide a clear research strategy with a coherent plan for knowledge dissemination and knowledge translation. Demonstrated track record in research with excellence in scientific rigor, innovative thinking, imagination and originality. Candidates must hold an M.D. (or equivalent) and/or a Ph.D.

A nominee must:

● be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada at the time of the nomination

● be an active social sciences and humanities researcher or student

● hold or have held SSHRC funding pertinent to the award category

● be in good standing with SSHRC

● be affiliated with an institution eligible to administer SSHRC funds

● maintain affiliation with an eligible institution for the duration of the Impact Award. 

$5,000

• The Stein Rokkan Prize is open to candidates from all social science disciplines, who need not be affiliated with a Member institution of either the ISC or ECPR.
• The work should be a substantial and original contribution to comparative social science research.
• The work must be a printed book. Unpublished manuscripts, edited collections, and collected works are not eligible.
• The book must have been published within the two calendrical years preceding the award. For the Stein Rokkan Prize 2022, books must have been published in 2020 or 2021. No book should be nominated in more than one year.
• The work should preferably be in English; however, a submission written in another language can be nominated as long as it is accompanied by an English summary of the work.
• Nominations must be submitted by a Head of Department from a University, Research Institution or Research Centre.

• Institutions need not be members of either the ISC or ECPR, though Member institutions are encouraged to nominate.
• Only one nomination may be submitted per institution.

Candidates may include: scientists (primarily but not exclusively from the physical, biological, cognitive, and social sciences) whose body of original scientific research has shed new light on philosophical and theological questions. Scholars (primarily but not exclusively theologians and philosophers) whose scholarship has successfully incorporated the methods and findings of the sciences in order to significantly advance understanding with respect to philosophical and theological questions. Opinion leaders who have used their public voice as public intellectuals to encourage greater curiosity, open-mindedness, and intellectual humility with respect to the use of the sciences to inform, challenge, and enlarge our understanding of the universe and our place within it. Religious leaders who have created new norms, standards, and expectations within their religious communities, particularly concerning the use of the sciences to inform, challenge, and enlarge understanding of received doctrines within the religious community.

This exceptionally significant achievement must be shown to have resulted in a demonstrable increase in the quantity, quality or availability of, or access to, food for a substantial number of people.

•It must be clearly shown that this increase was the direct result of the specific actions and activities of the nominee (i.e., without his or her specific accomplishment, no change would have occurred).

•The impact of this achievement must be measurable, quantifiable, or otherwise demonstrated either in terms of reduced poverty, hunger, or suffering; or enhanced health, nutrition, quality of life and well-being.

•The number of people affected as well as the extent of the change they experienced will be a substantial factor in evaluating the relative significance of the various individual achievements being considered.

•Substantial weight will also be given to the complexity of the problem solved and the degree of difficulty involved in achieving success. Similarly, consideration will be given to the degree of ingenuity and determination involved in attaining this change or advancement.

•A nominee must be living and in sufficiently good health to attend The World Food Prize Award Ceremony. The nominee must be able to give an acceptance speech and agree to participate in selected media events and The World Food Prize Youth Institute at the time of the Award Ceremony.