Perry World House, the University of Pennsylvania’s hub for global policy research, partners with Foreign Affairs, the preeminent outlet for analysis and debate of foreign policy, economics, and global affairs, for the Perry World House-Foreign Affairs Emerging Scholars Policy Prize. Since fall 2019, this prize has encouraged scholars to translate their academic work to be more accessible to policymakers in positions of influence and to advance policy debates on significant issues in global affairs. The prize recognises outstanding, original essays on any topic related to international issues that draw on original academic research and intend to influence policy debates. 

Eligibility

• Eligibility is open to emerging scholars from around the world, including scholars at the University of Pennsylvania.
• This includes junior faculty, postdocs, and advanced Ph.D. candidates. (Tenured faculty are ineligible.) 
• Other scholars are eligible to apply if they completed the relevant terminal degree in their field of study in 2017 or after (for example, a J.D., MA, MS, MPH, etc.). 
• One submission per person. Submissions can be co-authored, as can the underlying piece of academic scholarship. All co-authors must satisfy the eligibility requirements. If a co-authored submission receives the prize, the authors will split the award equally.

Applications will be accepted until  May 21, 2025.