The UC Center Sacramento announces its fifth 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 will be accepted through March 15th, 2019 and should 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 sent separately by professor) to Sandra Wilson at sawilson@ucdavis.edu. For a list of past winners and more information about the award, please visit uccs.ucdavis.edu/public-policy/emerging-scholars