SICA Awards

Each year, SICA recognizes students, faculty, and practitioners who are making outstanding contributions to the field of international and comparative public administration. Read below for information about each award. You are invited to consider nominating yourself or a colleague.

David Gould Scholarship The David Gould Scholarship offers talented graduate students in the fields of public administration, public policy, or international development some support to facilitate their participation in the ASPA annual conference. This Scholarship is named in honor of David Gould who was an active SICA member and long-time professor of public administration at the University of Pittsburgh. He was among those killed in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, December 21, 1988. Each year one or two students receive a nominal stipend ($500) to attend the ASPA annual conference and SICA’s Riggs Symposium. For the 2024 ASPA annual conference, the stipend will help students defray registration costs. In order to nominate a graduate student for a Gould Scholarship, please send a letter of nomination by a faculty member and the student’s CV to Dr. Charlene M. L. Roach at Charlene.Roach@sta.uwi.edu

Garcia-Zamor Best Paper Award This award recognizes the author of the best paper presented at the International Riggs Symposium during the Annual Conference. The award was named after Professor Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor, a long-time SICA member. SICA has established a committee that reviews the papers presented and determines the winner of the award.

Jeanne-Marie Col Leadership Award This award is offered to SICA members who have demonstrated strong commitment and active leadership contributions to SICA’s mission. It is named after Jeanne Marie Col and is presented annually at the Section’s business meeting.

Fred Riggs Award This award recognizes those who have made significant, substantial and widely recognized contributions to the conceptual, theoretical or operational development of international, comparative or development administration. The award is named in honor of Fred Riggs, a pioneer in these fields and a founder of the Section.

Past Winners 2024 Winner Francis Fukuyama 2023 Winner: Geert Bouckaert 2022 Winner: Alasdair Roberts 2021 Winner: Donald E. Klingner 2020 Winner: Louise Comfort 2019 Winner: Pan Suk Kim 2018 Winner: Naim Kapucu 2017 Winner: Ali Farazmand 2016 Winner: Jennifer Brinkerhoff 2015 Winner: Evan M. Berman 2013 Winner: Shamsul Haque 1991 Winner: William J. Siffin