Graduate Paper Discussant Fund

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J.H. Adam Watson Memorial Award Fund

The Watson award recognizes the outstanding work of one student in international relations or comparative politics each year and comes with a $1,000 prize. Recipients present their research at a professional conference and in a special session of the Lansing Lee/Bankard seminar series.

Adam Watson was a Professor of Foreign affairs at the University of Virginia, a distinguished British diplomat, and one of the founders of the British School of international relations theory. The award is made possible by a generous donation from his daughter, Polly Black. 

Watson Award Recipients

2023 - Sowon Park
2022 – Benjamin Helms
2020 – Chen Wang