University of Iowa Political Science faculty have earned the following awards, which include grants and scholarships.

  • Rene Rocha, 2024 Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching from the UI Council on Teaching.
  • Julie Pacheco, 2024 grant from County Health Rankings and Roadmaps.
  • Frederick Boehmke, 2023 CLAS Collegiate Teaching Award.
  • Martha Kirby, 2023 Staff Award for Distinguished Leadership in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion from UI Staff Council.
  • Julie Pacheco, Seeding Excellence Initiative Grant from the Iowa Office of the Vice President of Research.
  • Sara Mitchell, 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association.
  • Sara Mitchell, 2023 CLAS Collegiate Fellow Award
  • Sara Mitchell, 2023 FPA Distinguished Scholar Award from the ISA FPA’s Executive Committee.
  • Caroline Tolbert, 2022 Goldsmith Prize from the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
  • Kelly Kadera, 2022 Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar by the International Studies Association, Midwest.
  • Elizabeth Menninga, Sara Mitchell, Elize Pizzi, Caroline Tolbert, Julianna Pacheco, and Frederick Boehmke, NSF Grant recipients.
  • Sara Mitchell, 2022 Award for Excellence from the Iowa Board of Regents.
  • Fred Boehmke, Council Member for MPSA (2021-2024)
  • Sara Mitchell, Council Member for American Political Science Association (2021-2024).
  • Brian Lai, 2021-2022 Lane Davis Award from the Honors Department.
  • Caroline Tolbert, 2021 Carnegie Fellow.
  • Sara Mitchell and Bill Reisinger, 2021-2022 Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
  • Kelly Kadera, Editorial Team, American Political Science Review (2020-2024).
  • Martha Kirby, 2020-2022 President of the Midwest Association of Pre-law.
  • Caroline Tolbert, 2020 Distinguished Professorship from the University of Iowa Office of the Provost.
  • Tracy Osborn, Editorial Team, State Politics and Policy Quarterly (June 2020).
  • Sara Mitchell, 2020 ICRU Research Fellowship from the University of Iowa.
  • Elizabeth Menninga, 2020 grant recipient from the Army Research Office and the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
  • Fred Boehmke, 2020 NSF RAPID Collaborative Research Grant.
  • Kelly Kadera and Sara Mitchell, 2020 Special Projects Grant from the American Political Science Association.
  • Julie Pacheco, Associate Editor for Public Opinion Quarterly (2020).
  • Sara Mitchell, 2020 Frank J. Klingberg Award for Best Paper Presented by a Faculty Member from the International Studies Association.
  • Fred Boehmke, 2020 Excellence in Mentoring Award by the Society of Political Methodology.
  • Sara Mitchell, 2019-2020 Best Reviewer by Political Science Research and Methods.
  • Michael Lewis Black, Co-Editor, Electoral Studies Journal (2019).
  • Sara Mitchell, 2019 J. David Singer Data Innovation Award from the Conflict Processes Section.
  • Elizabeth Menninga, 2019 Negotiation Dynamics Grant from the Folke Bernadotte Academy.
  • Ron McMullen, 2018-2019 International Engagement Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and UI International Programs.
  • Elizabeth Menninga, 2018-2019 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
  • Sara Mitchell, December 2019 Member of the Month for the American Political Science Association.
  • Fred Boehmke, 2018-2019 Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Honorable Mention
  • Martha Kirby, 2019 Excellence in Advising Award – Advisor Primary Role from the National Academic Advising Association, North Central Region 6
  • Tracy Osborn, 2017-2018 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Sara Mitchell, awarded the F. Wendell Miller Professor from the College of Liberal Arts, 2017.
  • Vicki Hesli Claypool, 2016-2017 Marion L. Huit Award from the Honors Program.
  • Fred Boehmke, Tracy Osborn, and Emily Schilling (Ph.D. alumnus), State Policy and Politics Best Journal Award, "Partisan Gridlock and Use of Initiative in U.S. States".
  • Martha Kirby, 2017 Scholar Advocate Award from the Honors Program.
  • Ron McMullen, 2016-2017 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Collegiate Teaching Awards are given each year to faculty who demonstrate outstanding performance in the classroom, laboratory, or studio. They are recognized by their peers for stimulating and satisfying students' desire to learn, developing innovative and effective methods of presenting the most current and exciting knowledge in their disciplines, and for fostering productive and generous mentoring relationships with individual students.
  • Rene Rocha, 2014 University of Iowa Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant. The Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grants (IDRG) foster collaborative scholarship and creative work by offering recipients time and space to exchange new ideas leading to invention, creation, and publication.
  • Alyssa Prorok, 2014 Old Gold Summer Fellowship from the College of Liberal Arts. The Old Gold Summer Fellowship Awards provide support to not-yet-tenured faculty for summer work on an approved developmental project, which may focus on research, creative work, or instruction. The fellowship is expected to result in at least one project for publication, exhibit, performance, or instructional use.
  • Fred Boehmke, 2013 Best Conference Paper in Political Networks
  • Kelly Kadera, Associate Editor, International Studies Review (June 2013-present)
  • Tracy Osborn, Associate Editor, Politics & Gender (August 2013-present)
  • George (Bob) Boynton, 2013 Outstanding Learning Innovation Award, Information Technology and Politics section of the American Political Science Association for Best Instructional Software.
  • Rene Rocha, 2013 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Collegiate Teaching Awards are given each year to faculty who demonstrate outstanding performance in the classroom, laboratory, or studio. They are recognized by their peers for stimulating and satisfying students' desire to learn, developing innovative and effective methods of presenting the most current and exciting knowledge in their disciplines, and for fostering productive and generous mentoring relationships with individual students.
  • Cameron G. Thies, 2013 recipient of the Ladd Hollist Service Award from the International Studies Association. This award is given in recognition of an International Studies Association member’s significant volunteer contribution to the ISA.
  • Sara Mitchell, 2013 Susan S. Northcutt Award. The award recognizes a person who actively works towards recruiting and advancing women and other minorities in the profession, and whose spirit is inclusive, generous and conscientious.
  • Julianna Pacheco and Fred Solt, 2013 Old Gold Summer Fellowship from the College of Liberal Arts. This award provides recipients with funding for summer work to carry out the activities described in the proposal, which may center on research activities, creative work, or instructional development.
  • Tracy Osborn, 2012-2014 Dean's Scholar award. The award established in 1999, recognizes newly tenured faculty early in their careers. The awards are made on the advice of the college's Committee on Faculty Promotion and Tenure. Dean's Scholars are two-year awards that carry discretionary funds to support teaching and research initiatives. 
  • Sara Mitchell, 2012 recipient of the Graduate College Faculty Mentor Award in Social Sciences.
  • Sara Mitchell, recipient of The Dean's Scholar award for 2011-2013.  The award established in 1999, recognizes newly tenured faculty early in their careers. The awards are made on the advice of the college's Committee on Faculty Promotion and Tenure. Dean's Scholars are two-year awards that carry discretionary funds to support teaching and research initiatives.
  • Fred Boehmke, 2009-2012 CLAS Faculty Scholar award. The University of Iowa's program of Faculty Scholar Awards gives leading scholars the opportunity for creative work of the highest quality. Faculty Scholar Awards are meant to provide faculty of great promise with opportunities for extended and concentrated work.
  • Caroline Tolbert, 2009-2011 Collegiate Scholar Award. Given to recognize mid-career faculty for exceptional achievement. The award carries discretionary funds to support the recipient's teaching and research initiatives. Collegiate Scholar awards are funded by a generous unrestricted gift to the College.
  • Cameron G. Thies, 2009 Northeast Political Science Association Award for Best Article Published in Polity.
  • Tom Rice and Cary Covington,  2008 inaugural Lane Davis Award for Honors Team Teaching in recognition of their pioneering work with the Iowa Policy Research Organization.
  • Tom Rice received the 2008 Student Award for Outstanding Honors Teaching. Students presented the award at the annual Honors Recognition Ceremony in April.
  • John Conybeare and Brian Lai, recognized with the 2008 International Studies Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in May. They are being honored for their willingness to devote their time and expertise to working individually with International Studies students.
  • Joel Barkan, Robert Mattes (University of Cape Town), and Shaheen Mozaffar (Bridgewater State University), were awarded the first of three $100,000 grants from DFID, the British foreign assistance agency, to support the African Legislatures Project (ALP), a comparative study of legislative development in 18 African countries. They also expect co-funding from the World Bank. ALP is based at the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) at the University of Cape Town where Joel has been a research fellow the past three years.
  • Fred Boehmke's paper "The Influence of Unobserved Factors on Position Timing and Content in the NAFTA Vote" was awarded the Miller Prize for 2007. The prize is given by the Society for Political Methodology for the best article appearing in Political Analysis in the previous calendar year.
  • Michael Lewis-Beck, (with Eric Bélanger and Richard Nadeau) was awarded a SAS-International Institute of Forecasters grant to “Improve the Forecasting of General Elections in the United Kingdom.”
  • Sara Mitchell, Faculty Scholar for the years 2007-2010. These University awards are given to mid-career faculty to recognize scholarship that demonstrates exceptional promise. Mitchell will be released from half of her usual teaching, advising, and service for three years, allowing for concentration on research.