H. George Frederickson Award

The purpose of the H. George Frederickson Award for Career Contributions to Public Management Research is to honor a senior scholar for exemplary contributions to the intellectual development of the field.

	2024 H. George Frederickson Award Congratulations to Carolyn J. Heinrich on being the esteemed recipient of this year’s H. George Frederickson Award, recognizing her significant career contributions to the field of public management.
Carolyn J. Heinrich

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration, a public management scholar will have contributions which commonly include both written scholarship and development of professional capital including association service, journal advancement, involvement in conferences, mentoring, field advocacy, etc.

Application Process

Nominations for the 2025 award cycle have not yet opened.

Assessment Criteria

• Each submission will be assessed based on the degree to which the nominee has made:
• scholarly contributions to the intellectual development of public management, and
• professional capital contributions to the development of the field (e.g., journal development, contributions to PMRA and other organizations, coordination of conferences, mentoring, and other means of sharing scholarship and information).

Award

The award recipient will be formally recognized at the upcoming Public Management Research Conference.

Award Committee Chair

The chair for the 2025 award cycle has not yet been announced.

2024 | Carolyn J. Heinrich

2023 | Donald F. Kettl

2022 | Sanjay Pandey

2021 | Frances Stroke Berry

2020 | Norma M. Riccucci

2019 | H. Brinton Milward

2018 | John Bryson

2017 | Rosemary O’Leary

2016 | Hal Rainey

2015 | James L. Perry

2013 | Barry Bozeman

2011 | Kenneth J. Meier

2009 | Beryl Radin

2007 | Christopher Hood

2005 | Laurence Lynn, Jr.

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