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Awards & Prizes

In recognition of work by its members, AARG bestows two categories of awards:

1. In even-numbered years the AARG Distinguished Service Award
2. In odd-numbered years three paper prizes:
   1. The Clark Taylor Prize for a paper authored by one or more professionals. Taylor Clark conducted research on sexuality and men who have sex with men. He was one of the first anthropologists to become actively involved in safer sex interventions and involving anthropology in HIV/AIDS programs.
   2. The Graduate Student Prize for a paper authored by one or more graduate students.
   3. The Undergraduate Student Prize for a paper authored by one or more undergraduate students.

The recipients of the awards will be selected by the Service Award Committee and the Paper Prize Committee respectively. The awards consist of a $100 honorarium, a plaque signifying the receipt of the award, and a presentation ceremony at the business meeting of the AARG at the annual meeting of the AAA in November. If we have three paper prizes in a single year then each prize recipient will receive $50.00. The submissions should be sent to the chair of the respective award committee and are due by October 15 of the award’s year:

1. The chair of the Service Award Committee is Doug Goldsmith. The two other members are Doug Feldman and Patricia Whelehan. All three will assess the nominations.
2. The chair of the Paper Prize Committee is Alexander Rödlach. The three other members are Delia Easton, Emily Frank, and Adriana Garriga-Lopez. All four will judge the papers.

The respective committee will consider all nominations and vote by simple majority to determine the recipient of the award. Members of the AARG Steering Committee will be informed of the results of the vote, following which the recipient of the award will be notified of the pending award presentation prior during the AARG business meeting at the AAA annual meeting.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

The AARG Distinguished Service Award is given to a living anthropologist in recognition of her or his exceptionally meritorious contributions to the improvement of the health of people infected with or at risk of infection with HIV. The nominee must be an anthropologist and AAA member. Criteria for selection include the impact of the service work and the duration of the service work. The degree to which the service work promotes anthropology as a field concerned with improving the quality of human life is considered, as is the nominee's expected further contribution in the area of service, but neither promotion of anthropology nor the intent to remain in service are essential qualifications. Previous winners of the AARG Distinguished Service Award will not be eligible for consideration.

Nominations must consist of a letter providing an account (no longer than 300 words) of the specific service(s) performed by the nominee, including the time frame and outcomes of his or her efforts. This statement should make the case for why the nominee should be recognized for their significant service contribution. The statement must begin with the nominee's name, affiliation, and full current contact information. A copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae (CV) should be attached. The deadline for nominations is May 9, 2010. Please send nominations to the chair of the Service Award Committee, Doug Goldsmith.

Previous recipients of the AARG Distinguished Service Award are:

PAPER PRIZES (CLARK TAYLOR PRIZE, GRADUATE STUDENT, AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT)

Papers are evaluated according to the following criteria:

1. Potential contributions to the literature/policy/direct impact on HIV/AIDS prevention and/or treatment.
2. Originality of argument and/or data analysis
3. Relevance of cultural, ethnic, gender and/or sexual orientation issues
4. Justified use of methods (when applicable)
5. Theoretical approach (when applicable)
6. Attention to previous research
7. Presentation--grammar, style, etc.
8. Suitability for submission to peer reviewed journals or other professional publications (including newsletters, monographs, etc.)

If a paper submission is a published paper, this cannot have been published more than one year ago. While all papers are judged in terms of the same criteria, judges will exercise reasonable judgment in separately assessing undergraduate student, graduate student and professional level submissions. In other words, undergraduate student submissions will not be judged against graduate student or professional submissions, and so forth. The goal of these criteria is to support the development of the highest quality submissions at all levels, while fairly judging each level of submission in terms of reasonable standards for years of experience in the field. Members of the AARG Steering Committee and previous winners of the awards will not be eligible for consideration.

Previous recipients of the AARG paper awards and the titles of the winning papers are: