The Eileen Basker Memorial Prize is awarded annually for a significant contribution to scholarship on gender and health by scholars from any discipline or nation, for a specific book, article, film, or exceptional PhD thesis produced within the preceding three years.
The Basker Prize is awarded to the work judged to be the most courageous, significant, and potentially influential contribution to scholarship in the area of gender and health.
Application Process
Nominations are invited from one or more individuals in the form of a letter indicating the impact of the particular work on the field. Self-nomination is not permitted. Publishers of nominated books are expected to supply three copies of the relevant work to the Prize Committee. Please email the Prize Committee Chair, Maryani Palupy Rasidjan, maryani.palupy.rasidjan@nyu.edu, with the nomination letter by July 1, 2025.