The Southern Regional Science Association (SRSA) awards an annual cash prize to the graduate student(s) submitting the best paper in Regional Science. In 2025, the prize will be $1,000.
Papers on any Regional Science topic may be entered into the competition. Papers should represent original research. Maps, illustrations and other audio-visual materials should be designed or constructed by the author.
The following eligibility criteria apply:
- Students must present the paper at a session of the Annual Meeting of the SRSA (note that this requires submission of an abstract);
- Students must be enrolled at an accredited academic institution at the time the paper is submitted (i.e., spring 2025);
- Students must be sponsored by a member of SRSA; and
- Students must be lead author(s) and responsible for the majority of the intellectual contribution and substantive work of their paper.
Papers should be double-spaced and no more than 25 pages in length (excluding references, tables, figures, and appendices). A cover page should include the paper’s title and abstract and full names, addresses, and e-mail addresses for all authors and sponsors. The cover page should also affirm students meet the qualifications above. For coauthored submissions, sponsors must submit a separate letter affirming that students are the lead authors and will remain lead authors for the life of the paper including future publication. Coauthored papers by multiple students as lead authors are eligible if the students contributed equally and stipulate this in the cover letter.
Submission. Submissions and any questions for the 2025 competition should be sent to the Graduate Paper Honors Chair for the 2025 award, John Winters, Iowa State University.
Deadline: February 21, 2025.
Previous Recipients of the Moriarty Award:
- Federico Corredor, Georgia State University, 2024
- Adam Scavette, Rutgers University – New Brunswick, 2023
- Sultana Fouzia, Oregon State University, 2021
- Brandon Genetin, The Ohio State University, 2020
- Tyler Morin, The Ohio State University, 2019
- Jing Chen, West Virginia University, 2018
- Daniel Crown, The Ohio State University, 2017
- Rodrigo A. Perez-Silva, The Ohio State University, 2017
- Renata Caldas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 2016
- George Mawuli Akpandjar, University of Mississippi, 2015
- Marian Manic, University of South Carolina, 2014
- Zheng Tian, West Virginia University, 2014
- Annie Walker, West Virginia University, 2013
- Christa Jensen, West Virginia University, 2012
- Carlianne Patrick, The Ohio State University, 2011
- Juan Sebastian Leguizamon, West Virginia University, 2010
- Brian Piper, University of Oklahoma, 2009
- Johnathan Munn, University of South Carolina, 2008
- Robert Dunn, West Virginia University, 2007
- Diehang Zheng, University of Southern California, 2006
- Lei Ding, George Mason University, 2005
- Guang Yang, George Mason University, 2004
- Up Lim, University of Texas at Austin, 2003
- Kyojun Koo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
- Qingshu Xie , George Mason University, 2001
- Garen Evans, Texas A&M University, 2000
- Robert Greenbaum, Ohio State University, 1999
- Mark L. Burkey, Duke University, 1998
- Ben P. Cecil, University of Western Ontario, 1997