The Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award is given in recognition of the development of professional excellence by persons writing doctoral dissertations in any field consistent with the AAEA vision statement. The nominator must be a 2025 AAEA member. One nomination may be submitted for every 12 doctoral dissertations of a department that were presented to a graduate school faculty in the calendar year preceding the year of recognition. Selection will be made from documentation approved in final form by the student's advisory committee. Departments should limit nomination consideration to dissertations in fields consistent with the vision statement. A published dissertation may be entered for the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award as well as other AAEA Annual Awards but is only eligible to win one award that year. Applicants must submit a nomination letter summarizing the reasons why the nominee is worthy of the award and a copy of the dissertation. Please visit the award's website for more information.