WASHINGTON – Jennifer Brinkerhoff and Lori Brainard, assistant professors of public administration at the School of Business and Public Management at The George Washington University, have been honored by the Independent Sector with its 2002 Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize. 

The prize is awarded for “outstanding published research that furthers our understanding of philanthropy, voluntary action, nonprofits, and civil society in either the United States or abroad.” It is highly competitive, with nominations from around the world. 

The award honors Brinkerhoff’s co-edited special journal issue on “Government-Nonprofit Relations in Comparative Perspective” (Public Administration and Development, Vol. 22, No. 1, 2002), to which Brainard is a contributor. The award included a prize of $2,000, presented during the closing session of the Independent Sector’s Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 29.

GW’s public affairs program, which encompasses disciplines in public administration in the School of Business and Public Management and public policy in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences and Elliott School of International Affairs, was ranked 19^th in the April 2002 U.S. News and World Report. 

Recipients of the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Prize are researchers and practitioners who work in or with the voluntary sector and through their work have achieved local, regional, national, or international impact and recognition. The Hodgkinson Research Prize was established in 1985 and is sponsored by an anonymous donor and The NonProfit Times.

For more information on the prize, visit www.independentsector.org/programs/research/vah_research_prize.html.
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