The Paper Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the broadly defined field of Religion and International Relations. It recognizes promising young scholars from a broad scope of disciplines and topics. For the best paper on Religion and IR presented by a graduate student, the recipient receives an Award Certificate at the REL section meeting during the ISA Annual Convention.

This new award recognizes an outstanding dissertation that makes an important contribution to our understanding of religion and international relations, providing new substantive contributions to this field, critically applying research techniques and approaches, making conceptual and methodological connections, and challenging orthodoxies in any social science or humanities discipline. This award is named in honor of Dr. Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California at Santa Barbara, an esteemed pioneer in this field.

The Book Award recognizes a book that excels in originality, significance and rigor in the broadly defined field of Religion and IR. For the best book published in the field of Religion and IR (a cash award and membership in the section for one year).

The Religion and International Studies Distinguished Scholar Award recognizes religion and international studies scholars who have shaped the field through their research, service and mentorship.

This award recognizes an outstanding early career scholar (5 years post-PhD) from any discipline who has made a significant contribution to the field of Religion and International Relations. Adding this award reflects the younger demographics of our section. This award will be offered in alternate years with the section's existing Distinguished Scholar Award.

Not being awarded for the 2025 Annual Convention!