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Prizes and Awards
The IR Program administers the following awards presented annually.
The Mark and Betty Garrison Prize
Awarded for the best thesis in international relations, foreign policy analysis, or diplomatic history. The prize honors the work of Mark and Betty Garrison who helped create the Center for Foreign Policy Development (CFPD) at Brown University in 1981. A plaque bearing the names of the recipients hangs in the instructional programs suite of the Watson Institute for International Studies.
The Samuel C. Lamport Prize
Awarded for the best thesis on international understanding with an emphasis on cooperation and tolerance.
The Anthony Riccio Prize in International Relations
Offered in memory of Anthony Brian Riccio, Brown Class of 1996, who lost his life in Moscow on September 20, 1994, is awarded to that graduating senior who has demonstrated an unquenchable curiosity about another part of the world, a commitment to the rigorous learning of a foreign language, an intrepid pursuit of study abroad, and a pride in his university and in his country. A plaque bearing the names of the recipients hangs in the IR Program suite of the Watson Institute for International Studies.
The International Relations Concentration Service and Leadership Award
First presented in 2009, celebrates that graduating senior who demonstrated outstanding leadership and dedication to the IR concentration and his or her fellow concentrators.
Academic Achievement in International Relations Prize
Given to members of the IR graduating class who demonstrated outstanding performance in the IR concentration.