TASSA 2026 Young Scholar Award

Call for Nominations

Nomination Deadline: June 1, 2026

Following its successful launch at the 2014 TASSA Annual meeting, we are now announcing the 2026 TASSA Young Scholars Award program to recognize the achievements of young Turkish American scholars, as part of the upcoming 2026 TASSA Annual Meeting in North Carolina.

You are invited to submit a nomination (including self-nominations) for these prestigious awards. The nomination package should include the nominee’s latest CV along with one article (already published in the literature or a working manuscript) that exemplifies the best work of the nominee. Each winner will receive an Award Certificate at the conference, and is expected to deliver a short, “elevator-pitch” style, oral presentation during the TASSA Annual Meeting, to be held on October 2-4, 2026, at the Sancar Turkish Cultural and Community Center, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

Nomination Details for the TASSA Young Scholar Awards

The nomination email for this award, as detailed below, should read “TASSA Young Scholar Awards” in the subject line with two PDF attachments, one for the CV and the other for a representative manuscript of the nominee’s best work. Submission of more than one publication per nominee is not permitted; any additional files will be deleted. The nomination deadline is June 1, 2026, 5 pm EST.

Graduate students, postdoctoral scholars and researchers (including those from academia and industry), and junior faculty (e.g., instructors, assistant professors) are eligible for this award, and the nominees will be considered in these three “separate” categories.  The conference committee plans for at least 2 awards in each category (graduate student, postdoctoral scholar/researcher and junior faculty).

TASSA will cover hotel accommodations for the award recipients. All nominees must be younger than 35 at the time of nomination. Please note that those not selected for the awards will be assigned a poster presentation at the TASSA Annual Meeting, allowing them to present and discuss their scholarly contributions at the conference.

Nomination Submission

All nominations should be emailed to awards@tassausa.org before the submission deadline, June 1, 2026, 5 pm EST.