George Julnes Endowed Social Betterment Conference Award

The family and friends of Dr. George Julnes and the American Evaluation Association are pleased to offer the George Julnes Endowed Social Betterment Conference Award, an endowed award established to honor the life and legacy of Dr. George Julnes. George had a distinguished career in program evaluation and contributed outstanding service to AEA, including as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Evaluation.

This award will be given to recognize one or more accepted multi-paper, panel, or demonstration proposals to be presented at the AEA annual conference, Evaluation 2026: Evaluation Across Boundaries . The award(s) will be given to benefit emerging evaluators to attend and present at the conference. Students and those who have entered the field of evaluation within the last 5 years are encouraged to apply for consideration. This year we anticipate issuing one to three awards to eligible applicants that meet the criteria below and speak adequately to the requested application prompts.

Applications are due by Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 11:59 ET.

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Proposal Title. Applicants submitting more than one (1) proposal for Evaluation 2026 may only submit one (1) proposal for consideration for this award.

Please include your full conference abstract below. Applications submitted without this information will not be considered. (250 Words MAX)

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Please use the spaces below to thoughtfully respond to the following prompts. Successful responses will speak directly to and should be aligned with one or more of George’s areas of interest and with his aspirations for evaluation to support efforts to transition to a better world. Relevant areas include:

Valuing as an aspect of evaluation, especially valuing in the public interest
Evaluation as a vehicle toward social betterment and human flourishing
Evaluation policy (i.e., the policies of governments and agencies that affect evaluation)
Enriching evaluation theory or practice with ideas from other disciplines, professions, or schools of thought

Describe how your submitted proposal and subsequent presentation fits with one or more of George's interests and aspirations listed in the award description above (e.g., valuing) (500 words MAX)

Describe how you meet the criteria of being considered an emerging evaluator (e.g., year in and name of graduate program, year of Ph.D. and name of doctoral institution, or year of first serious involvement in evaluation) (150 Words MAX)

Describe your pathway into evaluation (150 Words MAX)

If applicable, describe how the presentation fits within your past work, current work, and/or future aspirations, including how you hope to contribute in terms of a topic or topics listed in the award description (350 words MAX)

I have submitted a eligible session type proposal for Evaluation 2026 and understand that my eligibility for this award is based on the acceptance of my proposal. *

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