Awards
Fred Riggs Award
The Fred Riggs Award was established by SICA in 1985 to recognize those who have made significant, substantial, and widely recognized contributions to the conceptual, theoretical, or operational development of international, comparative, or development administration. The award is named in honor of Fred Riggs, a pioneer in these fields and a founder of the section. The award is made annually at the section's Business Meeting, held in conjunction with ASPA's annual conference.
David Gould Scholarship Program
The David Gould Scholarship Program offers graduate students in the fields of public administration, public policy, or international development with support to attend ASPA's annual conference. Each year at least two students receive a nominal stipend and a free registration for the Workshop. The program is named in honor of David Gould, an active SICA member and long-time professor of public administration at the University of Pittsburgh, who was among those killed in the bombing of Pan AM flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, December 21, 1988. Please contact Jamie Langlie, SICA Treasurer, at jamie@langlie.com for more information.
Ferrel Heady Roundtable
The Ferrel Heady Roundtable is convened annually at the ASPA conference and features notable scholars discussing their careers and research in a workshop format designed to allow students, academics and other participants to interact with giants in the field. Headliners in the Heady Roundtable series have included Ferrel Heady himself and the legendary comparative administration scholar Fred Riggs.