Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science
About the Prizes
Transparency is integral to the validity of social science research – especially when this research informs policy and affects the lives of millions around the world. Today, researchers are not explicitly rewarded for disclosing their data collection and analysis methods, registering detailed pre-analysis plans, or making data and other research materials available to the public.
In order to promote transparent research, and to offer recognition and visibility to scholars practicing open social science, the John Templeton Foundation generously supported the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS) to launch prizes named for pioneers who helped lay the foundations of research transparency: economist Edward E. Leamer and psychologist Robert Rosenthal. Read the 2015 press release about the prizes here.
You can also watch our interviews with seven of the 2016 L-R Prize recipients in our Video Library here.
Prize Categories
Leaders in Education
These prizes awarded professors who incorporate instruction in transparent practices into their curricula.
Emerging Researchers
These prizes awarded early-career researchers – junior faculty, postdoctoral researchers or graduate students – who adopt transparent research practices or pioneer new methods to increase the rigor of research.
Prize Nomination Process
2017 Nomination Process
The 2017 window for nominations is now closed. Meet the Recipients here.
Quick Reference
Prize Guidelines: Available for download here.
Total Prize Money Available: $60,000 for Emerging Researchers, $20,000 for Leaders in Education
Individual Prizes: $10,000 for both Emerging Researchers and Leaders in Education
Nomination Deadline: 11:59 PM (US Pacific Time) Friday, June 30, 2017
Entries will be evaluated by an expert, interdisciplinary review committee.
2016 Nomination Process
The 2016 window for nominations is now closed. Meet the Recipients here.
Quick Reference
Prize Guidelines: Available for download here.
Total Prize Money Available: $60,000 for Emerging Researchers, $20,000 for Leaders in Education
Individual Prizes: $10,000-$15,000 for Emerging Researchers, $10,000 for Leaders in Education
Nomination Deadline: 11:59 PM (US Pacific Time) Friday, September 16, 2016
Entries were judged by an expert, interdisciplinary review committee that consisted of Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology), Kevin Esterling (UC Riverside), Elvin Geng (UC San Francisco), Sean Grant (RAND Corporation), Gabriel Lenz (UC Berkeley), Marcia McNutt (National Academy of Sciences), Don Moore (UC Berkeley), Bertil Tungodden (Norwegian School of Economics), Tom Stanley (Hendrix College), and Simine Vazire (UC Davis).
2015 Nomination Process
The 2015 window for nominations is now closed. Meet the Recipients here.
Quick Reference
Prize Guidelines: Available for download here.
Total Prize Money Available: $60,000 for Emerging Researchers, $20,000 for Leaders in Education
Individual Prizes: $10,000-$15,000 for Emerging Researchers, $10,000 for Leaders in Education
Nomination Deadline: 11:59 PM (US Pacific Time) Wednesday September 30, 2015
Entries were judged by an expert, interdisciplinary review committee that consisted of Edward Miguel, PhD, Oxfam Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley, and Faculty Director of the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA); Arthur Lupia, PhD, Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor and co-founder of DA-RT (Data Access and Research Transparency); Courtney Soderberg, PhD, Statistical Consultant at the Center for Open Science; Kevin M. Esterling, PhD, Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Graduate Division at UC Riverside; Neil Malhotra, PhD, Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business; Paul Romer, PhD, Professor of Economics at New York University; Bobbie Spellman, PhD, Professor of Psychology at University of Virginia School of Law; and Leif Nelson, PhD, Professor of Business Administration and Marketing, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.