AAPOR Book Award
The AAPOR Book Award seeks to recognize influential books that have stimulated theoretical and scientific research in public opinion and/or influenced our understanding or application of survey research methodology. Eligibility for the award includes any book in the field that is at least three years old (to allow time for books to be read and reviewed), including any published before or during the period covered by the list of the Fifty Books That Have Significantly Shaped Public Opinion Research 1946–1995.” (The books on the “Fifty Books” list have already been recognized by AAPOR and are not eligible for the annual book award.)
2026 Award Winner
What Goes Without Saying: Navigating Political Discussion in America
(2022, Cambridge University Press)
by Taylor N. Carlson and Jaime E. Settle
AAPOR Inclusive Voices Award
The AAPOR Inclusive Voices Award recognizes the important data sets, research, and survey methods that have improved the ability to study complex social phenomena related to understudied populations. The award will be presented to the scholars/researchers, organizations, or institutions who have produced the scholarship (including data collection, methodological approaches, or publications).
2026 Award Winner
Kaiser Family Foundation Surveys of Immigrants Project
Co-Authors: Shannon Schumacher, Liz Hamel, Samantha Artiga, Drishti Pillai, Ashley Kirzinger, Audrey Kearney, Marley Presiado, Isabelle Valdes, Julian Montalvo III, Mollyann Brodie (KFF); Eran Ben-Porath, Cameron McPhee, Emily Jennings, Payel Sen (SSRS); David Lauter (formerly LA Times); Ruth Igielnik, Will Davis (NY Times)
AAPOR Policy Impact Award
The AAPOR Policy Impact Award was developed to acknowledge that a key purpose of opinion and other survey research is to facilitate better-informed decisions. The award recognizes outstanding research that has had a clear impact on improving policy decisions, practice, and discourse—either in the public or private sectors.
2026 Award Winner
Annenberg Science and Public Health (ASAPH) Survey
Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania (APPC)
Co-Authors: Kathleen Hall Jamieson; Kenneth Winneg; Patrick Jamieson; Shawn Patterson; Laura A. Gibson; Dan Romer; Michael Rozansky
AAPOR Public Service Award
The AAPOR Public Service Award is intended to recognize and honor outstanding public service and dedication to maintaining AAPOR standards. It recognizes persons who work on behalf of the public sector and have contributed to the quality of government surveys, data systems, research, leadership, and/or policy.
2026 Award Winner
Diane Willimack
Retired, National Agricultural Statistical Service & Census Bureau