Call for Nominations: 2027 AMA Retail & Pricing SIG Awards
The American Marketing Association’s Retail and Pricing Special Interest Group (RAPSIG) invites nominations for its 2027 RAPSIG Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions to research, mentorship, and service in retailing and pricing.
The awards will be presented at the 2027 Winter AMA Educators’ Conference, taking place February 12–14, 2027, in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Nomination Deadline: November 2, 2026
Self-nominations are welcome for all six award categories.
Award Categories and Nomination Requirements
1. Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizes significant research contributions to retailing and/or pricing. Nominees must be full professors with at least 20 years of academic experience following completion of their PhD.
Required materials: A cover letter demonstrating the nominee’s research contributions and a current CV. Nominations will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished retailing scholars.
2. Emerging Scholar Award
Recognizes significant research contributions to retailing and/or pricing by scholars who received their PhD in 2020 or later.
Required materials: A cover letter explaining the nominee’s suitability for the award and a current CV.
3. Noble/Grewal/Gundlach Mentoring Award
Recognizes exceptional mentorship of doctoral students and/or junior scholars.
Required materials: A cover letter and current CV. Preference will be given to nominations that include at least one recommendation letter from a mentee attesting to the nominee’s mentorship.
4. Service Award
Recognizes exceptional service to the retailing and/or pricing academic community beyond expectations for the nominee’s academic rank.
Required materials: A cover letter and current CV highlighting relevant service appointments and contributions.
5. Best Retail and Pricing Paper Award
Recognizes a significant contribution to the retailing or pricing literature published in 2025 in an English-language marketing journal.
Required materials: A cover letter explaining the paper’s contribution and a PDF of the published paper.
6. Retail and Pricing Doctoral Student Award
Recognizes outstanding research in retailing and/or pricing by current doctoral students or recent graduates whose PhD was completed on or after January 1, 2025.
Required materials: A cover letter and current CV.
General Eligibility Requirements
- Nominees must be members of the AMA Retail and Pricing SIG at the time of application. Membership must be explicitly confirmed in the nomination letter.
- Current RAPSIG leadership team members are ineligible for awards during their tenure.
- Previous award recipients are not eligible to receive the same award again.
- Self-nominations are welcome for all award categories.
How to Submit a Nomination
Please email nomination materials to both of the following recipients:
Use the appropriate email subject line for the award category:
- Lifetime Achievement Award: Lifetime Achievement Award 2027
- Emerging Scholar Award: Emerging Scholar Award 2027
- Noble/Grewal/Gundlach Mentoring Award: Mentoring Award 2027
- Service Award: Service Award 2027
- Best Retail and Pricing Paper Award: Best Retail or Pricing Paper Award 2027
- Retail and Pricing Doctoral Student Award: Retail or Pricing Doctoral Student Award 2027
All nominations must be submitted by November 2, 2026.
We encourage RAPSIG members to recognize deserving colleagues, mentors, and emerging scholars and to share this opportunity with their academic networks.
