2024-25 Evaluator Prize Winners
We're pleased to announce the winners of The Unjournal's 2024-25 Evaluator Prize.
Following our call for feedback in December, our management team and advisory board voted on the final selections. We're recognizing 8 evaluators across four prize tiers, awarding $6,500 in total prizes.
See the full announcement and details here: info.unjournal.org/evaluator-prizes-2024-25
Winners
First Prize ($2,500) Edoardo Masset and Hugh Waddington — evaluation of Water Treatment and Child Mortality (Kremer et al)
Joint Second Prize ($1,000 each)
David Reiley — evaluation of Online Fundraising and Charitable Giving (Adena and Hager)
Eleanor Tsai — evaluation of Maternal Cash Transfers for Gender Equity (Andrew et al)
Cannon Cloud — evaluation of Natural Regeneration in Deforested Tropical Regions (Williams et al)
Honorable Mentions (entered in prize draw for 2 × $500)
Matthew B. Jané — evaluation of Meaningfully Reducing Meat Consumption (Green et al)
Gregory Lewis — evaluation of The Returns to Science (Clancy)
Three anonymous evaluators — evaluations of UBI in Kenya, Climate Change & GDP, and StrongMinds/Friendship Bench
Why we award evaluator prizes
High-quality peer review is a public good, but it's chronically undervalued. The strongest evaluations engage deeply with research methods and assumptions, offer specific and actionable suggestions, and communicate findings clearly for researchers, funders, and policymakers. These prizes are part of our broader effort to professionalize and reward evaluation work.
Congratulations to all the winners. See the full announcement for detailed descriptions of what made each evaluation stand out.
