January 3, 2026 | Philadelphia, PA
By invitation-only
On Jan. 3, 2026, at the ASSA annual conference we will announce the winner of the 2025 TIAA Paul A. Samuelson Award for Outstanding Scholarly Writing on Lifelong Financial Security. This year’s independent panel of judges consisted of Scott Cederburg, University of Arizona; Gopi Shah Goda, Brookings Institution; Jon Reuter, Boston College; Antoinette Schoar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Carly Urban, Montana State University.
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Named in honor of the Nobel Prize-winning economist and former CREF Trustee, the Samuelson Award is presented annually by the TIAA Institute to recognize research that helps advance Americans' financial well-being. To learn more about the award and its past recipients, who include four Nobel laureates, please visit our Awards page.