Prerna Singh, associate professor of political science, international and public affairs and behavioral and social sciences, has been awarded a Max Planck-Humboldt Medal for her research on social welfare policy. In years when the selection committee identifies more than one promising candidate, two additional candidates can be awarded the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal, which includes an 80,000 euro stipend. Singh continued her vaccine research throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which helped her realize how “urgent, important and necessary” her work was, she said. She identified several researchers at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center whose skillsets she thought complemented her research. ADVERTISEMENT“They were all excellent projects, so I feel really grateful and honored to have gotten the research medal,” Singh said.