The Elaine Bennett Research Prize, awarded every year by the American Economic Association, recognizes and honors outstanding research in any field of economics by a woman not more than ten years beyond her Ph.D.[1][2] Prior to 2023 the award had been given every other year for a woman not more than seven years beyond her PhD.[3][4][5] First awarded in 1998,[6][7] three of the first six winners of this prize have been the first three female winners of the John Bates Clark Medal.