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2010 APA Distinguished Scientific Awards Program - Call for Nominations

The American Psychological Association invites nominations for its scientific awards program for 2010. The deadline for all applications is June 1, 2009 (postmark).

The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology.

The Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances in psychology leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems.

The Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology recognizes excellent young psychologists. For the 2010 program, nominations of persons who received doctoral degrees during and since 2000 are being sought in these five areas:

  • animal learning and behavior, comparative
  • psychopathology
  • health
  • developmental
  • cognition/human learning

These categories should be interpreted broadly and are not meant to be exclusive; all of psychology is of sufficient merit to be considered for awards. The Awards Committee is particularly interested in nominees who are female and from underrepresented groups.

Previous Award Recipients

Previous Distinguished Scientific Award recipients (pdf)

Submission Guidelines

Deadline: June 1, 2009 (postmark) for all applications.

  • To submit a nomination for the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for the Applications of Psychology , please provide a letter of nomination, nomination form, nominee's current vita with list of publications, the names and addresses of several scientists who are familiar with the nominee's work, list of ten most significant and representative publications, and at least three reprints representative of the nominee's contribution. All material can be submitted electronically, especially reprints.
     
  • To submit a nomination for the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology (ECA), please provide a letter of nomination (two pages maximum length), a current vita, and no more than five reprints representative of the nominee's contributions. All material needs to be submitted electronically.

The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award was established in 1956; the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for the Applications of Psychology was established in 1973; and the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology was established in 1974. * Each of these awards consists of a citation and a cash prize, which are presented at the APA Annual Convention.

2010 APA Distinguished Scientific Awards Program - Nomination Form (pdf)


Members of the APA Committee on Scientific Awards:

Steven Hollon, PhD, Chair
2007-09
Vanderbilt University

Michael Davis, PhD
2008-10
Emory University

Monica R. Biernat, PhD
2008-10
University of Kansas

Louise F. Fitzgerald, PhD
2009-11
University of Illinois

Marvin Chun
2009-11
Yale University

Susan A. Gelman, PhD
2007-09
University of Michigan

For additional information, please contact: Suzanne Wandersman

 

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