Awards of the APA Divisions

This page gives details on awards of the divisions of the American Psychological Association. Click on the links below to find more. Please email Division Services Office if you find errors, if you have questions, or if you have information to add.

In addition to the links below, please visit Psi Chi, the National Honor Society in Psychology, at www.psichi.org/awards/list.asp to find more information on awards of all sorts, including division awards, now available to psychology students.

Also, please visit the American Psychological Foundation (APF) for information on additional achievement awards, including awards administered by APA Divisions.

• The APF Theodore Millon Mid-Career Award in Personality Psychology (Division 12)
• The APF Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award (Division 28)
• The APF Harry and Miriam Levinson Award for Exceptional Contributions to Consulting Organizational Psychology (Divisions 13, 49, and 39)
• The APF Harry V. McNeill Memorial Award for Innovative Community Mental Health (Division 27)

1. Society for General Psychology

• William James Book Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Distinguished Contributions to General Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
• George A. Miller Award for the Best Article in General Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
• Gardner Lindzey Dissertation Award (criteria) (awardees)
• C. Alan Boneau Award (criteria) (awardees)

2. Society for the Teaching of Psychology

• Four Year College/University Teaching Award (Robert S. Daniel Award)
• Two Year College Teaching Award
• High School Teaching Award (Moffett Memorial Teaching Award)
• Graduate Student Teaching Award (McKeachie Early Career Award)

• New Investigator Award (one for each Journal of Experimental Psychology)

• Division 5 Dissertation Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Division 5 Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring (criteria) (awardees)
• Division 5 Samuel J. Messick Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award (criteria) (awardees)

• D. G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award
• F. A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award
• C. T. Morgan Award for Distinguished Service
• D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award
• Brenda A. Milner Award, which recognizes the author of an outstanding paper, published or in press, in the field of behavioral neuroscience or comparative psychology

• The G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology
• The Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology
• The Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society
• Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology
• The Boyd McCandless Award
• Dissertation Award in Developmental Psychology

• Donald Campbell Award
• Jack Block Award
• Henry Murray Award
• Theoretical Innovation Prize

• Applied Social Issues Internship Program
• Clara Mayo Grants Program
• Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize
• Grants-in-Aid Program
• Kurt Lewin Memorial Award
• Louise Kidder Early Career Award
• Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award
• Social Issues Dissertation Award

• Berlyne Award
• Arnheim Award
• Farnsworth Award

• Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology
• David Shakow Early Career Award
• Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
• Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions
• Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology
• Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award
• Distinguished Student Research Award
• Distinguished Student Practice Award
• Distinguished Student Service Award

• RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation
• RHR International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
• Society of Consulting Psychology Service Award

• Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award
• Distinguished Professional Contributions Award
• Distinguished Service Contributions Award
• Robert J. Wherry Award for the Best Paper at the I-O/OB Conference
• M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace
• William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award
• S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Research Award
• John C. Flanagan Award for Outstanding Student
• Distinguished Early Career Contribution Award
• Sidney Fine Award

• E. L. Thorndike Award for Career Achievement in Educational Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
• Richard E. Snow Early Career Award in Educational Psychology
• Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award

• Senior Scientist Award
• Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award
• Lightner Witmer Award
• Outstanding Dissertation Award

• Leona Tyler Award (criteria) (awardees)
• John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career or Personality Research (criteria) (awardees)
• Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award (criteria) (awardees)
• John D. Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practice of Counseling Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
• Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Research in Counseling Health Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
• Barbara A. Kirk Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research (criteria) (awardees)
• Donald E. Super Fellowship for the Support of Dissertation Research on Career Development (criteria) (awardees)
• Senior Recognition Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Social Justice Award (awardees)
• The Outstanding Contribution Award in The Counseling Psychologist (awardees)

• Student Award
• Harold Hildreth Award
• Distinguished Service
• Distinguished Achievement
• Early Career Award
• Veteran's Affairs Section: Outstanding VA Psychologist Clinician, Outstanding VA Psychologist Director of Training, Outstanding VA Psychologist Researcher, Outstanding VA Psychologist Administrator, Outstanding Lifetime Career Contributions to the VA SECTION, Outstanding Early Career Contributions to the VA SECTION, Outstanding Contributions to the VA SECTION

• Robert M. Yerkes Award
• John C. Flanagan Lifetime Achievement Award
• Charles S. Gersoni Military Psychology Award
• Arthur W. Melton Early Achievement Award
• Military Psychology Student Research Grant
• Military Psychology Student Travel Award

• Baltes Distinguished Research Achievement Award
• The RRF M. Powell Lawton Career Achievement Award in Aplied Gerontology
• The RRF/Division 20 Mentorship Award
• Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging
• Division 20 Adult Development and Aging Teaching Award
• Retirement Research Foundation Student Awards for Completed Research and for Research Proposals

21. Division of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology

• Franklin Taylor Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
• Earl A. Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement
• George E. Briggs Dissertation Award

• Early Career Research Award
• Roger Barker Distinguished Research Contribution Award
• Distinguished Service Award
• Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence
• Leonard Diller Lecturer
• Student Research Award

• SCP-SHETH Dissertation Proposal Competition
• SCP Fellow Nominations
• SCP Early Career Award Nominations
• SCP Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award Nominations

• Award for Distinguished Theoretical and Philosophical Contributions to Psychology
• Theodore Sarbin Award
• Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology
• Distinguished Service Award
• Student Paper Award

• Outstanding Basic Research Award
• Outstanding Applied Research Award
• Don F. Hake Basic/Applied Research Award
• Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award
• B. F. Skinner New Researcher Award

• Lifetime Career Achievement Award
• Early Career Award
• Best Paper Published in History of Psychology
• Best Student Paper Presented at the Annual Convention

• Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology
• Distinguished Contribution to Practice in Community Psychology
• Harry V. McNeill Award Honoring Innovation in Community Mental Health
• Seymour B. Sarason Award for Community Research and Action
• Dissertation on a Topic Relevant to Community Psychology
• Emory L. Cowen Dissertation Award for the Promotion of Wellness
• Excellence in Mentoring Ethnic Minority Community Psychologists
• SCRA Fellows

• Brady-Schuster Award (sponsored by MED Associates)
• Outstanding Dissertation Award (sponsored by Friends Research Institute)
• Wyeth Young Psychopharmacologist Award

• Distinguished Psychologist Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Jack D. Krasner Memorial Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Donald K. Freedheim Student Development Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Diversity Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Mathilda B. Canter Education and Training Award (criteria) (awardees)

• Distinguished Contributions to Scientific Hypnosis
• Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Hypnosis
• Early Career Achievement Award
• Best Research Paper
• Best Applied Paper
• Nicholas Spanos Award for Best Student Paper

• Outstanding Psychologist Award
• Outstanding Achievement by a State, Provincial or Territorial Psychological Association
• Outstanding Achievement by a Psychological Association Staff Member

• Sidney M. Jourard Student Award Symposium
• Charlotte and Karl Buhler Award
• Rollo May Award
• Abaraham H. Maslow Award
• Carl Rogers Award

• Doll Award
• Student Research Awards

34. Population and Environmental Psychology

35. Society for the Psychology of Women

• Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants
• Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender by Graduate or Undergraduate Students
• Heritage Award
• Carolyn Wood Sherif Award
• Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award
• Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Distinguished Service to the Society for the Psychology of Women

36. Psychology of Religion

37. Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice

• Nicholas Hobbs Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Student Research Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Lifetime Advocacy Award (criteria) (awardees)

• Graduate Student Awards
• Career Service Award

• Scientific Research Award
• Scholarship Award
• Leadership Award

• Early Career Award

• AP-LS Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in the Field of Psychology and Law (criteria) (awardees)
• AP-LS Book Award (criteria) (awardees)
• AP-LS Dissertation Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and Law (criteria) (awardees)
• Saleem Shah Award for Early Career Excellence in Psychology and Law (criteria) (awardees)
• Grants-in-Aid (criteria) (awardees)

• Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award
• Distinguished Public Service Award

• Family Psychologist of the Year (criteria) (awardees)
• Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Distinguished Service to Family Psychology Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Distinguished Service Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
• Florence W. Kaslow Distinguished Contributions to International Family Psychology Award (criteria) (awardees)
• Student Research Award (criteria) (awardees)

• Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training
• Distinguished Professional Contribution
• Distinguished Scientific Contribution
• Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues
• Distinguished Contribution by a Student
• Distinguished Service Contribution
• Certificate of Appreciation
• Best Book in Lesbian, Gay, and/or Bisexual Psychology

• Lifetime Achievement Award
• Emerging Professional Award
• Charles and Shirley Thomas Award
• Distinguished Career Contribution to Service Award
• Distinguished Career Contribution to Research

• Lifetime Contribution to Media Psychology
• Distinguished Professional Contributions to Media Psychology
• Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Media Psychology
• Distinguished Student Dissertation/Research Award
• Early Career Applied/Research Contributions to Media Psychology
• Golden Psi Media Award for excellence in fictional portrayal of mental health professionals
• News Media Recognition Award for excellence in reporting of psychological research and information

• Dissertation Award
• Distinguished Professional Award

• Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award

• Distinguished Group Psychologist Award
• Dissertation Award

• Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions
• Distinguished Scientific Contributions
• Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training
• Distinguished Scientific Contributions to the Application of Psychology
• Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest
• Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service to Division 50 of the American Psychological Association
• Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions
• Outstanding Student Poster Awards

• Student of the Year
• Practitioner of the Year
• Researcher of the Year
• Distinguished Professional Service

• Denmark-Reuder Award for Excellence in the International Psychology of Women
• Distinguished International Psychology Award
• Division of International Psychology Mentoring Award

• Student Research Award

• Routh Student Research Grant
• Student Research Award
• Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award
• Logan Wright Distinguished Service Award
• Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award

• Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the National Level
• Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the State Level
• Patrick H. DeLeon Prize for Outstanding Student Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy

• Award for Outstanding Contribution to Practice in the Field of Trauma Psychology
• Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Science of Trauma Psychology
• Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology
• Award for Outstanding Dissertation in the Field of Trauma