Division 54 Awards

• Routh Student Research Grant
• Student Research Award
• Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant Award
• Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award
• Logan Wright Distinguished Service Award
• Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award

Routh Student Research Grant

Brief Description: Annual research scholar grant for student members

Awardee Receives: Up to $750

Eligibility/Requirements: Student members, and must be conducted under the supervision of a faculty advisor, and must be in an area consistent with the field of pediatric psychology

Nomination/Application Process: Proposals should include 100-word abstract, project description (maximum 7 pages), detailed budget, statement of qualifications, and letter of recommendation from faculty supervisor. Email Dr. Berry (see below) or mail 3 copies to her.

Deadline: April 1 every year

Contact: Sharon Berry, Ph.D., Children's Hospitals and Clinics, 2525 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404, 612-813-6727, fax: 612-813-8263, Email: Sharon Berry

Student Research Award

Brief Description: This award encourages and rewards quality research by students with issues related to pediatric psychology and health care of children.

Awardee Receives: $750

Eligibility/Requirements: Student members, and must be conducted under the supervision of a faculty advisor, must be in an area consistent with the field of pediatric psychology, research must have been completed while a graduate student, intern, or postdoctoral fellow. Student's advisor can be co-author but not primary author. The paper must not have been submitted elsewhere.

Nomination/Application Process: Limit of 20 pages, including tables, figures, and references, include a letter clarifying student's status at time research was conducted. Email Dr. Berry (see below) or mail 3 copies to her.

Deadline: April 1 every year

Contact: Sharon Berry, Ph.D., Children's Hospitals and Clinics, 2525 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404, 612-813-6727, fax: 612-813-8263, Email: Sharon Berry

Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant Award

Brief Description: Grant open to both students and faculty to support research related to the prevention of injuries in children; through the American Psychological Foundation

Awardee Receives: $1000

Eligibility/Requirements: Research should focus on prevention of physical injury in children and adolescents.

Nomination/Application Process: Maximum 7 page, single spaced proposal, including a 100 word abstract, description of the project, detailed budget, CV, and supporting faculty supervisor letter (if applicant is a student). Email Dr. Berry (see below) or mail 3 copies to her.

Deadline: April 1 every year

Contact: Sharon Berry, Ph.D., Children's Hospitals and Clinics, 2525 Chicago Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55404, 612-813-6727, fax: 612-813-8263, Email: Sharon Berry

Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award

This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the Society of Pediatric Psychology (SPP) or to the field of pediatric psychology generally. Examples of types of significant contributions include:

• Public or political advocacy or leadership
• Significant and extensive prevention or intervention program development, implementations, and dissemination
• Development and implementation of significant and influential service or training models; professional leadership in other professional or public organizations that benefit the field of pediatric psychology
• Substantial influential production of scholarship that is not necessarily empirical

The award is not given in recognition of those usual or expected contributions to SPP provided by its elected officials. However, it can be given to a previous executive committee member to recognize organization contributions substantially beyond those expected.

Nominations may be made by sending current curriculum vitae and letter describing the nominee's qualifying characteristics.

Logan Wright Distinguished Service Award

The Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award recognizes excellence and significant contributions in establishing the scientific base of pediatric psychology. The importance of this research award becomes more evident as the field moves from intuitive to an empirical base.

Nominations can be made for one particularly significant contribution or a series of contributions that are available for scrutiny and documentation. Nominations and endorsements should include an evaluative summary of the contribution, noting the positive impact of the nominee's research and detailing the extent of scholarship given in productivity. self nominations will not be considered since this award represents recognition of scholarly contributions by one's peers. The nominees and the award recipient t need not be SPP members nor necessarily active in SPP activities, but they should be or should have been on the front line of active, productive research in the field of pediatric psychology.

Nominations may be made by sending a current curriculum vitae and a letter describing the nominee's qualifying characteristics.

Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award

SPP is pleased to call for nominations for the Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award sponsored by the Levin Foundation. The award honors faculty in pediatric psychology who mentor students in an exemplary way, providing professional advice and guidance through various phases of the graduate program. Any current or past graduate student may nominate a member from SPP. The faculty member will receive an award of $1,000 and a plaque.

Go to Division 54's award page: www.apa.org/divisions/div54/