Robert L. Fantz Memorial Award for Young Psychologists
This award encourages and supports careers of promising young investigators in psychology or related disciplines.
Sponsor: APF
Description
Candidates must show evidence of basic scientific research or scholarly writing in perceptual-cognitive development and the development of selective attention; and research and writing on the development of individuality, creativity and free-choice of behavior.
Amount: $2,000.
Support research in psychology: Donate to this fund .
Eligibility
Application process: The Fantz awardee is selected from among the nominees for APA's Early Career Award .
APF encourages applications from individuals who represent diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability and sexual orientation.
How to Apply
Past Recipients
2012 Julie Booth, PhD , Temple University
2011 Sian Leah Beilock, PhD , University of Chicago
2010 Wendy Johnson, PhD , University of Edinburgh
2009 Rebecca Saxe, PhD , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008 Jodi Quas, PhD , University of California, Irvine
2007
No Award Given
2006 John P. Spencer, PhD , University of Iowa
2005 Brian J. Scholl, PhD , Yale University
2004 Martha Wagner Alibali, PhD , University of Wisconsin, Madison
2003
No Award Given
2002 Karen E. Adolph, PhD , New York University
2001 Wendy M. Williams, PhD , Cornell University
2000 Jenny R. Saffran, PhD , University of Wisconsin, Madison
1999 Bruce M. Hood, PhD 1998
No Award Given
1997 Harlene Hayne, PhD 1996 Gary Marcus, PhD 1995 Avshalom Caspi, PhD 1994
No Award Given
1993 Patricia J. Bauer, PhD 1992 Susan A. Gelman, PhD
