Psychological Science Agenda

A publication of the Science Directorate
September 2006 | Vol. 20, No. 8

SCIENCE BRIEFS

Distinguished Science Award Reaches 50th Year

By Suzanne Wandersman

2006 marks the golden anniversary of APA bestowing the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, honoring psychologists who have made outstanding contributions to basic research in psychology.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN

  • A Discipline by Any Other Name?
    If psychology is not the discipline we all share in common, then what is? And does it matter? Perhaps the problem is that psychology is no longer the unified and unifying discipline it once was.
    By Steven Breckler

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

ANNOUNCEMENTS

  • September 2006 Announcements
    National Science Foundation announces FY 2007 Human and Social Dynamics Competition; Application Deadline for The Robert Wood Johnson Health & Society Scholars Program is October 13th; SOMAS Summer Research-Grants Program announced; East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes; Upcoming Fall Career Workshops September 2006

Science Policy Insider News (SPIN)

Keep up with policy issues that affect psychological science at the national level.

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