Abidin Early Career Award and Grant
The Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant is intended to recognize an early career psychologist who has established a program of empirical research that has had a major impact on the field’s understanding of psychopathology, prevention, assessment, treatment, or public policy relative to child and adolescent development or mental health. The grant is provided to enhance the awardee’s research program and/or to enable the awardee to initiate a new effort that extends their work.
The Abidin Early Career Award and Grant is named in honor of Dick Abidin, EdD, ABPP, the former treasurer and a long-time member of Division 53 (Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology). Before the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology became Division 53, Abidin served in other leadership roles of Division 12's Section 1, including president and member-at-large. The division is very thankful to Abidin for his guidance and service and is pleased to honor him by creating this award.
The applicant must be a member of Division 53 at the time of application.
- The awardee shall be no more than 10 years postdoctoral degree at the time of nomination.
- Elected officers of Division 53 are not eligible.
- Self-nominations will be accepted.
Detailed application information can be found on the Division 53 (SCCAP) website.
