2007 APA SCIENTIFIC AWARDS PROGRAM: CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The APA Board of Scientific Affairs (BSA) invites nominations for its 2007 scientific awards program. The Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology. The Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology honors psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances in psychology leading to the understanding or amelioration of important practical problems.
To submit a nomination for the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award for the Applications of Psychology, you should provide a letter of nomination; the nominee's current vita with list of publications; the names and addresses of several scientists who are familiar with the nominee's work; and a list of ten most significant and representative publications, and at least five reprints representative of the nominee's contribution (preferably in electronic form).
The Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology recognizes excellent young psychologists. For the 2007 program, nominations of persons who received doctoral degrees during and since 1997 are being sought in the areas of:
- applied research (e.g., treatment and prevention research, industrial/organizational research, educational research)
- behavioral and cognitive neuroscience
- individual differences (e.g., personality, psychometrics, mental ability, behavioral genetics)
- perception, motor performance
- social
To submit a nomination for the Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology, you should provide a letter of nomination, the nominee's current vita with list of publications, and up to five representative reprints (preferably in electronic form).
To obtain nomination forms and more information, you can go to the Science Directorate web page (www.apa.org/science/sciaward.html) or you can contact Jennifer Webb, Science Directorate, American Psychological Association, 750 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242; by phone, (202) 336-6000; by fax, (202) 336-5953; or by E-mail, jwebb@apa.org.
The deadline for all award nominations is June 1, 2006.
