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Division 47 publishes fact sheets that provide information to the public in an easy-to-understand Q&A format on a variety of evidence-based sport, exercise and performance psychology topics.

The executive board includes elected and voting members plus two appointed students who do not vote.

This is an updated list of fellows of the Division of Exercise and Sport Psychology.

Membership in Division of Society for Sport, Exercise & Performance Psychology includes many benefits like access to a division email list and an online division newsletter published three times annually.

Meet the Division 47 President, President-elect and Past President.

Performance Psychology, Section 2 of the Society for Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology, brings together those members who are interested in research, teaching, and professional practice related to psychological aspects of optimal performance.

The Division 47 leadership consists of the current and past division presidents, the president-elect and approximately 15 officers, including committee chairs.

Division 47 has established five annual rotating awards to recognize distinguished contributions in the field of Exercise and Sport Psychology.

The Inclusive Excellence Award provides financial support for one graduate student and one early career professional (ECP) from communities historically underrepresented in sport, exercise, and performance psychology (SEPP) to attend the APA Annual Convention.

This award recognizes outstanding work completed by a student and an early career professional who presents a poster at one of the Division 47 poster sessions at the annual APA Convention

This award recognizes outstanding research published in the Division’s official publication, Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology (SEPP).

This award recognizes outstanding student research by a master’s student who has the greatest potential for making a significant contribution to the theoretical and applied knowledge base in SEPP.

The Early Career Professional Award honors an individual who has made substantial contributions to sport, exercise or performance psychology.

This award recognizes outstanding student research with the greatest potential to make a significant contribution to the theoretical and applied knowledge base in exercise and sport psychology.

This award recognizes outstanding service of a sport psychologist who has provided leadership in changing the profession or conducted applied work that contributes to the development of the profession.

This award is presented to a sport psychology professional, who has made a single, major contribution to the field in education and training or that over time, has consistently provided significant contributions to education and training in sport, exercise, and performance psychology.

This award is presented to a training program (e.g., graduate program, internship training site, post-doc training site) that over time, has consistently provided significant contributions to education and training in sport, exercise, and performance psychology.

This award is presented to an individual who have made distinguished contributions to the Public Interest which advance sport, exercise, and performance psychology as a science and/or profession.

This award is presented to an individual who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to research in sport, exercise, and performance psychology.

This award provides scholarships to eligible graduate students and early career professionals (ECP) and is intended to increase Div. 47 member participation at the 2017 APA Annual Convention.

Kate F. Hays, PhD, was a fellow, president, member-at-large, and APA Council Representative of Division 47, and leading figure in the development of practice and scholarship in SEPP.

Steve R. Heyman, PhD, was a president of the division and leading figure in the development of science and practice in sport, exercise, and performance psychology.

Our convention programming continues to grow in terms of diversity of presenters and topics, as well as numbers of submissions and accepted proposals.

We bring together psychologists, mental performance consultants, educators, researchers, and students who are passionate about the psychology of human performance, physical activity, sport, and movement.

The lastest Division 47 news and events are maintained on this page.