Early Career Outstanding Paper Award

The Early Career Outstanding Paper Award recognizes a graduate student or early career scientist, within seven years of PhD, who has published (or has in press) an outstanding paper in the previous year.

Deadline:

Sponsor: Division 7

Description

The paper must significantly advance content knowledge, methodology and/or theory in developmental psychology. Important criteria include the importance of the work, innovation and the likely impact on the field. The nominee must be the first author and must be a member of APA and Div. 7.

Winners do not need to attend the APA convention to receive awards.

Eligibility

Applicants can be self- or other-nominated. An in-press paper must be accompanied by a letter of acceptance from the editor. Nominees must make sure that any other authors of the nominated article do not object to the nomination.

How to Apply

The annual deadline is March 15.

Nominations should include:

  • The paper being nominated.
  • The CV of the nominee.
  • A one-page cover letter outlining the strengths, importance and potential impact of the article

Email nominations to:

Suniya S. Luthar
Department of Psychology
Arizona State University

Past Recipients

2019: Mark Wade

2018: Ashley Groh and Lee Raby

2017: Cecilia Cheung and Traci Kennedy

2016: Arya Ansari, Sarah Moore, Marije Verhage

2015: Kimberly Cuevas, Elida Laski, David Yeager

2014: Kate Monohan

2013: John Best

2012: Michael Sulik

Date created: April 2019