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This award recognizes mid-career developmentalists who have made outstanding contributions to applied developmental science and helped promote the well-being of children, families, and groups or organizations.

Support the research of outstanding early career members who have not yet received any federal funding for research as a principal investigator or co-investigator.

This award recognizes individuals who have had a substantial impact on developmental psychology by their mentoring of young scholars.

This award recognizes an individual whose dissertation is deemed to be an outstanding contribution to developmental psychology.

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

This award recognizes mid-career developmentalists who have made outstanding contributions to developmental science.

This award recognizes an individual who has contributed to the science of developmental psychology and who has also worked to apply developmental psychology to society.

This award recognizes distinguished contributions to developmental psychology, including contributions in research, student training and other scholarly endeavors.

Division 7 awards aim to advance the science and practice of developmental psychology as a means of understanding behavior and promoting health, education and human welfare.

This award recognizes young scientists who have made distinguished contributions to developmental psychology.

The dissertation research grant supports the dissertation research of an outstanding graduate member of APA and Division 7.

This award recognizes an author of a book in the field of psychology that has a profound effect on one or more of the areas represented by Division 7.

The Division 7 Executive Committee is charged with handling the affairs of the Division between meetings and consists of five officers and Division Representative to APA Council.

Stay current with Division 7 news and events.

Universities offering graduate study programs in developmental psychology.

Available financial support for research and education in developmental psychology.

Procedures for nominating an individual to be a fellow of Division 7.

A current list of Division 7 fellows.

Award winner Martha Alibali, PhD, shares her advice for early career scholars and mentors.

Learn about this year’s awardee, Santiago Morales, PhD, current projects and his advice for early career scholars.

Award winner Elizabeth Gershoff, PhD, discusses physical punishment and the effects it may have on children.

In this issue: read the presidential column, learn about how to become a mentor, election results, and more.

Benefits and costs of joining Division 7.

A list of Division 7 presidents dating back to 1945.

Division 7 publishes a journal, Psychology and Aging, and a newsletter, Developmental Psychologist.