The American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions is an award made by the APA to recognise those who have made a notable professional contribution through applied research.

Past recipients include:

• 1979 Sol L. Garfield
• 1980 Leonard D. Eron
• 1981 Carl Eisdorfer
• 1982 Roy Schafer
• 1983 Neal E. Miller
• 1984 Norman Frederiksen
• 1985 Albert Ellis
• 1986 Edward Zigler
• 1987 Mary D. S. Ainsworth and Hans H. Strupp
• 1988 Herman Feifel
• 1989 Allen E. Bergin
• 1990 Manfred J. Meier
• 1991 W. Grant Dahlstrom and Joseph D. Matarazzo
• 1992 Leopold Bellak and Harry Levinson
• 1993 Paul E. Meehl
• 1994 John L. Holland
• 1995 Kenneth I. Howard and Lester B. Luborsky
• 1996 Paul Satz
• 1997 John E. Exner and Samuel M. Turner
• 1998 Peter E. Nathan
• 1999 Awarded jointly with 1998
• 2000 Simon H. Budman
• 2001 Marvin R. Goldfried
• 2002 John D. Krumboltz
• 2003 Theodore Millon and Stanley Sue
• 2004 Robert J. Gatchel
• 2005 Gail S. Goodman
• 2006 Stephen M. Weiss
• 2007 Bruce E. Wampold
• 2008 Richard Rogers
• 2009 Luciano L’Abate
• 2010 Catherine E. Lord
• 2011 Ronald R. Levant
• 2012 Leslie S. Greenberg
• 2013 [[]]
• 2014 [[]]
• 2015 [[]]

[Category:Honours in psychology]]