Awards made by APA divisions

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Here we list the main awards for accomplished psychologists given by the American Psychological Association

• APF Theodore Millon Mid-Career Award in Personality Psychology (Division 12)
• APF Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award (Division 28)
• APF Harry and Miriam Levinson Award for Exceptional Contributions to Consulting Organizational Psychology (Divisions 13, 49, and 39)
• APF Harry V. McNeill Memorial Award for Innovative Community Mental Health(Division 27)

• APA:Div 1: Society for General Psychology
  • William James Book Award
  • Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Distinguished Contributions to General Psychology
  • George A. Miller Award for the Best Article in General Psychology
  • Gardner Lindzey Dissertation Award
  • C. Alan Boneau Award

• APA:Div 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
  • Four Year College/University Teaching Award (Robert S. Daniel Award)
  • Two Year College Teaching Award
  • High School Teaching Award (Moffett Memorial Teaching Award)
  • Graduate Student Teaching Award (McKeachie Early Career Award)

• APA:Div 3: Division of Experimental Psychology
  • New Investigator Award (one for each Journal of Experimental Psychology)

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• APA:Div 5: Division of Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics
  • [[APA:Div 5: Dissertation Award
  • Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring
  • Samuel J. Messick Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award

• APA:Div 6: Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
  • D. G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award
  • F. A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award
  • C. T. Morgan Award for Distinguished Service
  • D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award

• APA:Div 7: Division of Developmental Psychology
  • G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology
  • Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology
  • Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society
  • Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology
  • Boyd McCandless Award
  • Dissertation Award in Developmental Psychology

• APA:Div 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • Donald Campbell Award
  • Jack Block Award
  • Henry Murray Award
  • Theoretical Innovation Prize

• APA:Div 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
  • Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize
  • Kurt Lewin Memorial Award
  • Louise Kidder Early Career Award
  • Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award
  • Social Issues Dissertation Award

• APA:Div 10: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts
  • Berlyne Award
  • Arnheim Award
  • Farnsworth Award

• APA:Div 11:

• APA:Div 12: Society of Clinical Psychology
  • Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology
  • David Shakow Early Career Award
  • Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
  • Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions
  • Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology
  • Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award
  • Distinguished Student Research Award
  • Distinguished Student Practice Award

• APA:Div 13: Society of Consulting Psychology
  • RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation
  • RHR International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
  • Society of Consulting Psychology Service Award

• APA:Div 14: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award
  • Distinguished Professional Contributions Award
  • Distinguished Service Contributions Award
  • Robert J. Wherry Award for the Best Paper at the I-O/OB Conference
  • M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace
  • William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award
  • S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Research Award
  • John C. Flanagan Award for Outstanding Student
  • Distinguished Early Career Contribution Award
  • Sidney Fine Award

• APA:Div 15: Division of Educational Psychology
  • E. L. Thorndike Award for Career Achievement in Educational Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
  • Richard E. Snow Early Career Award in Educational Psychology
  • Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award

• APA:Div 16: Division of School Psychology
  • Senior Scientist Award
  • Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award
  • Lightner Witmer Award
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award

• APA:Div 17: Society of Counseling Psychology
  • Leona Tyler Award
  • John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career or Personality Research
  • Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award
  • John D. Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practice of Counseling Psychology
  • Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Research in Counseling Health Psychology
  • Barbara A. Kirk Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research
  • Donald E. Super Fellowship for the Support of Dissertation Research on Career Development
  • Senior Recognition Award

• APA:Div 18: Division of Psychologists in Public Service
  • Student Award
  • Harold Hildreth Award
  • Distinguished Service
  • Distinguished Achievement
  • Early Career Award
  • Veteran's Affairs Section:
    • Outstanding VA Psychologist Clinician,
    • Outstanding VA Psychologist Director of Training,
    • Outstanding VA Psychologist Researcher,
    • Outstanding VA Psychologist Administrator,
    • Outstanding Lifetime Career Contributions to the VA SECTION,
    • Outstanding Early Career Contributions to the VA SECTION,
    • Outstanding Contributions to the VA SECTION

• APA:Div 19: Division of Military Psychology
  • Robert M. Yerkes Award
  • John C. Flanagan Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Charles S. Gersoni Military Psychology Award
  • Arthur W. Melton Early Achievement Award
  • Military Psychology Student Research Grant
  • Military Psychology Student Travel Award

• APA:Div 20: Division of Adult Development and Aging
  • Distinguished Research Achievement Award
  • RRF M. Powell Lawton Career Achievement Award in Aplied Gerontology
  • The RRF/Division 20 Mentorship Award
  • Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging
  • Division 20 Adult Development and Aging Teaching Award
  • Margret Baltes Dissertation Award
  • Retirement Research Foundation Student Awards for Completed Research and for Research Proposals

• APA:Div 21: Division of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
  • Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology
  • Earl A. Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement
  • George E. Briggs Dissertation Award

• APA:Div 22: Division of Rehabilitation Psychology
  • Early Career Research Award
  • Roger Barker Distinguished Research Contribution Award
  • Distinguished Service Award
  • Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence
  • Leonard Diller Lecturer
  • Student Research Award

• APA:Div 23: Society for Consumer Psychology
  • SCP-SHETH Dissertation Proposal Competition
  • SCP Fellow Nominations
  • SCP Early Career Award Nominations
  • SCP Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award Nominations

• APA:Div 24: Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
  • Award for Distinguished Theoretical and Philosophical Contributions to Psychology
  • Theodore Sarbin Award
  • Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology
  • Distinguished Service Award
  • Student Paper Award

• APA:Div 25: Division of Behavioral Analysis
  • Outstanding Basic Research Award
  • Outstanding Applied Research Award
  • Don F. Hake Basic/Applied Research Award
  • Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award
  • B. F. Skinner New Researcher Award

• APA:Div 26: Society for the History of Psychology
  • Lifetime Career Achievement Award
  • Early Career Award
  • Best Paper Published in History of Psychology
  • Best Student Paper Presented at the Annual Convention

• APA:Div 27: Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology
  • Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology
  • Distinguished Contribution to Practice in Community Psychology
  • Harry V. McNeill Award Honoring Innovation in Community Mental Health
  • Seymour B. Sarason Award for Community Research and Action
  • Dissertation on a Topic Relevant to Community Psychology
  • Emory L. Cowen Dissertation Award for the Promotion of Wellness
  • Excellence in Mentoring Ethnic Minority Community Psychologists

• APA:Div 7: Division of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse
  • Brady-Schuster Award (sponsored by MED Associates)
  • Outstanding Dissertation Award (sponsored by Friends Research Institute)
  • Wyeth Young Psychopharmacologist Award

• APA:Div 29: Division of Psychotherapy
  • Distinguished Psychologist Award
  • Jack D. Krasner Memorial Award
  • Donald K. Freedheim Student Development Award
  • Diversity Award
  • Mathilda B. Canter Education and Training Award

• APA:Div 30: Society for Psychological Hypnosis
  • Distinguished Contributions to Scientific Hypnosis
  • Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Hypnosis
  • Early Career Achievement Award
  • Best Research Paper
  • Best Applied Paper
  • Nicholas Spanos Award for Best Student Paper

• APA:Div 31: State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs
  • Outstanding Psychologist Award
  • Outstanding Achievement by a State, Provincial or Territorial Psychological Association
  • Outstanding Achievement by a Psychological Association Staff Member

• APA:Div 32: Division of Humanistic Psychology
  • Sidney M. Jourard Student Award Symposium
  • Charlotte and Karl Buhler Award
  • Rollo May Award
  • Abaraham H. Maslow Award
  • Carl Rogers Award

• APA:Div 33: Division of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Doll Award
  • Student Research Awards

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• APA:Div 35: Society for the Psychology of Women
  • Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants
  • Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender by Graduate or Undergraduate Students
  • Heritage Award
  • Carolyn Wood Sherif Award
  • Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award
  • Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Distinguished Service to the Society for the Psychology of Women

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• APA:Div 37: Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice
  • Nicholas Hobbs Award
  • Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award
  • Student Research Award
  • Lifetime Advocacy Award

• APA:Div 38: Division of Health Psychology
  • Graduate Student Awards
  • Career Service Award

• APA:Div 39: Division of Psychoanalysis
  • Scientific Research Award
  • Scholarship Award
  • Leadership Award

• APA:Div 40: Division of Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Early Career Award

• APA:Div 41: American Psychology-Law Society
  • AP-LS Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in the Field of Psychology and Law
  • AP-LS Book Award
  • AP-LS Dissertation Award
  • Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and Law
  • Saleem Shah Award for Early Career Excellence in Psychology and Law

• APA:Div 42: Division of Psychologists in Independent Practice
  • Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award
  • Distinguished Public Service Award

• APA:Div 43: Division of Family Psychology
  • Family Psychologist of the Year
  • Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award
  • Distinguished Service to Family Psychology Award
  • Distinguished Service Award
  • Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology
  • Florence W. Kaslow Distinguished Contributions to International Family Psychology Award
  • Student Research Award

• APA:Div 44: Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues
  • Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training
  • Distinguished Professional Contribution
  • Distinguished Scientific Contribution
  • Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues
  • Distinguished Contribution by a Student
  • Distinguished Service Contribution
  • Certificate of Appreciation
  • Best Book in Lesbian, Gay, and/or Bisexual Psychology

• APA:Div 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Emerging Professional Award
  • Charles and Shirley Thomas Award
  • Distinguished Career Contribution to Service Award
  • Distinguished Career Contribution to Research

• APA:Div 46: Division of Media Psychology
  • Lifetime Contribution to Media Psychology
  • Distinguished Professional Contributions to Media Psychology
  • Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Media Psychology
  • Distinguished Student Dissertation/Research Award
  • Early Career Applied/Research Contributions to Media Psychology
  • Golden Psi Media Award for excellence in fictional portrayal of mental health professionals
  • News Media Recognition Award for excellence in reporting of psychological research and information

• APA:Div 47: Division of Exercise and Sport Psychology
  • Dissertation Award
  • Distinguished Professional Award

• APA:Div 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division
  • Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award

• APA:Div 49: Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy
  • Distinguished Group Psychologist Award
  • Dissertation Award

• APA:Div 50: Division on Addictions
  • Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions
  • Distinguished Scientific Contributions
  • Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training
  • Distinguished Scientific Contributions to the Application of Psychology
  • Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest
  • Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service to Division 50 of the American Psychological Association
  • Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions
  • Outstanding Student Poster Awards

• APA:Div 51: Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity
  • Student of the Year
  • Practitioner of the Year
  • Researcher of the Year
  • Distinguished Professional Service

• APA:Div 52: Division of International Psychology
  • Denmark-Reuder Award for Excellence in the International Psychology of Women
  • Distinguished International Psychology Award
  • Division of International Psychology Mentoring Award

• APA:Div 53: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
  • Student Research Award

• APA:Div 54: Society of Pediatric Psychology
  • Routh Student Research Grant
  • Student Research Award
  • Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award
  • Logan Wright Distinguished Service Award
  • Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award

• APA:Div 55: American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy
  • Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the National Level
  • Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the State Level
  • Patrick H. DeLeon Prize for Outstanding Student Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy

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