The American Psychological Association offers a number of major awards in
recognition of outstanding contributions in diverse areas of psychology
including practice, research, teaching, and public service. Click here for
information regarding each of these awards.
Within the Society for Counseling Psychology, a special Award Focus Committee solicits the names of possible nominees for APA awards and submits nominations for award recipients to the Executive Board for their action. If you have suggestions for nominations send them to the chair of the APA Awards Committee,
TBA. Please also convey whether you might be willing to submit a support letter for this person should they be forwarded for the award.
These APA awards include, but are not limited to:
APA Practice Awards
- Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research
- Distinguished Professional Contributions to Independent or Institutional Practice in the Private Sector
- Distinguished Professional Contributions to Practice in the Public Sector
APA Science Awards
- Distinguished Scientific Contribution
- Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology
- Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology
APA Education and Training Awards
- Distinguished Contributions to Education and Training in Psychology
- Distinguished Contributions of Application of Psychology to Education and Training
APA Public Interest Awards
- Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in the Public Interest
- Distinguished Contribution to Research in Public Policy
APA International Awards
- International Humanitarian Award
- APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International advancement of Psychology
American Psychological Foundation Awards
- Distinguished Teaching in Psychology
- Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology
- Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology
- Gold Medal Award for Enduring Contribution by a Psychologist in the Public Interest
- Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Practice in Psychology
Specialty Awards (partial list)
- APA Committee on Women in Psychology Leadership Awards
- APA Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award (Health Psychology)
- APA Harry V. McNeill Memorial Award (Community Mental Health)
Division 17 and APF Support Counseling Psychology Programs
Division 17 and the American Psychological Foundation support the science and practice of counseling psychology through grants for innovative programs and models. In 2007, Division 17 and APF provided $5,500 in support for:
· The development and evaluation of the Multicultural Sensitive Mental Health Checklist, an intake checklist for ethnic-minority students to address psychological symptoms such as race-related stress. Ruth Chao, Ph.D., of Tennessee State University, is the project’s primary investigator.
· Future in Iowa, a project to develop, implement, and evaluate a pilot career intervention program for 300 ninth-grade students who attend rural high schools. The program aims to boost students’ confidence, expand their career interests, and teach about the requirements associated with their career goals. Saba Rasheed Ali, Ph.D., is the principal investigator.
· The Maryland Psychotherapy Research Center, a clinic run by the University of Maryland department of psychology. The grant will help the center provide low-cost therapy services to the community and give doctoral students the chance to see community clients under supervision. The center will also collect data for two major studies. Clara E. Hill, Ph.D., and Charles J. Gelso, Ph.D., are the primary investigators.
· A partnership between the University of Minnesota’s Vocational Assessment Clinic and the Neighborhood Involvement Program to investigate career-counseling processes for those who cannot afford to pay for services. Jo Ida Hansen, Ph.D., and Amy L. Conlon, Ph.D., are the primary investigators.
In 2008 (as of August 1) Division 17 and APF provided $2,500 in support for:
· A project to create a model curriculum for internationalizing counseling psychology and to share this curriculum via a website, an extensive bibliography, and a scholarly paper. Fred Leong, Ph.D., Michigan State University, Mark Leach, Ph.D., Michigan State University, and Mark Savickas, Ph.D., Northeastern Ohio Universities, are the primary investigators.
· The Work Volition Scale, a project to construct a valid and reliable instrument to measure work volition, with the idea of gaining a more thorough understanding of the work lives of the less privileged. Ryan Duffy, M.A., University of Maryland, Matthew Diemer, Ph.D., Michigan State University, and Justin Perry, Ph.D., Cleveland State University, are the primary investigators.
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