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The Awards and Recognition Committee requests nominations for the following Division 17 Awards:

• Leona Tyler Award
• John Holland Award
• John D. Black Award
• Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award
• Dorothy Booz Black Award
• Social Justice Award
• Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
• Barbara A. Kirk Award
• Donald E. Super Fellowship
• Division 17 and APF Support Counseling Psychology Programs

Members of the Division 17 Committee on Awards and Recognition and members of the Executive Board may make nominations. However, if they do so, they must withdraw from the voting process related to any nominee for whom they have written a letter of support. Announcement of all Award winners is made at the annual APA Convention (all Award recipients are notified confidentially prior to the convention). Current members of the Division 17 Executive Board are not eligible for these awards during their term of office.

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To download a PDF of the Call for Student Nominations (Due February 15), please click here.

Professional Awards (Deadline November 15)

The Leona Tyler Award
The Leona Tyler Award is given to stimulate and reward distinguished contributions in research or professional achievement in Counseling Psychology. The Award – the Society’s most prestigious – honors the former President of both the Society and the American Psychological Association.

The John Holland Award
The John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career and Personality Research is given for notable research on career and personality topics. This award is for mid-level professionals who have received their doctorate degrees between 10 and 20 years ago. The award has an associated monetary prize, which was initiated and funded by Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc.

The John D. Black Award
The John D. Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practice of Counseling Psychology is given to stimulate and reward outstanding achievement in the practice of Counseling Psychology. The monetary prize associated with the award is donated by Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc.

The Fritz and Linn Kuder
Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award
Funded by Kuder, Inc. (www.kuder.com), this award was established to honor early career achievements in science and practice. The recipient must have received the doctorate degree within the past ten years. The award, which includes a cash presentation, is made for outstanding contributions to the science and practice of counseling psychology.

The Dorothy Booz Black Award
The Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in Counseling Health Psychology is given to encourage and award outstanding research and practice in counseling health psychology. The award has an associated monetary prize, which is funded by Consulting Psychologist Press, Inc. Nominees must have made a primary contribution in research and practice of counseling health psychology focused on health-related processes and outcomes.

The Social Justice Award
The Social Justice Award is given to a living member(s)* of SCP with a degree in Counseling Psychology or demonstrated identity as a Counseling Psychologist, and a sustained commitment to the specialty, to community involvement, to recognizing diversity, and to demonstrating evidence of achieving community or organizational change that supports disenfranchised, disempowered, less privileged, or oppressed groups and has a larger impact on practice, research, and scholarship in the field. The associated monetary prize is funded by the editors of The Handbook of Social Justice in Counseling Psychology. *The award may be given to an individual or to a small group whose collaborative work meets the spirit of the award (in which case the lead nominee must meet all criteria above).

The Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
The Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award acknowledges career contributions to Counseling Psychology via excellence in mentoring. This award is for professionals who have provided mentoring throughout their careers.

Student Awards (Deadline February 15)

The Barbara A. Kirk Award

The Barbara A. Kirk Award is presented in recognition of outstanding student-initiated research (dissertation or other). The award, which includes a cash presentation was established to honor the late Barbara A. Kirk. To be eligible, the research must have been produced by a graduate student conducting independent research while enrolled in a counseling psychology doctoral program. The piece of research can be submitted up to one year after graduation. The nominee must be the principal author of the research.

Requirements

1. Nomination letter which discusses the significance of the nominee’s contributions to Counseling Psychology.  Please include the names, phone numbers, program and institutional affiliations, and APA divisional membership of the endorser and of the nominee.
2. Full length APA style article (as one would submit for publication) or a 1,800 word summary (identical to APA convention proposals).
3. The nominee's vita

The Donald E. Super Fellowship

The Donald E. Super Fellowship is awarded to support dissertation research on a topic related to career development and is accompanied by a cash award. Only doctoral students enrolled in a counseling psychology program are eligible. Because the Fellowship is intended to support recipients during their tenure as students, the anticipated completion dated for the dissertation should not fall before the award date (The award is presented at the annual convention of APA .)

Requirements
Nominations should include and be limited to the following

1. Nomination letter discussing the significance of the nominee’s contributions to Counseling Psychology.  Please include the names, phone numbers, program and institutional affiliations, and APA divisional membership of the endorser and of the nominee.
2. A APA-style formatted version of the student's dissertation proposal not to exceed 30 pagest.
3. Signed approval of the proposal by the dissertation committee members.
4. The nominee's vita

The Fellowship will be awarded based on the quality of the dissertation proposal and its potential for advancing knowledge in the area of career development.

Winner Announcements
Announcement of all award winners is made at the annual APA Convention. All Award recipients are notified confidentially prior to the convention.

Nomination Requirements
Send Materials Electronically to:
Co-Chair, SCP Awards & Recognition
Karen O'Brien, PhD

Please collate nomination materials into one PDF document titled with nominee’s name and award name. For example, “Linda Jackson SOCIAL JUSTICE AWARD.pdf”.  No faxes or mailed submissions will be accepted. If you do not have access to email, please collaborate with a colleague who does have access.

Deadline for Nominations:
(a) November 15: For Tyler, Holland, Black, Kuder, Booz Black, Social Justice
(b) February 15: For Kirk and Super Awards

1. Current vita
2. Documentation from other sources (e.g., newspaper articles, workshop brochures) that indicate widespread awareness or recognition of the nominee’s contributions should accompany the electronic letter of nomination, and
3. 3 to 5 page essay summarizing their work for social justice and how it meets the criteria for the Social Justice Award.
4. Note: Members of the Awards and Recognition Committee may also collect relevant information regarding the nominees.
5. All materials from nominators and candidates must be submitted electronically to Karen O'Brien, co-Chair, Awards Committee.

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