All candidates should have demonstrated exceptional individual or collaborative achievements in social and/or personality psychology (broadly defined), that are commensurate with their career stage. Candidates can make a case in one or more categories; research, teaching, and/or service. For each category chosen, a 500-word maximum essay is required. An applicant will only be selected based on one category (e.g., being selected for the award based on teaching precludes you from also being selected based on research). As each category (research/teaching/service) will be evaluated separately, applicants will not be given a "boost" for making a case on the basis of multiple categories (nor will they be disadvantaged for submitting on the basis of only one category). We encourage applicants to submit cases for as many categories as they feel they can provide a strong case for (this could be a single category, two categories, or all three categories).
For each category, applicants will be evaluated on the basis of their statement(s) as well as their CV. To facilitate review, we ask that applicants submit a CV that (1) includes their educational background and academic positions (2) and organizes all other information under the clear headers of Research (e.g., publications, presentations, research funding, research-relevant awards), Teaching (e.g., courses taught, teaching-relevant publications, course evaluations, teaching-relevant awards), and Service (e.g., service positions, service-relevant awards, public outreach). Please include all three sections, even if you are submitting a case for only one or two categories.
Applicants will also be invited to supply information (in an additional, optional 150-word statement) on the context of their achievement (e.g., institutional resources, start-up budget, geographic location, teaching load, parental/medical leave).
Following an evaluation of the 2023 awards, only self-nominations will be allowed for this award. That is, you can only nominate yourself—not another person—for this award. The reason for this change is that self-nominations tended to be more detailed and specific compared to other nominations, and those who self-nominated were more likely to win the award in 2023. To level the playing field, we have decided to remove the other-nomination option. If you would have nominated someone, we strongly encourage you to reach out to them to encourage them to apply for this award.
Submissions will be accepted from February 8 – April 20, 2024, 11:59 PM ET.
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