Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.

American Psychologist, Vol 77(9), Dec 2022, 1011-1013; doi:10.1037/h0101899The Early Career Awards, given for the first time in 1974, recognize the large number of excellent early career psychologists. Recipients of this award may not have held a doctoral degree for more than nine years. For purposes of this award, psychology has been divided into 10 areas: animal learning and behavior, comparative; developmental; health; cognition/human learning; psychopathology; behavioral and cognitive neuroscience; perception/motor performance; social; applied research; and individual differences. Five areas are considered each year, with areas rotated in two-year cycles. The areas considered in 2022 were animal learning and behavior, comparative; developmental; health; cognition/human learning; and psychopathology. The 2022 recipients of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards were recognized by the 2021 Board of Scientific Affairs and selected by the 2021 Committee on Scientific Awards. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: American Psychologist - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research