Awards for Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions to Psychology.

American Psychologist, Vol 78(9), Dec 2023, 1033-1035; doi:10.1037/h0101922The 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 2023 were applied research; behavioral and cognitive neuroscience; individual differences; perception and motor performance; and social psychology. The 2023 recipients of the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Awards were recognized by the 2022 Board of Scientific Affairs and selected by the 2022 Committee on Scientific Awards. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Source: American Psychologist - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research