Awards made by APA divisions

Here we list the main awards for accomplished psychologists given by the American Psychological Association


 * APF Theodore Millon Mid-Career Award in Personality Psychology (Division 12)
 * APF Timothy Jeffrey Memorial Award (Division 28)
 * APF Harry and Miriam Levinson Award for Exceptional Contributions to Consulting Organizational Psychology (Divisions 13, 49, and 39)
 * APF Harry V. McNeill Memorial Award for Innovative Community Mental Health(Division 27)


 * APA:Div 1: Society for General Psychology
 * William James Book Award (criteria) (awardees)
 * Ernest R. Hilgard Award for Distinguished Contributions to General Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
 * George A. Miller Award for the Best Article in General Psychology (criteria) (awardees)
 * Gardner Lindzey Dissertation Award (criteria) (awardees)
 * C. Alan Boneau Award (criteria) (awardees)


 * APA:Div 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology
 * Four Year College/University Teaching Award (Robert S. Daniel Award)
 * Two Year College Teaching Award
 * High School Teaching Award (Moffett Memorial Teaching Award)
 * Graduate Student Teaching Award (McKeachie Early Career Award)

APA:Div 3: Division of Experimental Psychology
 * New Investigator Award (one for each Journal of Experimental Psychology)


 * [[APA:Div 5: Division of Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics
 * [[APA:Div 5: Dissertation Award (criteria) (awardees)
 * Jacob Cohen Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching and Mentoring (criteria) (awardees)
 * Samuel J. Messick Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award (criteria) (awardees)


 * APA:Div 6: Division of Behavioral Neuroscience and Comparative Psychology
 * D. G. Marquis Behavioral Neuroscience Award
 * F. A. Beach Comparative Psychology Award
 * C. T. Morgan Award for Distinguished Service
 * D. O. Hebb Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award


 * APA:Div 7: Division of Developmental Psychology
 * G. Stanley Hall Award for Distinguished Contribution to Developmental Psychology
 * Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology
 * Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental Psychology in the Service of Science and Society
 * Mentor Award in Developmental Psychology
 * Boyd McCandless Award
 * Dissertation Award in Developmental Psychology


 * APA:Div 8: Society for Personality and Social Psychology
 * Donald Campbell Award
 * Jack Block Award
 * Henry Murray Award
 * Theoretical Innovation Prize


 * APA:Div 9: Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
 * Gordon Allport Intergroup Relations Prize
 * Kurt Lewin Memorial Award
 * Louise Kidder Early Career Award
 * Otto Klineberg Intercultural and International Relations Award
 * Social Issues Dissertation Award


 * APA:Div 10: Society for the Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts
 * Berlyne Award
 * Arnheim Award
 * Farnsworth Award


 * APA:Div 11:


 * APA:Div 12: Society of Clinical Psychology
 * Theodore H. Blau Early Career Award for Outstanding Contribution to Professional Clinical Psychology
 * David Shakow Early Career Award
 * Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award
 * Florence Halpern Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions
 * Stanley Sue Award for Distinguished Contributions to Diversity in Clinical Psychology
 * Samuel M. Turner Clinical Research Award
 * Distinguished Student Research Award
 * Distinguished Student Practice Award


 * APA:Div 13: Society of Consulting Psychology
 * RHR International Award for Excellence in Consultation
 * RHR International Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
 * Society of Consulting Psychology Service Award


 * APA:Div 14: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology
 * Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award
 * Distinguished Professional Contributions Award
 * Distinguished Service Contributions Award
 * Robert J. Wherry Award for the Best Paper at the I-O/OB Conference
 * M. Scott Myers Award for Applied Research in the Workplace
 * William A. Owens Scholarly Achievement Award
 * S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Research Award
 * John C. Flanagan Award for Outstanding Student
 * Distinguished Early Career Contribution Award
 * Sidney Fine Award

Richard E. Snow Early Career Award in Educational Psychology Paul R. Pintrich Outstanding Dissertation Award
 * APA:Div 15: Division of Educational Psychology
 * E. L. Thorndike Award for Career Achievement in Educational Psychology (criteria) (awardees)

Senior Scientist Award Jack Bardon Distinguished Service Award Lightner Witmer Award Outstanding Dissertation Award
 * [[APA:Div 16: Division of School Psychology

Leona Tyler Award (criteria) (awardees) John Holland Award for Outstanding Achievement in Career or Personality Research (criteria) (awardees) Fritz and Linn Kuder Early Career Scientist/Practitioner Award (criteria) (awardees) John D. Black Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Practice of Counseling Psychology (criteria) (awardees) Dorothy Booz Black Award for Outstanding Research in Counseling Health Psychology (criteria) (awardees) Barbara A. Kirk Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research (criteria) (awardees) Donald E. Super Fellowship for the Support of Dissertation Research on Career Development (criteria) (awardees) Senior Recognition Award (criteria) (awardees)
 * [[APA:Div 17: Society of Counseling Psychology

Student Award Harold Hildreth Award Distinguished Service Distinguished Achievement Early Career Award Veteran's Affairs Section: Outstanding VA Psychologist Clinician, Outstanding VA Psychologist Director of Training, Outstanding VA Psychologist Researcher, Outstanding VA Psychologist Administrator, Outstanding Lifetime Career Contributions to the VA SECTION, Outstanding Early Career Contributions to the VA SECTION, Outstanding Contributions to the VA SECTION
 * [[APA:Div 18: Division of Psychologists in Public Service

Robert M. Yerkes Award John C. Flanagan Lifetime Achievement Award Charles S. Gersoni Military Psychology Award Arthur W. Melton Early Achievement Award Military Psychology Student Research Grant Military Psychology Student Travel Award
 * [[APA:Div 19: Division of Military Psychology


 * [[APA:Div 20: Division of Adult Development and Aging

Distinguished Research Achievement Award The RRF M. Powell Lawton Career Achievement Award in Aplied Gerontology The RRF/Division 20 Mentorship Award Springer Early Career Achievement Award in Research on Adult Development and Aging Division 20 Adult Development and Aging Teaching Award Margret Baltes Dissertation Award Retirement Research Foundation Student Awards for Completed Research and for Research Proposals

Franklin V. Taylor Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology Earl A. Alluisi Award for Early Career Achievement George E. Briggs Dissertation Award
 * [[APA:Div 21: Division of Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology

Early Career Research Award Roger Barker Distinguished Research Contribution Award Distinguished Service Award Harold Yuker Award for Research Excellence Leonard Diller Lecturer Student Research Award
 * [[APA:Div 22: Division of Rehabilitation Psychology

SCP-SHETH Dissertation Proposal Competition SCP Fellow Nominations SCP Early Career Award Nominations SCP Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award Nominations
 * [[APA:Div 23: Society for Consumer Psychology

Award for Distinguished Theoretical and Philosophical Contributions to Psychology Theodore Sarbin Award Sigmund Koch Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology Distinguished Service Award Student Paper Award
 * [[APA:Div 24: Division of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology

Outstanding Basic Research Award Outstanding Applied Research Award Don F. Hake Basic/Applied Research Award Fred S. Keller Behavioral Education Award B. F. Skinner New Researcher Award
 * [[APA:Div 25: Division of Behavioral Analysis

Lifetime Career Achievement Award Early Career Award Best Paper Published in History of Psychology Best Student Paper Presented at the Annual Convention
 * [[APA:Div 26: Society for the History of Psychology

Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology Distinguished Contribution to Practice in Community Psychology Harry V. McNeill Award Honoring Innovation in Community Mental Health Seymour B. Sarason Award for Community Research and Action Dissertation on a Topic Relevant to Community Psychology Emory L. Cowen Dissertation Award for the Promotion of Wellness Excellence in Mentoring Ethnic Minority Community Psychologists SCRA Fellows
 * [[APA:Div 27: Society for Community Research and Action: Division of Community Psychology

Brady-Schuster Award (sponsored by MED Associates) Outstanding Dissertation Award (sponsored by Friends Research Institute) Wyeth Young Psychopharmacologist Award
 * [[APA:Div 7: Division of Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse


 * [[APA:Div 29: Division of Psychotherapy

Distinguished Psychologist Award (criteria) (awardees) Jack D. Krasner Memorial Award (criteria) (awardees) Donald K. Freedheim Student Development Award (criteria) (awardees) Diversity Award (criteria) (awardees) Mathilda B. Canter Education and Training Award (criteria) (awardees)

Distinguished Contributions to Scientific Hypnosis Distinguished Contributions to Clinical Hypnosis Early Career Achievement Award Best Research Paper Best Applied Paper Nicholas Spanos Award for Best Student Paper
 * [[APA:Div 30: Society for Psychological Hypnosis

Outstanding Psychologist Award Outstanding Achievement by a State, Provincial or Territorial Psychological Association Outstanding Achievement by a Psychological Association Staff Member
 * [[APA:Div 31: State, Provincial, and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs

Sidney M. Jourard Student Award Symposium Charlotte and Karl Buhler Award Rollo May Award Abaraham H. Maslow Award Carl Rogers Award
 * [[APA:Div 32: Division of Humanistic Psychology

Doll Award Student Research Awards
 * [[APA:Div 33: Division of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities


 * [[APA:Div 34:

Hyde Graduate Student Research Grants Annual Prize for Psychological Research on Women and Gender by Graduate or Undergraduate Students Heritage Award Carolyn Wood Sherif Award Mary Roth Walsh Teaching the Psychology of Women Award Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Distinguished Service to the Society for the Psychology of Women
 * [[APA:Div 35: Society for the Psychology of Women

Nicholas Hobbs Award Distinguished Contribution to Child Advocacy Award Student Research Award Lifetime Advocacy Award
 * [[APA:Div 36::
 * APA:Div 37: Society for Child and Family Policy and Practice

Graduate Student Awards Career Service Award
 * APA:Div 38: Division of Health Psychology

Scientific Research Award Scholarship Award Leadership Award
 * APA:Div 39: Division of Psychoanalysis

Early Career Award
 * APA:Div 40: Division of Clinical Neuropsychology


 * APA:Div 41: American Psychology-Law Society

AP-LS Award for Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring in the Field of Psychology and Law AP-LS Book Award AP-LS Dissertation Award Distinguished Contribution to Psychology and Law Saleem Shah Award for Early Career Excellence in Psychology and Law

Distinguished Psychologist of the Year Award Distinguished Public Service Award
 * APA:Div 42: Division of Psychologists in Independent Practice

Family Psychologist of the Year Carolyn Attneave Diversity Award Distinguished Service to Family Psychology Award Distinguished Service Award Distinguished Contribution to Family Psychology Florence W. Kaslow Distinguished Contributions to International Family Psychology Award Student Research Award
 * APA:Div 43: Division of Family Psychology

Distinguished Contribution to Education and Training Distinguished Professional Contribution Distinguished Scientific Contribution Distinguished Contribution to Ethnic Minority Issues Distinguished Contribution by a Student Distinguished Service Contribution Certificate of Appreciation Best Book in Lesbian, Gay, and/or Bisexual Psychology
 * APA:Div 44: Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues

Lifetime Achievement Award Emerging Professional Award Charles and Shirley Thomas Award Distinguished Career Contribution to Service Award Distinguished Career Contribution to Research
 * APA:Div 45: Society for the Psychological Study of Ethnic Minority Issues

Lifetime Contribution to Media Psychology Distinguished Professional Contributions to Media Psychology Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Media Psychology Distinguished Student Dissertation/Research Award Early Career Applied/Research Contributions to Media Psychology Golden Psi Media Award for excellence in fictional portrayal of mental health professionals News Media Recognition Award for excellence in reporting of psychological research and information
 * APA:Div 46: Division of Media Psychology

Dissertation Award Distinguished Professional Award
 * APA:Div 47: Division of Exercise and Sport Psychology

Morton Deutsch Conflict Resolution Award
 * APA:Div 48: Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence: Peace Psychology Division

Distinguished Group Psychologist Award Dissertation Award
 * APA:Div 49: Division of Group Psychology and Group Psychotherapy

Distinguished Scientific Early Career Contributions Distinguished Scientific Contributions Distinguished Career Contributions to Education and Training Distinguished Scientific Contributions to the Application of Psychology Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Public Interest Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service to Division 50 of the American Psychological Association Outstanding Contributions to Advancing the Understanding of Addictions Outstanding Student Poster Awards
 * APA:Div 50: Division on Addictions

Student of the Year Practitioner of the Year Researcher of the Year Distinguished Professional Service
 * APA:Div 51: Society for the Psychological Study of Men and Masculinity

Denmark-Reuder Award for Excellence in the International Psychology of Women Distinguished International Psychology Award Division of International Psychology Mentoring Award
 * APA:Div 52: Division of International Psychology

Student Research Award
 * APA:Div 53: Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Routh Student Research Grant Student Research Award Lee Salk Distinguished Service Award Logan Wright Distinguished Service Award Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award
 * APA:Div 54: Society of Pediatric Psychology

Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the National Level Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy at the State Level Patrick H. DeLeon Prize for Outstanding Student Contribution to the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy
 * APA:Div 55: American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy