We are seeking nominations for the 2023 Biennial Awards! The SRCD Senior Distinguished Contributions Awards, Early Career Research Contribution Award, and the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards honor SRCD members’ acclaimed work in developmental science across all career levels. The Awards will be presented at the 2023 Biennial Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A.
Nominations for the 2023 Biennial Awards are due September 16, 2022.
How to use the Nomination site:
- You must be logged into your SRCD account to successfully submit a nomination. Once you are logged in, you will see "MY ACCOUNT" in the upper right of your screen.
- To begin a nomination, click on the link, “To start a new Nomination, please click here.” A pop-up search box will appear.
- In the pop-up box, search for the person you wish to nominate by their first or last name. The search results will appear below the search fields. Click the “Select” button next to the person’s name.
NOTE: If the name of the person you wish to nominate does not appear in the search results—or if no records are displayed—please email scholar@srcd.org to troubleshoot.
- After selecting the name of your nominee, you will be taken to a nomination form, with the nominee’s name at the top of the page.
- Complete and submit the nomination form.
- Once you have submitted a nomination, you will see it listed in the “Edit Submission(s)” tab.
- If you wish to make changes to your submitted nomination, click the paper and pen icon next to the name of the nominee whose nomination you’d like to update. Changes can be made at any time up until the nomination deadline (September 9, 2022, 11:59pm ET). Make sure to click “Submit and Review” to record all changes! To submit more than one nomination, select the “Submission” tab at the top of the page and follow Steps 1-5 to create an additional nomination. You may repeat this process as many times as you’d like!
NOTE: When starting an additional nomination, you will likely see the information from the previous nomination you submitted in the form fields. That is okay. The submission fields are not cleared when starting a new nomination, but your previous nomination was saved and recorded when you clicked “Submit and Review.” All of your completed nominations will appear in the “Edit Submission(s)” tab.
Please send inquiries regarding all submission sites to scholar@srcd.org
SRCD Senior Distinguished Contributions Awards
Established in 1977, this award category recognizes SRCD members who have distinguished themselves over a sustained period of time in at least one domain of research and service and are thus ordinarily given to more senior SRCD members.
Any SRCD member can make a nomination, which should include:
- the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and
- a nomination letter that explains why the nominee deserves to be considered for a Senior Distinguished Contributions Award.
The letter must specify one or more areas of contribution from a list of 8 categories, or from another area of contribution described by the nominator. Click here to see the full list of categories.
All files must be in PDF format.
Nominations should be submitted electronically through the submission site by September 16, 2022, 11:59pm ET.
SRCD Early Career Research Contributions Award
Established in 2002, this award is made to SRCD members who have distinguished themselves as researchers and scholars, as evidenced through research, publications, and scholarly activity. The nominee should be no more than six years beyond the Ph.D. or equivalent degree (i.e., obtained after January 1, 2017).
Any SRCD member can make a nomination, which should include:
- a nomination letter explaining why the nominee deserves to be considered for an Early Career Research Contributions Award,
- the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and
- copies of three papers authored by the nominee.
All files must be in PDF format.
Nominations should be submitted electronically through the submission site by September 16, 2022, 11:59pm ET.
SRCD Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards
Created in 2008, the SRCD Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards are given to SRCD members for dissertations that are unusually noteworthy. SRCD is soliciting member nominations for the 2023 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards for dissertations completed during the years 2021-2022 (specifically between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2022). These awards also come with a $500 honorarium.
Any SRCD member can make a nomination, which should include:
- a 3-page, single-spaced summary of the dissertation,
- an electronic link to the full dissertation,
- the nominee’s curriculum vitae, and
- a nomination letter
The letter from the nominator/mentor should explain why the dissertation is outstanding and merits the award. Please bear in mind that most dissertations are meritorious; the nomination letter must make the case as to why the nominated dissertation is unusually noteworthy in terms of the quality of the topic, the relevance to the field of developmental science, and the relevance to SRCD’s Strategic Goals. In addition, further qualifications of the nominee should be included, such as publications, placement (e.g., post-doc, Assistant Professor), and the long-term potential contributions to the field. Self-nomination is allowed.
All files must be in PDF format.
Nominations should be submitted electronically through the submission site by September 16, 2022, 11:59pm ET.
Please send inquiries regarding all submission sites to scholar@srcd.org