Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award
Nomination Guidelines and Criteria
1. Nominations may be submitted by any member of SIOP, the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, or by any person who is sponsored by a member of one of these organizations. Self-nominations are welcome.
2. Only members of SIOP may be nominated for the award.
3. A current vita of the nominee should accompany the letter of nomination. In addition, the nominator should include materials that illustrate the contributions of the nominee. Supporting letters may be included as part of the nomination packet. The number of supporting letters (not counting the nominating letter) for any given nomination should be between a minimum of three and a maximum of five.
4. Letters of nomination, vita, and all supporting letters (including at least three and no more than five) or materials must be submitted online by June 30, 2008.
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Administrative Procedures
1. The SIOP Awards Committee will review the letters of nomination and all supporting materials of all nominees and make a recommendation concerning one or more nominees to the SIOP Executive Committee. Two or more nominees may be selected if their contributions are similarly distinguished.
2. The Executive Committee may either endorse or reject the recommendations of the Awards Committee but may not substitute a nominee of its own.
3. In the absence of a nominee who is deemed deserving of the award by both the Awards Committee and the Executive Committee, the award may be withheld.
Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award
In recognition of distinguished early career contributions to the science or practice of industrial and organizational psychology.
This award is given to an individual who has made distinguished contributions to the science and/or practice of I-O psychology within seven (7) years of receiving the PhD degree. In order to be considered for the 2009 award, nominees must have defended their dissertation no earlier than 2002. The setting in which the nominee has made the contributions (i.e., academia, government, industry) is not relevant.
The recipient of the award is given a plaque and a cash prize of $1,500. In addition, the recipient is invited to give an address that relates to his or her contribution at the subsequent meeting of SIOP.
Criteria for the Award
The letter of nomination should address the following issues:
1. The general nature of the nominee’s contributions to science and/or practice.
2. The most important contributions to science and/or practice.
3. The impact of the nominee’s contribution on the science and/or practice of I-O psychology, including the impact that the work has had on the work of students and colleagues.
4. The status of the nominee as a scientist and/or practitioner vis-à-vis other prominent scientists and/or practitioners in the field of I-O psychology.
5. Although the number of publications is an important consideration, it is not the only one. An equally important criteria is the quality of the publications and their impact on the field of I-O psychology.
6. Documentation should be provided that indicates that the nominee received his or her PhD degree no earlier than 2002.
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