Awards and Honors
William James Fellow Award
The annual William James Fellow Award honors individuals for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology.
2012 Award Recipients
Ellen Berscheid
University of Minnesota
Elaine C. Hatfield
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Henry L. Roediger, III
Washington University in St. Louis
Corecipients
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James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award
The annual James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award honors individuals for their lifetime of significant
intellectual achievements in applied psychological research and their impact on a critical problem in society at large.
2012 Award Recipients
David H. Barlow
Boston University
Geraldine Dawson
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
and Autism Speaks
Gail S. Goodman
University of California, Davis
Janet Taylor Spence Award For Transformative Early Career Contributions
The APS Janet Taylor Spence Award was established to recognize transformative early career contributions to psychological science. Award winners should reflect the best of the many new and cutting edge ideas coming out of our most creative and promising investigators who, together, embody the future of psychological science.
About Award | Nomination Information | Award announcement | Past Recipients
APS Fellows
Fellow status is awarded to APS Members who made sustained outstanding contributions to the science of psychology in the areas of research, teaching, and/or application.
About Fellow Status | Nomination Information | Recent Fellows | All Fellows |
Student Awards & Grants
The APS Student Caucus offers several awards and grants to promote the research of psychology. Learn More
The James McKeen Cattell Fund
For over half a century, the James McKeen Cattell Fund has provided support for the science and the application of psychology. The Fund offers a program of supplementary sabbatical awards
(”James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowships”). These awards supplement the regular sabbatical allowance provided by the recipients’ home institutions, to allow an extension of leave-time from one to two semesters.
Previous Recipients | Application | Fund History | Eligibility



