Distinguished Scientist-Practitioner Award
The Distinguished Scientist-Practitioner Award recognizes an AASP member who demonstrates exceptional quality, innovation, and impact in delivering sport and performance psychology services to the public. The recipient receives a $500 cash award, a waived AASP Annual Conference registration fee in the year of the award, and a plaque presented at the conference.
Award Criteria
Nominees must meet the following criteria:
- Sustained involvement in and meaningful contributions to both the science (e.g., published papers and/or professional practice articles that are theoretically relevant, describing novel ways of applying methods used to existing literature) and the practice of systematic sport and/or performance psychology service delivery;
- Demonstrated quality and innovation of holistic performance and/or wellness services that represents an exceptional practitioner-scholar model of professional practice
- Significant impact on service recipients in any performance domain such a sport, corporate, military, arts and others, that enhances wide public interest in and appreciation for the field of sport and/or performance psychology
- Membership in AASP for 3 consecutive years at the time of the nomination.
Submission Guidelines
An AASP member must nominate the candidate for this award and serve as the candidate’s sponsor. The nomination materials include:
- A letter of nomination describing in specific detail the achievements of the candidate in relation to the three award criteria (3 pages maximum)
- Two (2) letters of support for the candidate specifically describing the quality and impact of the candidate’s work. These letters should be written by participants in the group/agency in which the candidate’s work has been focused (they should not be professional sport psychology colleagues)
- The candidate’s curriculum vitae
*Deadline for this award: March 1 of each year.
View a list of past Distinguished Scientist-Practitioner Award recipients
