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ABPP Awards

Distinguished Service to the Profession AwardThe “Distinguished Service to the Profession Award” honors a Certified Specialist whose career represents outstanding contributions to psychology by way of research, professional publications, policy development and implementation, teaching, training, or advocacy for the profession. Nominations of individuals for this award should include a description of how their work impacted the profession of psychology, including their scientific and or scholarly publication achievements, teaching or training programs, and advocacy that is not limited to activities associated with one specialty board or academy.
Distinguished Service & Contributions to the American Board of Professional PsychologyThe “Distinguished Service and Contributions to the American Board of Professional Psychology” recognizes a Certified Specialist who has made significant contributions to the development and operation of the American Board of Professional Psychology by way of publications about or advocacy for board certification, involvement in ABPP administration or policy development, or other service to ABPP and its affiliated boards. The focus of this award is specifically focused on the individual’s contributions to ABPP and do not require recognition of a broad impact upon the profession as a whole.
Nominations:  Accepted online via the ABPP website and must be accompanied by the nominee's CV and the appropriate Nomination Form below (no additional information will be accepted). Self-nominations are not accepted. Nominations will be accepted beginning August 15th and end on October 15th.

Awardees: Will be acknowledged at the ABPP Annual Convocation held during APA the following year and the Distinguished Service to the Profession Awardee will give the address. 

Please select Nomination Form to download. Complete. Submit CV & Nomination Form on the link below.
Download Nomination Form - Distinguished Service to the Profession Award
Download Nomination Form - Distinguished Service & Contributions to the American Board of Professional Psychology
Submit Nomination Form & CV