# List of psychology awards

This list of psychology awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for work in the fields of psychology, cognitive sciences and psychiatry.

## List

| Country | Award | Sponsor | Given for |
| Canada | CPA Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as a Science | Canadian Psychological Association | Significant contribution to Canadian psychology as a scientific discipline |
| Canada, United States | Howard Crosby Warren Medal | Society of Experimental Psychologists | The Society of Experimental Psychologists awards the Howard Crosby Warren Medal annually for outstanding achievement in Experimental Psychology in the United States and Canada. |
| Canada | Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Scholarship | Canadian Psychological Association | Best psychoanalytic book |
| Canada | Otto Weininger Memorial Award | Canadian Psychological Association | Psychoanalytic or psychodynamic psychologist who has demonstrated outstanding clinical, empirical, or theoretical contributions in the areas of psychoanalytic or psychodynamic psychology Defunct. |
| Chile | National Prize for Natural Sciences | CONICYT | Various categories |
| Denmark | The Brain Prize | Lundbeck Foundation | Outstanding contribution to neuroscience and still active in research |
| Europe | Aristotle Prize | European Federation of Psychologists' Associations (EFPA) | Psychologist from Europe who has made a distinguished contribution to psychology |
| France | Jean Nicod Prize | French National Centre for Scientific Research | Leading philosopher of mind or philosophically oriented cognitive scientist |
| Germany | Kurt Koffka Medal | University of Giessen | To honor scientists who advanced the fields of perception or developmental psychology to an extraordinary extent |
| Italy | Mind & Brain Prize | Polytechnic University of Turin | Outstanding achievement in advancing knowledge about mind and brain by persons whose work contributed to the growth and development of the discipline |
| United Kingdom | BPS Barbara Wilson Lifetime Achievement Award | British Psychological Society | Outstanding contribution to neuropsychology in the United Kingdom |
| United Kingdom | Presidents' Award | British Psychological Society | honours a psychologist in mid to late career (10-25 years post PhD), currently engaged in research of outstanding quality that has made exceptional contributions to psychological knowledge |
| United Kingdom | Spearman Medal | British Psychological Society | Outstanding published work in psychology which represents a significant body of work in terms of theoretical contributions, originality, and impact |
| United States | APA Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Psychology | American Psychological Association | Distinguished and enduring lifetime contributions to the international cooperation and advancement of knowledge in psychology |
| United States | APA Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research | American Psychological Association | Psychologist whose research has led to important discoveries or developments in the field of applied psychology |
| United States | APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology | American Psychological Association | Psychologists who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research in psychology |
| United States | APA Award for Lifetime Contributions to Psychology | American Psychological Association | Lifetime contributions |
| United States | APA Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution to Psychology | American Psychological Association | Outstanding research psychologists who are in the early stages of their career |
| United States | APA Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology | American Psychological Association | Applications of psychology |
| United States | APA International Humanitarian Award | American Psychological Association | Extraordinary humanitarian service and activism by a psychologist or a team of psychologists, including professional and/or volunteer work conducted primarily in the field with underserved populations |
| United States | Bruno Klopfer Award | Society for Personality Assessment | Lifetime achievement in personality psychology |
| United States | Covey Award | International Association for Computing and Philosophy | (Cognitive science) Accomplished innovative research, and possibly teaching that flows from that research, in the field of computing and philosophy broadly conceived |
| United States | Donald T. Campbell Award | APA Society for Personality and Social Psychology | Distinguished researchers in the field of social psychology |
| United States | E. L. Thorndike Award | American Psychological Association | Substantial career achievements in educational psychology |
| United States | Frank Prize | University of Florida | Research that advances public interest communications around positive social change, including issues such as education, health, politics, and the environment |
| United States | Grawemeyer Award | University of Louisville | Psychology: ideas rather than lifelong or publicized personal achievement |
| United States | James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award | Association for Psychological Science | Lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology |
| United States | Joseph Zubin Award (APPA) | American Psychopathological Association | Fundamental role in psychopathology research, contributed knowledge and stimulated others |
| United States | Joseph Zubin Award (SRP) | Society for Research in Psychopathology | Lifetime achievement award |
| United States | Joseph Zubin Memorial Fund Award | New York State Psychiatric Institute etc | Investigators who are in an early stage of their career, but have already made significant contributions to research in any area of psychopathology. From 1994 through 2010. |
| United States | Oskar Pfister Award | American Psychiatric Association, Association of Mental Health Clergy | Significant contributions to the field of religion and psychiatry |
| United States | Rumelhart Prize | Cognitive Science Society | Contributions to the theoretical foundations of human cognition |
| United States | Troland Research Awards | National Academy of Sciences | Researchers under the age of 40 in recognition of psychological research on the relationship between consciousness and the physical world |
| United States | William James Fellow Award | Association for Psychological Science | APS Members for their lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology |