Awards

EAPP Awards

Promoting scholarly excellence in personality psychology.

EAPP honours and recognises scientific achievements through awards at different career stages. The awards recognise outstanding research, early achievement, leadership, service, and high-quality scientific presentations.

Awards at a Glance

The overview below provides a quick summary of the EAPP awards, their timing, and the achievements they recognise.

Award	Timing	Recognises
Dissertation Award	Biennial non-conference year	The award was established in 2010 and its purpose is to promote personality psychology in Europe and the rest of the world by honoring psychologists whose extraordinary early achievements have already made a significant impact in the field of personality psychology (broadly defined) and/or the EAPP.
Early Achievement Award	Biennial non-conference year	The award was established in 2010, and its purpose is to promote personality psychology in Europe and the rest of the world by honoring psychologists whose extraordinary early achievements have already made a significant impact in the field of personality psychology (broadly defined) and/or the EAPP.
EAPP–EASP Award	Biennial non-conference year	Research at the crossroads of personality and social psychology
Mid-Career Award	Biennial non-conference year	The award was established in 2014 to promote personality psychology in Europe and the rest of the world by honoring outstanding mid-career personality psychologists whose current and past work has a significant impact on the field of personality psychology (broadly defined) and/or the EAPP.
Life-Time Achievement Award	Biennial non-conference year	The award was established in 2012. Its purpose is to promote personality psychology in Europe and the rest of the world by honoring outstanding senior researchers whose life work has had a significant and profound impact on the field of personality psychology (broadly defined).
Leadership and Service Award	Biennial non-conference year	The award was established in 2018 to promote important, unique, or long-lasting contributions that stand out, from individuals demonstrating exceptional service, dedication, and/or leadership in and to the field of personality psychology (broadly defined) and/or the EAPP.
ECP Poster Awards	Biennial at the ECP	High-quality poster presentations at the European Conference on Personality

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Award Categories

Dissertation Award

What the award recognises

The award honours and promotes up to two excellent dissertations within personality psychology, broadly defined. It aims to increase the visibility of outstanding young personality psychologists within the scientific community and among the general public.

Formal requirements

PhD within the last two years before receiving the award
EAPP membership or having applied for membership

Early Achievement Award

What the award recognises

The award is given to a young psychologist whose extraordinary early achievements in personality psychology, broadly defined, have already made a significant impact in the field.

Formal requirements

PhD within 11 years at the month of receiving the award
EAPP membership

EAPP–EASP Award

What the award recognises

The award honours European researchers who study phenomena at the crossroads of personality and social psychology and who have greatly contributed to both fields.

The award is given at either the biennial EAPP Members’ Meeting or the triennial EASP Members’ Meeting.

Formal requirements

Active membership in EAPP, EASP, or both
Mid-career researcher

Mid-Career Award

What the award recognises

The award honours personality psychologists with a mature and influential record of research.

Formal requirements

EAPP membership
Active involvement in research at the time of nomination
PhD awarded 12–25 years previously

Life-Time Achievement Award

What the award recognises

The award honours outstanding researchers whose life work has had a significant and profound impact on the field of personality psychology, broadly defined.

Formal requirement

EAPP membership

Leadership and Service Award

What the award recognises

The award promotes important, unique, or long-lasting contributions that stand out. It recognises individuals who demonstrate exceptional service, dedication, or leadership in and to personality psychology, broadly defined, or EAPP.

Formal requirement

Active EAPP membership or having applied for membership

About the EAPP Career Awards

EAPP introduced its career award system in 2012. This replaced the Distinguished Personality Psychologist Award system that was used in 2008 and 2010. The Dissertation Award was added in 2020.

The purpose of the career awards is to increase the visibility of personality psychology within the scientific community and among the general public.

General Criteria

Outstanding programme of research
Contribution to personality psychology in Europe and the rest of the world

What Winners Receive

A plaque
A personal prize of €1,000
A free two-year EAPP membership

Winners of the Life-Time Achievement Award and the Leadership and Service Award receive honorary EAPP membership.

ECP Poster Awards

Poster presentations are an important and efficient means of exchanging ideas and results at scientific conferences. Since the 9th European Conference on Personality, held in Guildford, UK, in 1998, EAPP has recognised poster presentations of high quality.

Winners receive a certificate and prize money according to the ranking of the poster.

Ranking	Prize
First prize	€500
Second prize	€300
Third prize	€200

Distinguished Personality Psychologist Award

2008 and 2010

In 2008 and 2010, EAPP presented the Distinguished Personality Psychologist Award to honour outstanding contributions to European personality psychology. These awards were the forerunners of the Life-Time Achievement Award and the Mid-Career Award.