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THE ABCT AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES AND SALUTES INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THERAPY AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE HELPED TO TRAIN MANY OF THESE VERY PEOPLE.

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    Career/Lifetime Achievement
    Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have made significant contributions over a number of years to cognitive and/or behavior therapy. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Clinician Award and the Outstanding Education/Training Award)

    Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Clinical Activities
    Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions to clinical work in cognitive and/or behavioral modalities. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Researcher Award and the Outstanding Education/Training Award)

    Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Educational/Training Activities
    Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions toward educating and training behavior therapists. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Clinician Award and the Outstanding Researcher Award)

    Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Research Activities
    Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions to the literature advancing our knowledge of behavior therapy. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Clinician Award and the Outstanding Education/Training Award)

    Outstanding Mentor
    Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have encouraged the clinical and/or academic and professional excellence of psychology graduate students, interns, postdocs, and/or residents. Outstanding mentors are considered those who have provided exceptional guidance to students through leadership, advisement and activities aimed at providing opportunities for professional development, networking and future growth. Appropriate nominators are current or past students of the mentor. (This Award Rotates with Outstanding Training Program Award)

    Outstanding Training Program
    This award will be given to a training program that has made a significant contribution to training behavior therapists and/or promoting behavior therapy. Training programs can include graduate (doctoral or master's), predoctoral internship, postdoctoral programs, institutes, or continuing education initiatives.

    Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy
    Eligible candidates for this award should NOT be members of ABCT, but are individuals who have promoted the mission of cognitive and/or behavioral work outside of our organization.

    Student Dissertation Awards

  • Virginia A. Roswell Student Dissertation Award
  • Leonard Krasner Student Dissertation Award
  • John R. Z. Abela Student Dissertation Award
    This award will be given to a student based on his or her doctoral dissertation proposal. The research should be relevant to behavior therapy. Accompanying this honor will be a $1,000 award to be used in support of research (e.g., to pay participants, to purchase testing equipment) and/or to facilitate travel to the ABCT convention. Eligible candidates for this award should be student members who have already had their dissertation proposal approved and are investigating an area of direct relevance to behavior therapy, broadly defined. A student's dissertation mentor should complete the nomination.

    Outstanding Service to ABCT
    This award is presented to a person who has actively demonstrated exceptional dedication, persistence, excellence, and rigor regarding the association's operation and activities.

    Elsie Ramos Memorial Student Poster Awards
    This award can be given for any topic relevant to behavior therapy, but submissions consistent with the current conference theme are particularly encouraged. Eligible papers must be authored by an individual with five years or less posttraining experience; and have been published in the last two years or currently be in press. The criteria for the award includes the rationale, importance, and novelty of the study; its relevance to cognitive-behavioral therapy or assessment; methodology; analysis of the data and interpretation of empirical results; clarity of the written presentation; and independent scholarship.

    President's New Researcher
    This award is solicited by the current ABCT President and is judged by the President, Past President, and incoming President of the Association. Submissions will be accepted on any topic relevant to behavior therapy, but papers consistent with the current conference theme are particularly encouraged. The winner receives a certificate and a cash prize of $500.

     

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    to be presented at the 46th Annual Convention in National Harbor, MD

    The ABCT Awards and Recognition Committee, chaired by Shireen L. Rizvi, Ph.D., of Rutgers University, is pleased to announce the 2012 awards program. Nominations are requested in all categories listed below. Please see the specific nomination instructions in each category. Please note that award nominations may not be submitted by current members of the ABCT Board of Directors.

    Career/Lifetime Achievement

    Eligible candidates for this award should be members of ABCT in good standing who have made significant contributions over a number of years to cognitive and/or behavior therapy. Applications should include a letter of nomination, three letters of support, and a curriculum vitae of the nominee. Past recipients of this award include Albert Ellis, Leonard Krasner, Steven C. Hayes, David H. Barlow, G. Alan Marlatt, and Antonette M. Zeiss. Please complete the on-line nomination form by clicking on the link below. Then e-mail the completed form to awards.abct@gmail.com. Include "Career/Lifetime Achievement" in the subject line. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Career/Lifetime Achievement, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.

    Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012

    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for
        Educational/Training Activities

    Eligible candidates for this award should be members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions toward educating and training behavior therapists. Past recipients of this award include Gerald C. Davison in 1997, Leo Reyna in 2000, Harold Leitenberg in 2003, Marvin R. Goldfried in 2006, and Philip C. Kendall in 2009. Please complete the on-line nomination form by clicking on the link below. Then e-mail the completed form to awards.abct@gmail.com. Include "Outstanding Education/Training" in the subject line. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Outstanding Education/Training, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.

    Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012

    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Outstanding Mentor

    This year we are seeking eligible candidates for the Outstanding Mentor award who are members of ABCT in good standing who have encouraged the clinical and/or academic and professional excellence of psychology graduate students, interns, postdocs, and/or residents. Outstanding mentors are considered those who have provided exceptional guidance to students through leadership, advisement, and activities aimed at providing opportunities for professional development, networking, and future growth. Appropriate nominators are current or past trainees of the mentor. The first recipient of this award was Richard Heimberg in 2006, followed by G. Terence Wilson in 2008, and Richard J. McNally in 2010. Please complete the on-line nomination form by clicking on the link below. Then e-mail the completed form to awards.abct@gmail.com. Include "Outstanding Mentor" in the subject line. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Outstanding Mentor, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.

    Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012

    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy

    Eligible candidates for this award should NOT be members of ABCT, but are individuals who have promoted the mission of cognitive and/or behavioral work outside of our organization. Applications should include a letter of nomination, three letters of support, and a curriculum vitae of the nominee. Past recipients of this award include Jon Kabat-Zinn, Nora Volkow, John Allen, Anne Fletcher, Jack Gorman, Art Dykstra, Michael Davis, Paul Ekman, and The Honorable Erik K. Shinseki. Please complete the on-line nomination form by clicking on the link below. Then e-mail the completed form to awards.abct@gmail.com. Include "Distinguished Friend to BT" in the subject line. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Distinguished Friend to BT, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.

    Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012

    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Student Dissertation Awards:

  • Virginia A. Roswell Student Dissertation Award ($1,000)
  • Leonard Krasner Student Dissertation Award ($1,000)
  • John R. Z. Abela Student Dissertation Award ($500)

    Each award will be given to one student based on his/her doctoral dissertation proposal. The research should be relevant to behavior therapy. Accompanying this honor will be a monetary award (see above) to be used in support of research (e.g., to pay participants, to purchase testing equipment) and/or to facilitate travel to the ABCT convention. Eligible candidates for this award should be student members who have already had their dissertation proposal approved and are investigating an area of direct relevance to behavior therapy, broadly defined. A student's dissertation mentor may complete the nomination. Self-nominations are also accepted. Nominations must be accompanied by a letter of recommendation from the dissertation advisor. Please complete the on-line nomination form by clicking on the link below. Then e-mail the completed form to awards.abct@gmail.com. Include "Student Dissertation Award" in the subject line. Please include an e-mail address for both the student and the dissertation advisor. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Student Dissertation Award, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.

    Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012

    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Nominations for the following award are solicited from members of the ABCT governance:

    Outstanding Service to ABCT

    Please complete the on-line nomination form by clicking on the link below. Then e-mail the completed form to awards.abct@gmail.com. Include "Outstanding Service" in the subject line. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Outstanding Service to ABCT, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.

    Nomination deadline: March 1, 2012

    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    President's New Researcher Award

    ABCT's 2011-2012 President, Robert K. Klepac, Ph.D., ABPP, invites submissions for the 34th Annual President's New Researcher Award. The winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $500. The award will be based upon an early program of research that reflects factors such as: consistency with the mission of ABCT; independent work published in high-impact journals; and promise of developing theoretical or practical applications that represent clear advances to the field. While nominations consistent with the conference theme are particularly encouraged, submissions will be accepted on any topic relevant to cognitive behavior therapy, including but not limited to topics such as the development and testing of models, innovative practices, technical solutions, novel venues for service delivery, and new applications of well-established psychological principles. Submissions must include the nominee's current Curriculum Vita and one exemplary paper. Eligible papers must (a) be authored by an individual with five years or less posttraining experience (e.g., post-Ph.D. or post-residency); and (b) have been published in the last two years or currently be in press. Submissions will be judged by a review committee consisting of Robert Klepac, Ph.D., Debra A. Hope, Ph.D., and Stefan Hofmann, Ph.D. (ABCT's President, Immediate Past-President, and President-Elect). Submissions must be received by Monday, August 6, 2012, and must include four copies of both the paper and the author's vita and supporting letters if the latter are included. Send submissions to ABCT President's New Researcher Award, 305 Seventh Ave., 16th floor, New York, NY 10001.

    Submission deadline: August 6, 2012

     

     

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