Nominations Invited For Research Award

APA invites submissions for its 2005 Award for Research in Psychiatry. First awarded in 1949 as the Hofheimer Prize, this is the most significant award that APA presents for research.

The award recognizes a single distinguished contribution, a body of work, or a lifetime contribution that has had a major impact on the field and/or altered the practice of psychiatry. The award is intended to cover the full spectrum of psychiatric research. The award consists of a $5,000 prize and an honorary plaque to be presented at APA’s annual meeting; the winner will be asked to present a lecture in connection with the award.

Candidates must be citizens of the United States or Canada and be nominated by a sponsor; sponsors must be APA members.

Sponsors should submit a letter justifying the nomination in detail and summarizing the nominee’s research accomplishments in a specific area or the coherent theme of the research.

Nominees should submit a book, paper, or group of representative and thematically linked books and papers published in English (or accepted for publication); a summary statement emphasizing the principal theme running through the work and its internal cohesiveness and consistency and scientific implications; an up-to-date C.V.; and an up-to-date bibliography.

The award is based on an annual competition, and prior applicants may reapply by submitting a complete set of the required number of applicant materials. The deadline for receipt of submissions is August 27. All entries must be submitted in seven collated sets to Alan F. Schatzberg, M.D., Chair, APA Research Awards Committee, c/o APA Division of Research, 1000 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Va. 22209-3901.

More information is available from Harold Goldstein, Ph.D., of APA’s Division of Research by phone at (703) 907-8623 or by e-mail at [email protected]. ▪