Awards and Fellowships

The awards are as follows:

(1) The ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award honors a single individual who has made distinguished theoretical or empirical contributions to basic research, student training, and other scholarly endeavors in Behavioral Development. Evaluations are based on the scientific merit of the individual’s work and the significance of this work for generating new empirical or theoretical areas in the study of Behavioral Development.

(2) The ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research honors researchers who have made distinguished theoretical or empirical advances in Behavioral Development leading to the understanding or amelioration of significant practical problems. The award is for an individual whose work has contributed not only to the science of Behavioral Development but also to the benefit of applying science to society. The individual’s contributions may have been made through advocacy, direct service, influencing public policy or education, or through any other routes that enable the science of Behavioral Development to improve the welfare of children and/or adults, and/or families.

(3) The ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development honors distinguished and enduring lifetime contributions to international cooperation and the advancement of knowledge.

(4) The Award of Lifetime Membership recognizes services to ISSBD and the field of lifespan developmental science. The criteria for awarding a Lifetime Membership Award are as follows:

• The recipient has been an ISSBD member for an extended period of time, generally at least 30 years, and will usually be retired

• Evidence of substantive contributions to ISSBD over time — e.g., membership of committees; presentation of keynote addresses at biennial meetings; attendance at Biennial Meetings; publication of papers in IJBD

• Evidence of significant contributions to developmental science — recognition within the field through prestigious appointments and/or honors; publication record and citations

Awards Nomination Process

For these awards, nominators should include in the letter of nomination a statement addressing the following questions:

• What are the general themes of the nominee’s research program?

• What important research findings are attributed to the nominee?

• To what extent have the nominee’s theoretical contributions generated research in the field?

• What has been the significant and enduring influence of the nominee’s research?

• What influence has the nominee had on students and others in the same field of study? If possible, please identify the nominee’s former (and current, if relevant) graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.

• Nominations must include a letter of nomination; a current curriculum vita; up to five representative reprints; and the names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of three scientists familiar with the nominee’s research and theoretical writings.

Young Scientist Award

The ISSBD Young Scientist Award recognizes a young scientist who has made a distinguished theoretical contribution to the study of Behavioral Development, has conducted programmatic research of distinction, or has made a distinguished contribution to the dissemination of developmental science. The award is for continued efforts rather than a single outstanding work. Scientists who are within seven years of completion of the doctoral degree are eligible. For this award, nominations must include a letter of nomination; a current curriculum vita; up to five representative reprints; and the names, addresses, and e-mail addresses of three scientists familiar with the nominee’s research and theoretical writings.

Eligibility

• Members of the Awards Committee are excluded as possible nominees.

• The President and President-Elect of ISSBD are ineligible for nomination.

• Previous award winners in one category can be nominated for an award in another category.

 

ISSBD Awardees

 

Year	Award	Awardee
Rhodes, 2022	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Robert Bradley
	ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development	Frosso Motti
	Young Scientist Award	Laura Taylor
2020	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Xinyin Chen
	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research	Abraham Sagi-Schwartz
	ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development	Barry Schneider
	Young Scientist Award	Thao Ha
Gold Coast, 2018	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Marcel Van Aken
	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research	Todd Little
	ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development	Marc Bornstein
	Young Scientist Award	Rebecca Collie
Vilnius, 2016	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Håkan Stattin
	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research	Richard Lerner
	Young Scientist Award	Radosveta Dimitrova
Shanghai, 2014	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Christopher Hertzog
	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research	Heidi Keller
	Young Scientist Award	Loes Keijsers Jelle Sijtsema
Edmonton, 2012	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Wyndol Furman
	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research	Rainer K. Silbereisen
	ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development	Rachel Seginer
	Young Scientist Award	Michael Pleuss
Lusaka, 2010	Young Scientist Award	Jaap Denissen Su Yeong Kim
Würzburg, 2008	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Terry Moffitt & Avshalom Caspi (joint recipients) Nancy Eisenberg
	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research	Catherine Cooper
	ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development	Ken Rubin
	Young Scientist Award	Gertjaan Overbeek
Melbourne, 2006	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award	Jack Block
	ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research	Lea Pulkkinen
	ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development	Cornelis (Kees) van Lieshout
	Young Scientist Award	Qi Wang
Ghent, 2004	ISSBD Award for Distinguished Contributions to the International Advancement of Research and Theory in Behavioural Development	Willard W. Hartup Harold Stevenson

 

Lifetime Achievement Awards

The Award of Lifetime Membership is in recognition of services to ISSBD and the field of lifespan developmental science. The criteria for awarding a Lifetime Membership Award are as follows:

• The recipient has been an ISSBD member for a long period of time, normally at least 30 years, and will normally be retired

• Evidence of substantive contributions to ISSBD over time — e.g. membership of committees; presentation of keynote addresses at biennial meetings; attendance at Biennial Meetings; publication of papers in IJBD

• Evidence of significant contributions to developmental science — recognition within the field through prestigious appointments and/or honours; publication record and citations

Current Lifetime Member Awards

• Jacqueline Goodnow, Australia (deceased): awarded 2013

• Willard Hartup, University of Minnesota: awarded 2013

• Rolf Oerter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich: awarded 2013

• Sir Michael Rutter, Kings College London: awarded 2013

• Anne Petersen, University of Michigan: awarded 2015

• Rainer Silbereisen, University of Jena: awarded 2015

• Barry Schneider, University of Ottawa: awarded 2015

• Zhaolan Meng, Peking University: awarded 2015

• Kenneth Rubin, University of Maryland: awarded 2020

 

Cohort	Name	Institution
2022	Amina Abubakar	Aga Khan University
	Kristine Ajrouch	University of Michigan
	Charissa Cheah	University of Maryland
	Toon Cillessen	Radboud University
	Robert Coplan	Carleton University
	Patricio Cumsille	Universidad Católica de Chile
	Godfrey Ejuu	Kyambogo University
	Berna Guroglu	Leiden University
	Paul Harris	Harvard University
	Erika Hoff	Florida Atlantic University
	Jennifer Lansford	Duke University
	Kofi Marfo	Aga Khan University
	Frosso Motti	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
	Paul Oburu	Maseno University
	Christina Salmivalli	University of Turku
	Christiane Spiel	University of Vienna
	Mark Stemmler	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
	Therese Tchombe	University of Buea
	Gisela Trommsdorff	University of Konstanz
	Karina Weichold	Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2020	Julie Bowker	University at Buffalo
	Robert Crosnoe	University of Texas at Austin
	Constance Flanagan	University of Wisconsin-Madison
	Michael Rutter(deceased)	King’s College London
	Abraham Sagi-Schwartz	University of Haifa
	Katariina Salmela-Aro	University of Helsinki
	Ingrid Schoon	University College London
	Jacqui Smith	University of Michigan
	Peter Smith	University of London
	René Veenstra	University of Groningen
	Sabine Walper	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2018	Xinyin Chen	University of Pennsylvania
2016	Bame Nsamenang (deceased)	University of Bamenda
	Brett Laursen	Florida Atlantic University
	Frank Kessel	University of New Mexico
	Luc Goosens	University of Leuven
	Silvia Koller	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
	Suman Verma	Panjab University
	Toni Antonucci	University of Michigan
2014	Ann Sanson	University of Melbourne
	Anne Petersen	University of Michigan
	Avshalom Caspi	Duke University
	Barry Schneider	University of Ottawa; Boston College
	Biao Sang	East China Normal University
	Bonnie L. Barber	Griffith University
	Catherine Cooper	University of California Santa Cruz
	Heidi Keller	University of Osnabrück
	Joan Miller	The New School for Social Research
	Jutta Heckhausen	University of California Irvine
	Kenneth H. Rubin	University of Maryland
	Lea Pulkkinen	University of Jyväskylä
	Marcel van Aken	Utrecht University
	Nancy Eisenberg	Arizona State University
	Nancy Galambos	University of Alberta
	Rachel Seginer	University of Haifa
	Rainer Silbereisen	Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
	Richard Tremblay	University of Montreal
	Robert Serpell	University of Zambia
	Terrie Moffitt	Duke University
	Willem Koops	Utrecht University
	William Bukowski	Concordia University
	Willard W. Hartup	University of Minnesota
	Wolfgang Schneider	University of Würzburg
	Wyndol Furman	University of Denver
	Zhaolan Meng	Pecking University

The aim of DCFs is to encourage sustainable development of activities congruent with the aims of ISSBD in developing countries, and assist the professional development of early career scholars in such countries. Each DCF provides free conference attendance at ISSBD (including economy air fare and a subsistence allowance), a support grant of $1,500 per annum for the duration of the Fellowship, starting in the September immediately following the ISSBD conference and support from one or two Mentors.

Fellows should be early career researchers (that is, normally within 10 years of their first or higher degree), and must be a member of ISSBD (at least once selected as a Fellow). They should have a post in a host country that is a developing country as defined by ISSBD membership criteria (so entitled to a reduced membership fee), and normally they should be a citizen of this host country.

How do I apply?

If approved, the next, 8th, tranche of applications would open in October 2023. Information, and an application form, are available on the ISSBD website. They can also be obtained from the Chair (p.smith@gold.ac.uk) or other members of the selection panel, who can also be approached for further information or advice.

Watch an introduction to the fellowship awards below, and find out more about the DCFs scheme here.

History of the DCF Scheme

• In 2009 we had 20 applications, and selected three Fellows (who successfully completed in 2012).
• In 2011 we had 15 applications and selected four Fellows (who successfully completed in 2014).
• In 2013 we had 22 valid applications, from Cameroon, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cuba, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lithuania, Nigeria, Poland, Romania, Zambia and Zimbabwe – and selected three (who completed in 2016).
• In 2015 we had 22 valid applications from Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Ethiopia, Ghana,  Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Panama, Romania, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, and selected three Fellows (who completed in 2018).
• In 2017 we had 15 valid applications from Albania, Cameroon, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Romania, South Africa and Zimbabwe. We selected three Fellows but only two were able to take up the offer (who completed in 2020).
• In 2019 we had 17 valid applications from Brazil, Cameroon, China, Cote D’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey, and Zambia. We were able to fund four Fellows (who completed in 2022).
• In 2021 we had15 applications, from Brazil, China, Cameroon, Colombia, Cote d’Ivoire, India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Turkey. We selected four Fellows, but only three were able to take up the offer.

2022 DCF update

Current ISSBD DCF Fellows:

• John Chukwuorji, Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Enugu state, Nigeria.

Predictors and perceptions of school bullying among Nigerian adolescents.

Mentor: Peter Smith

• Lylian Ayiro, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Po Box 1207 50205, Webuye, Kenya.

Perspectives, lived experiences, and needs of fathers in child caregiving in Kenya

Mentor: Suman Verma

• Secil Gonultas, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences (FEASS), Bilkent University, 06800 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey.

Cooperation as a tool to promote Turkish Children’s inclusivity towards Syrian refugee children

Mentor: Silvia Koller

The DCF panel comprised Peter Smith (Chair), Catherine Cooper, Sylvia Koller, Anne Petersen and Suman Verma. They took account of 5 criteria in applications: Academic Scope; Practical Outcomes; Use of Support Grant; Challenges to Success; Sustainability.

Past ISSBD DCF Fellows

 

Elected 2020

•       Su Wan Gan, from Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kampar, Perak, Malaysia

Positive grandparenting and ageing program for Malaysian grandparents.

Mentors: Peter Smith, Charissa Cheah, Jo-Pei Tan

•       Ayé Clarisse Hager-M’Boua, from Université Alassane Ouattara, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire

Bilingual Education: Abidji and French learning from preschool into primary school.

Mentors: Anne Petersen, Caroline Floccia

•       Leunita Makutsa Makila, from Kibabii University, Kenya

Personal factors influencing resilience in school adaptation among children in post war context, Mt. Elgon subcounty, Bungoma county, Kenya: Implication for intervention in schools.

Mentors: Silvia Koller, Anne Petersen

•       Mitiku Abdisa Hamdisa, from School of Psychology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

The status of adolescents’ family environments: Addis Ababa City secondary school students in focus.

Mentors: Silvia Koller, Peter Smith

 

Elected 2018

•       Lavinia Cheie, from Developmental Psychology Lab, Department of Psychology, “Babe-Bolyai” University, Republicii Str. 37, 40005, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Left behind or thriving? Different outcomes of parental migration in ‘left behind’ school-children: the role of cognitive vulnerability

Mentor: Silvia Koller

•       Joachim Nyoni, from the University of Cape Town, South Africa

Participatory action research project on family needs: Experiences of formal and informal support services available among Zambian parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

Mentor: Cleonice Bosa

 

Elected 2016

•       Anilena Mejia, from Violence Prevention Lab, Institute for Scientific Research and High Technology Services (INDICASAT – AIP), Panama

Exploring risk and protective factors for youth violence and crime in Panama

Mentor: Peter Smith

•       Laura Alexandra Visu-Petra, from Developmental Psychology Lab, Department of Psychology, “Babe-Bolyai” University, Republicii Str. 37, 40005, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

A cross-cultural perspective on lie acceptability across development. A proxy for actual deceptive behaviour?

Mentor: Silvia Koller

•       Stephen Asatsa, from the Catholic University of Eastern Africa, Kenya

Relationship between death preparedness and end of life planning during middle and late adulthood, Nairobi County, Kenya.

Mentors: Suman Verma, Anne Petersen

 

Elected 2014

• Yuri Arsenio Sanz Martinez, from University of Holguín “Oscar Lucero Moya”. Holguín, Cuba.

Emotion and emotion regulation in late adolescents with suicide behaviour.

Mentor: Silvia Koller

• Irina Crumpei, from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iasi, Romania

The School Dropout Epidemic – in search of a treatment.

Mentors: Silvia Koller, Suman Verma

• Lazarous Ndhlovu, from University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.

Effects of HIV status and linguistic medium on the test performance of rural low-literacy adults: implications for Neuropsychological test development in Zambia.

Mentors: Robert Serpell, Julie Robinson

 

Elected 2012

•       Maureen Mweru, Kenyatta University, Kenya.

Bullying in Kenyan schools: Causes, impact and possible intervention strategies.

Mentor: Peter Smith

• Guilherme Wendt, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil

Do parental practices predict cyber bullying outcomes on adolescent behaviour? An analysis of mediator and moderator effects related to peer victimization in the internet.

Mentor: Peter Smith

• Guangheng Wang, Shanghai Changning District Institute of Education, China

The active ingredient of effective classroom for children from kindergarten to elementary school in urban area in China.

Mentor: Suman Verma

• Joseph Lo-Oh, University of Buea, Cameroon.

Generation X in Cameroon: “No Where to Go … But Everywhere to Go …” in the twenty somethings … A study of emerging adults in Cameroon.

Mentor: Catherine Cooper

 

Elected 2010

• Noel Malanda, Maseno University, Kenya.

Intervention promotion strategies for HIV/AIDS prevention among the youth in secondary schools in Emuhaya district, Kenya.

Mentors: Suman Verma, Anne Petersen.

• Bestern Kaani, University of Zambia, Zambia.

Reading in transparent and opaque orthographies: Effects of English and Chitonga languages on reading outcomes in Zambia.

Mentor: Malt Joshi

• Lauren Gail Wild, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Grandparental involvement and adolescent adjustment in South Africa.

Mentor: Peter Smith.

ISSBD 2 x 2 Grant for Early Career Scholars

A Young, Global Developmental Science that Cares

Summary

The 2 x 2 Grant for Early Career Scholars (ECS) reflects ISSBD’s commitment to supporting early career developmental scholars of all backgrounds around the world.

The “2 x 2” element means that 2 Early Career Scholars located in 2 different countries or regions (ideally different continents and one applicant from a majority-world/under-represented country) must apply together. Preferably, the co-applicants should also study different disciplines and show complementary research and methodological skills.

 

Eligibility

Each pair of applicants must be:

• ISSBD members located in different countries or regions (ideally different continents and preferably at least one applicant from a majority-world/under-represented country).

• Have a mentor available.

• An active current doctoral or postdoctoral student at a college or university, or within 7 years of being awarded a doctoral degree (time out for caring responsibilities or other commitments are considered).

• Proposed projects can cover any research study related to science that cares about a better understanding and/or promotion of human development and flourishing across the lifespan.

• A cross-cultural element may be included with a rationale for how incorporating diversity and/or data from two different cultures, regions, or perspectives contributed to the goals of the proposed research project.

 

Amount

Up to US$5,000 for 1 year (non-renewable). A maximum of 2 grants will be awarded.

 

Dates

Submission Due Date: October 31st, 2023 23.59 GMT

The application will be reviewed by a selection committee and decision notification emails will be sent in late December 2023.

 

MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION LINK COMING SOON…

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ISSBD Travel Grants and Pre-Conference Workshops

27th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD – June 16 – 20, 2024 – Lisbon, Portugal

Summary

The International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development is planning several pre-conference workshops, especially for Early Career Scholars – participants, who received a graduate research degree (e.g., Ph.D.) within the past seven years or who are in a graduate program leading to such a degree – to be held in Lisbon on June 16, 2024, the day before the main ISSBD 2024 sessions start.

ISSBD anticipates providing travel support for a number of qualified early career scholars to attend one of these pre-conference workshops and the ISSBD 2024 conference.

Applications from early career scholars from any country are welcome.

 

Eligibility

Travel grants and Pre-Conference Workshops are available only to those Early Career Scholars who meet all three of the following eligibility criteria:

• Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program or with a completed Ph.D. within the past seven years (since late 2017).
• Current ISSBD members.
• Able to attend the Pre-Conference Workshops on June 16, 2024.
• Have at least one academic contribution to the ISSBD 2024 conference, such as posters or papers, accepted for presentation.

Please note: Unlike other pre-conference workshops for other societies, the ISSBD Pre-Conference workshops (and travel grant competition) are not open to other members who do not meet these requirements. In addition, one must apply to, and be selected, to attend a Pre-Conference workshop.

 

Dates

The deadline for applications is December 1, 2023, at 23:59 (CST).

The applications will be evaluated and selected by a committee based on your contributions to the 2024 Biennial Meeting, your educational and work achievements, and your reference letter.

We anticipate notifying applicants of the travel grant results in February 2024.

 

MORE INFORMATION AND APPLICATION LINK COMING SOON…