Early Career Award
About the Award
The Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM) annually confers an Early Career Award to a scientist who has made an outstanding empirical and/or theoretical contribution to motivation science. The winner will be recognized at the society’s annual meeting, on the society’s website, as well as in the society’s empirical journals Motivation and Emotion and Motivation Science.
Submission Criteria
The Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM) annually confers an Early Career Award to a scientist who has made an outstanding empirical and/or theoretical contribution to motivation science. The winner will be recognized at the society’s annual meeting, on the society’s website, as well as in the society’s empirical journals Motivation and Emotion and Motivation Science.
Submission Criteria
- Nominations must be made by one individual (group nominations will not be considered). Individuals may self-nominate or be nominated by another person.
- The nominee must be a current member of the SSM.
- The period of eligibility is 12 years following the completion of doctoral training. Extensions will be considered for nominees who have taken time away from research for reasons such as medical, disability, or family care. Previous nominees who did not receive the award may be nominated again.
Nominations for the 2025 Early Career Award were accepted through March 14, 2025.
The 2025 Early Career Award Committee is:
The 2025 Early Career Award Committee is:
- Chair: Abigail Schooler (University of Virginia)
- Philip Gable (University of Delaware)
- Marie Hennecke (University of Bochum)
Former Laureates
2024, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar
2023, Erik Bijleveld, Radboud University
2023, Marie Hennecke, University of Siegen
2022, Szu-chi Huang, Stanford University
2021, Abigail Schooler, University of Waterloo
2020, Philip A. Gable, University of Delaware
2024, Jocelyn J. Bélanger, Carnegie Mellon University Qatar
2023, Erik Bijleveld, Radboud University
2023, Marie Hennecke, University of Siegen
2022, Szu-chi Huang, Stanford University
2021, Abigail Schooler, University of Waterloo
2020, Philip A. Gable, University of Delaware