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Young Scientist Poster Award

About the Award
The Society for the Science of Motivation (SSM) annually highlights the outstanding work of a young researcher with the Young Scientist Poster Award. The winner will be recognized at the society’s annual meeting.

Submission Criteria
To apply for the Young Scientist Poster Award, you must:

  1. Be first author on the poster,

  2. Be a current student or have received your PhD no more than 2 years prior to the SSM meeting,

  3. Attend the SSM meeting and be available for questions during the poster session.

SSM Young Scientist Poster Award Committee in 2025

  • Chair: Johanna Falk (Paris Brain Institute)
  • Greg Gero (Monrovia Unified School District)
  • Mirko Wegner (Hamburg University)
  • Idit Shalev (Ariel University)
  • Rex A. Wright (University of Texas Dell School of Medicine & University of North Texas)
  • Marina Milyavskaya (Carleton University)
  • Samantha Kassirer (Northwestern University)
  • Kate Slade (Lancester University)
  • Ludwig Piesch (Lübeck University)

 

Temple University
 
Young Scientist Poster Award Winner 2025


Former Laureate
2024, Ludwig Piesch, Universität Hamburg, "Affiliation under stress: Investigating the link between implicit motives and stress regulation"
2023, Samantha Kassirer, Northwestern University, “Is In-kind Kinder than Cash? The Impact of Money vs. Food Aid on Social Emotions and Aid Take-up” 
2022, Elina Yewon Hur, Cornell University, “When Less is More: Intrinsic Motivation Predicts Preference for Smaller Quantities” 
2021, Johanna Falk, University of Geneva, “Choice, affect, and effort: Task choice shields against incidental affective influences in a difficult task”