The EPS Mid-Career Award was established by the Committee in 2002. Its purpose is to recognise an experimental psychologist who is currently active in research, and has a distinguished research record over a substantial period.
Nominees typically will have gained their PhD 15 – 25 years prior to nomination (bearing in mind career breaks or part-time employment etc).
Current members of the EPS Committee are not eligible and nominations may be made by any Ordinary Member of the Society. Nominees are not restricted to EPS members and there are no restrictions of nationality. The committee does not accept self-nominations.
The Committee will make a recommendation to the Annual General Meeting, at which members confirm the award winner.
Each nomination must include:
- The nominee’s CV (but must not include a photograph or the date of birth of the nominee).
- A supporting statement explaining how the nominee meets the below criteria, with specific examples.
- Evidence of distinguished, independent and original contributions to experimental psychology made over a substantial period.
- Evidence of theoretical and/or empirical influence in the field.
- Evidence that the nominee is regarded as an authority among scientists, nationally and internationally.
- Evidence for stimulating good independent research by young researchers.
Nominations should be submitted using the form below by midnight (UK time) of 1st September each year.
EPS Mid-Career Nomination Form
The recipient of this prize will be invited to deliver a lecture at one of the Society’s scientific meetings. Reasonable travel and accommodation expenses incurred in connection with the delivery of the Lecture will be reimbursed. The Lecture is delivered at a meeting of the Society in the forthcoming year and is open to the general public without payment.
After the lecture has been delivered, the recipient is asked to submit a manuscript to the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology (QJEP) for publication. Recipients will also be awarded an honorarium of £2000, paid on delivery of the manuscript in a form suitable for publication.
Further information:
Previous EPS Mid-Career Award winners
Videos of EPS Mid-Career Award lectures (Members’ Only)