These awards recognize laudable contributions to health service psychology.

2023 application deadline has passed.

Morgan T. Sammons Doctoral Student Award ($5,000 Stipend—Two Awards)

This award, named in honor of the National Register’s CEO from 2014 through 2022, is presented annually to two currently enrolled students in good standing in an APA- or CPA-accredited doctoral program in psychology and members of the National Register Associate Program. The award is designed to advance clinically oriented research projects that optimize the contributions of health service psychologists in the broader healthcare environment and that further the National Register’s goals of increasing psychology’s role in interprofessional health service. The Register will prioritize original research projects that advance our understanding of the effectiveness of psychological interventions and their contribution toward improved patient outcomes.

Each recipient will receive a plaque, a check for $5,000 to fund their project, and an award citation in the Journal of Health Service Psychology.

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Judy E. Hall Early Career Psychologist Award ($10,000 Stipend—One Award)

This award, named in honor of the National Register’s Executive Officer from 1990 through 2013, is presented annually to a National Register credentialed psychologist with fewer than 10 years of postdoctoral experience. The successful Early Career Psychologist will conduct a research project aimed at enhancing the contributions of psychology to health care. Such proposals may (1) examine the effectiveness of new or existing interventions, or (2) evaluate the implementation of psychological interventions to improve patient outcomes. Studies examining the efficacy of psychological interventions to mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences or negative social determinants of health will also qualify. Theoretical reviews, non-applied studies, and proposals to enhance an individual or group practice are not eligible.

The recipient will receive a plaque, a check for $10,000 to fund their research project, and an award citation in the Journal of Health Service Psychology.

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Alfred M. Wellner Lifetime Achievement Awards (One Award for Research and One Award for Practice)

These awards, named in honor of the National Register’s first Executive Officer, are the highest honors bestowed by the National Register. They commemorate numerous, significant contributions to psychology during a distinguished career of a National Register credentialed psychologist. The recipients will receive a plaque and an award citation in the Journal of Health Service Psychology.

The research excellence award will honor a recipient who has made—through research—a significant lifetime contribution toward health service psychology. The practice award will be presented to a psychologist who has demonstrated—via clinical innovation, outreach, legislation, community engagement, or policy and social advocacy—that they have advanced the standing of health service psychology.