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THE ABCT AWARDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZES AND SALUTES INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE THERAPY AND THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE HELPED TO TRAIN MANY OF THESE VERY PEOPLE.

Career/Lifetime Achievement Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have made significant contributions over a number of years to cognitive and/or behavior therapy. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Clinician Award and the Outstanding Education/Training Award)

Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Clinical Activities Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions to clinical work in cognitive and/or behavioral modalities. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Researcher Award and the Outstanding Education/Training Award)

Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Educational/Training Activities Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions toward educating and training behavior therapists. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Clinician Award and the Outstanding Researcher Award)

Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Research Activities Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions to the literature advancing our knowledge of behavior therapy. (This award alternates with the Outstanding Clinician Award and the Outstanding Education/Training Award)

Outstanding Mentor Awarded to members of ABCT in good standing who have encouraged the clinical and/or academic and professional excellence of psychology graduate students, interns, postdocs, and/or residents. Outstanding mentors are considered those who have provided exceptional guidance to students through leadership, advisement and activities aimed at providing opportunities for professional development, networking and future growth. Appropriate nominators are current or past students of the mentor. (This Award Rotates with Outstanding Training Program Award)

Outstanding Training Program This award will be given to a training program that has made a significant contribution to training behavior therapists and/or promoting behavior therapy. Training programs can include graduate (doctoral or master's), predoctoral internship, postdoctoral programs, institutes, or continuing education initiatives.

Virginia A. Roswell Student Dissertation Award This award will be given to a student based on his or her doctoral dissertation proposal. The research should be relevant to behavior therapy. Accompanying this honor will be a $1,000 award to be used in support of research (e.g., to pay participants, to purchase testing equipment) and/or to facilitate travel to the ABCT convention. Eligible candidates for this award should be student members who have already had their dissertation proposal approved and are investigating an area of direct relevance to behavior therapy, broadly defined. A student's dissertation mentor should complete the nomination.

Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy Eligible candidates for this award should NOT be members of ABCT, but are individuals who have promoted the mission of cognitive and/or behavioral work outside of our organization.

Outstanding Service to ABCT This award is presented to a person who has actively demonstrated exceptional dedication, persistence, excellence, and rigor regarding the association's operation and activities.

Elsie Ramos Memorial Student Poster Awards This award can be given for any topic relevant to behavior therapy, but submissions consistent with the current conference theme are particularly encouraged. Eligible papers must be authored by an individual with five years or less posttraining experience; and have been published in the last two years or currently be in press. The criteria for the award includes the rationale, importance, and novelty of the study; its relevance to cognitive-behavioral therapy or assessment; methodology; analysis of the data and interpretation of empirical results; clarity of the written presentation; and independent scholarship.

President's New Researcher This award is solicited by the current ABCT President and is judged by the President, Past President, and incoming President of the Association. Submissions will be accepted on any topic relevant to behavior therapy, but papers consistent with the current conference theme are particularly encouraged. The winner receives a certificate and a cash prize of $500.

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    • 2008 CALL for AWARD NOMINATIONS
    to be presented at the 42nd Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida

    Outstanding Contribution by an Individual for Clinical Activities
    Eligible candidates for this award should be members of ABCT in good standing who have provided significant contributions to clinical work in cognitive and/or behavioral modalities. Past recipients of this award include Marvin Goldfried, Albert Ellis, Marsha Linehan, and Frank Dattilio. Please click on the link below to access and complete the nomination form, which will be sent to ABCTAwards@gmail.com. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Outstanding Researcher, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.
    Nomination Deadline: March 3, 2008
    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Outstanding Mentor
    This is a new award category which will be recognized on a rotating annual basis. On alternate years, recognition will be given to an Outstanding Training Program. This year we are seeking eligible candidates for the Outstanding Mentor award who are members of ABCT in good standing who have encouraged the clinical and/or academic and professional excellence of psychology graduate students, interns, postdocs, and/or residents. Outstanding mentors are considered those who have provided exceptional guidance to students through leadership, advisement and activities aimed at providing opportunities for professional development, networking and future growth. Appropriate nominators are current or past students of the mentor. The first recipient of this award in 2007, was Richard Heimberg. Please click on the link below to access and complete the nomination form, which will be sent to ABCTAwards@gmail.com. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Outstanding Training Program, 305 Seventh Avenue, NY, NY 10001.
    Nomination Deadline: March 3, 2008
    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Virginia A. Roswell Student Dissertation Award
    This award will be given to a student based on his or her doctoral dissertation proposal. The research should be relevant to behavior therapy. Accompanying this honor will be a $1,000 award to be used in support of research (e.g., to pay participants, to purchase testing equipment) and/or to facilitate travel to the ABCT convention. Eligible candidates for this award should be student members who have already had their dissertation proposal approved and are investigating an area of direct relevance to behavior therapy, broadly defined. A student's dissertation mentor should complete the nomination. Please click on the link below to access and complete the nomination form, which will be sent to ABCTAwards@gmail.com. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Virginia A. Roswell Dissertation Award, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.
    Nomination Deadline: March 3, 2008
    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    The Awards and Recognition Committee proudly opens the nominations for the following awards to the ABCT membership at large:

    Distinguished Friend to Behavior Therapy
    Eligible candidates for this award should NOT be members of ABCT, but are individuals who have promoted the mission of cognitive and/or behavioral work outside of our organization. Applications should include a letter of nomination, three letters of support, and a curriculum vitae of the nominee. Past recipients of this award include Jon Kabat-Zinn, Nora Volkow, John Allen, Anne Fletcher, Jack Gorman, and Art Dykstra. Please click on the link below to access and complete the nomination form, which will be sent to ABCTAwards@gmail.com. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Distinguished Friend to BT Award, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.
    Nomination Deadline: March 3, 2008
    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Career/Lifetime Achievement
    Eligible candidates for this award should be members of ABCT in good standing who have made significant contributions over a number of years to cognitive and/or behavior therapy. Applications should include a letter of nomination, three letters of support, and acurriculum vitae of the nominee. Past recipients of this award include Albert Ellis, Leonard Ullman, Leonard Krasner, and Steve Hayes. Please click on the link below to access and complete the nomination form, which will be sent to ABCTAwards@gmail.com. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Career/Lifetime Achievement Award, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.
    Nomination Deadline: March 3, 2008
    NOMINATION APPLICATION

    Elsie Ramos Memorial Student Poster Awards
    These awards are given to student first authors whose posters have been accepted for presentation at ABCT’s Annual Convention. The winners each receive an ABCT Student Membership, a 1-year subscription to an ABCT journal of their choice, and a complimentary general registration at ABCT’s next Annual Convention. To be eligible, students must first have their poster submission for this year’s ABCT convention accepted for presentation. Student first authors are then invited to submit for consideration for the award. Poster submissions are accepted until March 1 of each year; submissions for the Elsie Ramos Memorial Student Poster Awards are accepted until June of that year.
    Submission Deadline: June 1, 2008

    President's New Researcher Award
    ABCT's President, Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., invites submissions for the 30th Annual President's New Researcher Award. The winner will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $500. Submissions will be accepted on any topic relevant to behavior therapy, but submissions consistent with the conference theme emphasizing advancing the dissemination of CBT are particularly encouraged. Eligible papers must (a) be authored by an individual with five years or less posttraining experience (e.g., post-Ph.D. or postresidency); and (b) have been published in the last two years or currently be in press. Submissions can consist of one's own or any eligible candidate's paper. Papers will be judged by a review committee consisting of Anne Marie Albano, Ph.D., Ray DiGiuseppe, Ph.D., ABCT's Immediate Past-President; and Robert Leahy, the ABCT President-Elect. Submissions must be received by Monday, August 13, 2008, and must include four copies of both the paper and the author's vita. Send submissions to ABCT President's New Researcher Award, 305 Seventh Ave., 16th floor, New York, NY 10001.
    Submission Deadline: August 13, 2008

    NOMINATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING AWARD ARE SOLICITED FROM MEMBERS OF THE ABCT GOVERNANCE:
    Outstanding Service to ABCT
    Members of the governance, please click on the link below to access and complete the nomination form, which will be sent to ABCTAwards@gmail.com. Also, mail a hard copy of your submission to ABCT, Outstanding Service to ABCT Award, 305 Seventh Ave., New York, NY 10001.
    Nomination Deadline: March 3, 2008
    NOMINATION APPLICATION



    Please forward your suggestions to the committee chair, M. Joann Wright, Ph.D., at ABCTAwards@gmail.com. If you would like to serve on the committee, contact the committee chair.


    ABCT Awards & Recognition Committee
    Chair: M. Joann Wright, Ph.D.